April 20 - 24, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

 

*Progress Reports come home Tuesday, April 21st.

 

BOWLING FIELD TRIP is this Thursday!  Your letter went home yesterday.  Please read it carefully :)

***PLEASE make sure your child is at school unless sick.  The last weeks are crucial and we need everyone in class EVERY DAY.  Try to schedule appointments later in the afternoon or after school.

 

 

 

 **Registration for next year is from April 1 - 30.  See the Coosada website for more information.

 

**Supply Lists for 2015-16 are on our school website.  Teachers will be sending a more detailed list late this coming summer :)

 

Our class can still use some very important items.  Parents, please continue to send paper towels, facial tissues, and #2 pencils.  Thank you so much!  

 

***HONORS DAY is planned for all blue pods on May 14th.  MORE coming soon!

 

 

*STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "A Birthday Basket for Tia."  We will read our story then learn more about comparing and contrasting parts of the story.  Reading Test WILL be on Thursday. Spelling words include words with -tion and -ture.  Spelling Test will be on Friday.
  

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in your child's 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 will use context clues to find meanings of important words we may not know.

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This week we will continue studying data, charts, and graphs. Work on addition facts.  I have sent home timed drills with examples on the back to practice.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are enjoying learning about our country's symbols of freedom!  We will read about our first president, George Washington.

April 6 - 10, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!   

***PLEASE make sure your child is at school unless sick.  The last weeks are crucial and we need everyone in class EVERY DAY.  Try to schedule appointments later in the afternoon or after school.

 

I hope your family had a wonderful Easter!  We are now down to 34 days left in this school year.... Let's keep working hard! 

 

Speaking of Spring.... our SPRING FLING will be Friday, April 10th!  We are so excited to provide this wonderful family time for all of our students, parents, and friends.  Come join us for all the fun~~~THANK YOU Coosada Elementary PTO :)  THIS Friday from 4:00 to 8:00!  Lots of FOOD and FUN!

 

**Registration for next year is from April 1 - 30.  See the Coosada website for more information.

 

**Supply Lists for 2015-16 are on our school website.  Teachers will be sending a more detailed list late this coming summer :)

 

Our class can still use some very important items.  Parents, please continue to send paper towels, facial tissues, and #2 pencils.  Thank you so much!  

**See Social Science Lessons below for information about ANIMAL PROJECT due on Thursday, April 16th!

 

*Progress Reports come home Tuesday, April 21st.

***HONORS DAY is planned for all blue pods on May 14th.  MORE coming soon!

 

 

*STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Just Like Josh Gibson."  We will read our story then learn more about comparing and contrasting parts of the story.  Reading Test WILL be on Thursday. Spelling words include contractions using 're, 've, and 'd.  Spelling Test will be on Friday.
  

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in your child's 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 will produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences.

***Test is on Friday. 

 

 Handwriting counts!  Please always do your best.

**MATH   This week we will be using standard and non-standard tools to measure, do work problems using measurement, then begin studying data, charts, and graphs.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students are enjoying learning about different types of animals and their characteristics.  This week we are studying mammals.  **ANIMAL PROJECT information is coming home today, Monday, April 6th.  Project is DUE on Thursday, April 16th.