IMPORTANT NOTES:
-TFK due Friday! Please READ the issue and complete the worksheets.
-Reflective Reading Record is due Monday!
-Report Card Conferences Thursday and Friday!
-Half Days on Thursday and Friday!
-If your child is absent, please arrange for work to be picked up and help
your child complete it in a timely manner.
Spelling/Cursive--The children will be given a Pre-test on Unit 11 (sh, tch,
th, wr, and ck). Please remember to study for the test on Friday. We have
finished learning the lower case letters in cursive. We will continue
reviewing this week before beginning the capital letters!
Reading-- The children should be reading 15-30 minutes every night. They need
to respond to their reading THREE times on the Reflective Reading Log. The
children will begin handing in their reading response letters on Friday (Day
1) for a grade. This will be done IN SCHOOL based on their independent
reading. We will continue making connections (text-to-self, text-to-text,
and text-to world) this week.
Language/Writing--We will continue Unit 2 in the language book. We will be
focusing on spelling plural nouns and singular possessive nouns. In writers'
workshop, we will continue a compare and contrast piece on the daily life of a
Pilgrim girl (Sarah Morton) and your child's daily life. We will be using the
Double Bubble Thinking Map to help us write our compare/contrast paragraphs.
This piece will be modeled step by step.
Math--It is necessary for the children to MEMORIZE the simple addition and
subtraction facts. There will be a Rounding to HUNDREDS QUIZ on Tuesday.
This week will be practice adding two, three and more addends and addition
problem solving.
Science-- We will be exploring the differences between monocot and dicot
seeds. We have dissected lima beans (dicot) and peas/corn (monocots). We
will also be learning the ways in which a seed travels. There will be a Parts
of a Seed Quiz on Thursday. Please STUDY!
Social Studies-- We will begin learning about the US Economy in a couple of
weeks. We will be concentrating on science.
General Information:
-A healthy snack and water bottle are optional, but highly suggested.
**Please note: We are a PEANUT-FREE Class!**
-Don't forget to save and collect Box Tops for Education labels!(send to
school in an envelope with your child's name and my name).
-Children should have 5 sharpened #2 pencils with erasers at all times.
-If your child is absent from school, please send an absent note on the day
the child returns to school.
--Time For Kids (TFK) will be assigned every Monday to be due on Friday.
Please make sure your child is reading it cover to cover. This is a good
opportunity to listen to you read as well. This helps the children hear the
fluency of a proficient reader. They will also have to complete worksheets as
well. Please make sure they are done NEATLY and in COMPLETE SENTENCES!
EVERY WEEK:
-A newsletter with the week's events will come home every Monday-look
for a piece of paper with NEWS FROM ROOM 11 on the top.
-Planners must be signed every night (including Friday).
-All tests/quizzes must be signed and returned regardless of the grade.
-The children should be reading and practicing their math facts fifteen to
thirty minutes every night.
-Any unfinished classwork will have to be completed for homework--it will be
written in the planner so you are aware.