Friday, February 27, 2015

March 2 - 6, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK!  DR. SEUSS CELEBRATION!

Monday:  I Am Not Going to Get Up Day ---- Wear PJs!
Tuesday: Fox in Socks Day---------Wear silly socks and Dr. Seuss Shirts
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday-------------- Wacky clothing
Thursday: Green Eggs and Ham Day--------- Wear Green
Friday:  Cat in the Hat Day -------------------  COSTUME PARADE!!!!
             Dress up as any Dr. Seuss character you choose :)


NO SPELLING TEST THIS WEEK!

Book Fair ~~ March 2 - 6

Read Across America Night is Tuesday, March 3rd

Parent Survey deadline has been extended due to technical issues.

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 8th.  Spring forward one hour.

SPRING BREAK ~~~ March 23 - 27!!  :)

End of the Nine Weeks ~~~~ March 6th



**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:    We will complete the Quarter 3 "Post Test" this week.  The test includes a review of all skills from Quarter 3.


NO Spelling Test this week! 
 
 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  We will review and complete Quarter 3 Language Test on Thursday or Friday. This test includes singular possessive nouns, plural possessive nouns, reflexive pronouns, irregular past tense verbs, contractions, using commas, and expanding sentences using adjectives.
 
 


**MATH:  We will finish and test Quarter 3 skills, which include equal shares, fractions, angles, shapes, counting money, telling time, rows/columns, and addition/subtraction problems.

Quarter 3 Math "Post Test" will be on Wednesday or Thursday. 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
We are continuing our study of different types of weather.  Literature includes "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "Pickles to Pittsburgh."



 
 

 



 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

February 9 - 13, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Progress Reports come home on February 12th


PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13!

Valentine's Treat!  Our Special Snack will be on Friday, February 13th during snack time.

THANK YOU to all parents who have helped our class :) Please continue to send paper towels and facial tissues as you can.  


 
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 be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.



**STUDENT OF THE WEEK


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Helen Keller and the Big Storm."  We will read our story then learn more about the fact and opinion.  Spelling words include vowels using oo, ue, ew, ui.
*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in Apple Binder).
WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.
 
**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!
 


**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying prefixes and suffixes.
***Test is on Friday. 
 
 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about counting money, telling time, and geometric shapes.  **Please continue to count money over $1.00, up to $5.00.  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 are learning about different types of weather and how meteorologists make predictions.

 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 2 - 6, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Progress Reports come home on February 12th

PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13!

Valentine's Treat note was sent home on Tuesday, February 3rd.  Please sign and return BOTTOM PART of the letter about special treats!  Our Special Snack will be on Friday, February 13th during snack time.

THANK YOU to all parents who have helped our class :) Please continue to send paper towels and facial tissues as you can.  


 
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 be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.



**STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  Sierra Waarvik


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "I Like Where I Am."  We will read our story then learn more about the theme and plot.  Spelling words include diphthongs "oi" and "oy."
*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in Apple Binder).
WRITE DICTATION SENTENCES EVERY DAY.  Your practice shows when we have our test.
 
**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!
 


**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying irregular past tense verbs such as:
eat - ate
come - came
see - saw 
***Test is on Friday. 
 
 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about counting money, telling time, and geometric shapes.  **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 continue our study of amphibians this week!  We will then learn about reptiles and fish.