NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

**PTO ~~ Tuesday, January 13th ~~ Green Pods perform


**NO SCHOOL~~Friday, January 16th~~Teacher Inservice Day

** NO SCHOOL ~~Monday, January 19th~~Lee/Dr. M. L. King Holiday

**PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13


 You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will complete STAR Reading and STAR Math tests this week.

**We will use the new program, FASTT MATH, several times each week.  (You received a pink letter last Thursday.  Your child's 10-digit number was to be written at the bottom and used for a username and password.)

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 



**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "The Quilt Story."  We will focus on realistic fiction.  Spelling words include "consonant + le." 

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ Write a declarative sentence and an imperative sentence.

**Due to the holiday on Friday, Reading and Spelling Tests will be on THURSDAY!

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying singular possessive nouns.  

**Due to the holiday on Friday, Language test will be on THURSDAY! 

 

 I am very proud of your handwriting!  Teachers and parents who have seen your work on the wall outside our classroom have complimented your hard work!  :)

 

**MATH 

We will begin our third quarter of school learning how to add and subtract two 3-digit numbers!  Students will learn about geometric shapes, counting money, and telling time.  **Please go ahead and start counting a handful of change on the table at home.  We will start counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will begin the study of our State of Alabama.  We will learn about our state flag, bird, flower, motto, and locate Montgomery, the capital.