Well, we have had all kinds of illnesses pass through the classroom in the last few weeks. Hopefully we have gotten hit with everything and the lovely little bugs can leave so that our whole class can be totally healthy for the remainder of the school year.
MATH: This week we are finishing up our "Numbers through 120" unit. Because the chapter was so big we are spending two days to review. Last week the students took a subtraction quiz. They have been placed in the red folders. Please look over the quiz and use it to help your child. The quizzes do not have to be returned to school. If you child was absent on Friday we will send it home as soon has he/she has had the chance to complete it. The unit test will be on Wednesday. We will begin studying money on Thursday. Monday: Math workbook pgs. 152 - 153 Tuesday: Math workbook pg. 154, go through review work done in class Wednesday: None Thursday: Worksheet SPALDING: I have had parents ask me for some suggestions as to how to practice the phonograms. One suggestion is to look at the words for the coming week and focus on phonograms that are in those words. For example bridge has the "dge" phonogram so include that in your practice. Another suggestion is to look at your child's spelling tests. If you notice phonograms that give him/her trouble then include those with the practice. There are 30 words for this week. Monday: aunt, ant, capture, else, bridge, offer, suffer, center, front, running Tuesday: run, rule, carry, chain, death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare Wednesday: check, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need SCIENCE: The focus has been on Geology. A study guide will be sent home later in the week. LITERATURE: My Father's Dragon POETRY: A new poem has been placed in the homework packet. This poem is called "Bird Talk" by Aileen Fisher Have a great week.
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We continue to study numbers through 120. This week's focus is on subtraction strategies. An information sheet about the strategies we are using in class has been placed in the red homework folders. Please keep it for your records and use it as a guide when helping your child with homework. Last week the students also completed an addition quiz. The quiz has also been placed in the homework folders. You do not need to send it back to school. You can use it as a reference to help your child as we continue to work with them at school. If your child was absent on the day we took the quiz, we will send it home once he/she has completed it. Monday: Math workbook pg. 142 Tuesday: wk bk pgs. 145 - 146 Wednesday: wk bk pgs. 147 - 148 Thursday: wk bk pags. 149 - 150 LITERATURE AND SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS: This week we have begun reading My Father's Dragon during our literature/grammar block and Planet Earth Inside Out during our science block. Please make sure you send the book(s) to school with your child if you have not done so already. SPALDING: There are 30 words this week. Please continue to practice phonograms on a daily basis as well. Each week we send home the daily written phonogram practice. You can look through those to see which individual phonograms your child is having trouble with and needs more practice. Monday: daily, day, eagle, fancy, fly, forest, freeze, gentle, grow, holes Tuesday: hotel, iron, living, live, monkey, myself, noise, pencil, pie, pull Wednesday: sew, sow, so, steam,thread, thunder, tried, try, vein, except POETRY: The poem "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner has been placed in the homework packet each week. Recitation of the poem to the class begins on Tuesday the 18th. UPCOMING DATES: May 5th - half day May 8th - 12th - Arts week Have a great week. - Mrs. Spencer First of all, thank you for making today so special. Students came in with big grins on their faces. The first thing I said to them to was , "Wow! The class coordinator and your parents and you have all been very busy." The grins on their faces got even bigger. Thank you again, for everything.
MATH: We are spending most of these week focusing on adding numbers through 120. An information sheet was sent home last week covering all of the addition strategies that we are learning in class. Please use that sheet to help you as you are helping your child with the homework. Monday: Worksheet Tuesday: Math Workbook pgs. 137 - 138 Wednesday: Wk bk. pg. 141 SPALDING: Since this week is just four days long, we will be learning new words on Monday and Tuesday, review on Wednesday, and have our spelling test on Thursday. Monday: changing, change, few, pleasant, please, picture, pitcher, pitch, money, ready Tuesday: omit, anyway, eight, breakfast, chance, climb, coffee, color, contains HISTORY: We are wrapping up our history unit. A study guide was sent home today. The history test will be on Thursday. We will also be spending the next two days reviewing everything we learned in class. POETRY: The current poem is "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner. This poem has been placed in the homework folder each week. By now your child should have all three stanzas memorized. This week focus on the presentation of the poem. NO SCHOOL: This is just a reminder that there is no school this Friday, April 14th. Have a wonderful week. - Mrs. Spencer Hello. As I went to begin this week's blog, I noticed that last week's blog never posted. I just posted it again so you can scroll down below this one to see the one from last week.
MATH: This week we will continue to work on our "Numbers to 120 Unit." The focus will be on adding numbers through 120. The third information sheet will be in the red homework folders tomorrow. Please keep the information sheet to use while helping you child with homework. Last Friday the students took a short quiz on the concepts that were taught during the week. I am sending the quiz home in the homework folders today so that you can look over the quiz. Each lesson that we have builds on the next one. If you see that you child is struggling with a concept or you need clarification in how to help them at home, do not hesitate to contact me with your questions. Monday: worksheet Tuesday: Math work book pages 130 - 131 Wednesday: Wk bk pg.132 Thursday: Wk bk pg. 135 - 136 SPALDING: We have 29 words this week. Please continue to practice phonograms as well. Monday: off, of, true, took, again, inform, both, heart, month Tuesday: children,child, build, built, understand, follow, charge, member, case, while Wednesday: also, return, office, great, Miss, miss, who, died, die Thursday: Review all 29 words LITERATURE: We are currently reading Sam the Minuteman. The book that we will be reading after Sam the Minuteman is My Father's Dragon. Please make sure you child has that book by next week. POETRY: A copy of the poem "Washington" by Nancy Byrd Turner has been placed in the homework packet each week. At this point in time, your scholar is going to want to have all three stanzas by the end of this week. ART WALK: Our classroom coordinator, Lisa Wilson, sent out information about our classroom themed auction basket for the art walk that will take place in May. She asked that I mention it in the blog because several of the e-mails came back as undeliverable. Below is some of the information she wanted to convey: "We are doing a family date night theme. I have asked the parents that EACH child donate $6 to go towards the items for the basket. I asked them to send the money in a sealed marked envelope with their child's name to class." Please contact the front office and / or Lisa for more information regarding the Art Walk and auction baskets. FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE EVENT ON MONDAY, APRIL 10TH: Volunteer Fingerprinting at Trivium Prep campus, 10 AM - Noon 2001 N. Bullard Ave, Goodyear Have a good week. - Mrs. Spencer |
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