INFO March 2-6

*Encouragement is our virtue for March.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for March Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.

*Upcoming Events: 
Monday, March 2- Friday, March 13: Swim Lessons at Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
Monday, March 16: Elementary Music Program in the evening 
Friday, April 3-10: Spring Break, No School 

MATH (March 2-6)
We will be wrapping up Chapter 5 with a quiz on Monday, review on Tuesday, and our chapter assessment on Wednesday.  The end of the week will be CH 6: Explore Representing Data & Organize Categorical Data. 
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (March 2-6)
Amazing Words: gardener, sprout, shade, destroy, nature, dim, sprinkling, humongous

**Spelling Words (March 2-6)
plan, planned, help, helped, drop, dropped, call, called, ask, asked
 

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details - Frog and Toad Together

*Verbs*

EBLI Lessons

Science

We continue to focus on LIVING things and ECOSYSTEMS. 

INFO Feb. 23-27

*COURAGE is our virtue for February.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.
*If there is a behavior concern, a parent note/e-mail, THINK Sheet and/or discipline report will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for February Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.

*Upcoming Events:
Monday, March 2- Friday, March 13: Swim Lessons at Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
Monday, March 16: Elementary Music Program in the evening 
Friday, April 3-10: No School, Spring Break 

MATH (Feb. 23-27)
Chapter 5: Numbers Through 120, Add & Subtract Tens, Add & Subtract Multiples of 10, Mathematical Practices. Chapter Test is coming up early the following week. 
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Feb. 23-27)
Amazing Words: features, natural, tumble, nibble, wriggle, mature, swoop, crumple, nudges

**Spelling Words (+es): fix, fixes, class, classes, wish, wishes, kiss, kisses, bus, buses

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details - Class Pet

*Verbs*

EBLI Lessons

Science

 Our focus is ECOSYSTEMS.

INFO for Feb. 17-20

*COURAGE is our virtue for February. 

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. 
*If there is a behavior concern, a THINK Sheet and/or discipline report will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for February Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.

*Upcoming Events:
Friday, Feb. 13: No School, Staff PD Day
Monday, Feb. 16: No School, President's Day 
Monday, March 2- Friday, March 13: Swim Lessons at Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
Monday, March 16: Elementary Music Program in the evening 

MATH (Feb. 17-20)
Chapter 5:  Problems with Three Addends, Count with Groups of 10, Numbers Through 120. 
**Quarter 3 EB Groups are focusing on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Feb. 17-20)
Amazing Words: attempt, time line, flatter, lovely, event, famous, correct, common

**Spelling Words (nk/ng): bank, rink, sunk, trunk, blank, pink, bring, sang, wing, rang

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details - Ruby In Her Own Time

*Verbs*

EBLI Lessons

Science

This week we will wrap a unit on the 3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases. Then we will begin to discuss ECOSYSTEMS.

Outdoor Discovery Center

INFO: Feb. 3-12

*Courage is our Moral Focus for the month of February.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning.  **THIS WEEK- due on Tuesday, Feb. 10.**  Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for February Book-IT. Calendars are due at the end of the month.

*Upcoming Events:
Friday, Feb. 6 is our field trip to the Outdoor Discovery Center. 
Wednesday, Feb. 11: Full day of school, Evening Conferences
Thursday, Feb. 12: Valentine Party, Dismissal at 11:30, Afternoon Conferences
Friday, Feb. 13: No School, Staff PD Day
Monday, Feb. 16: No School, President's Day 

MATH (Feb. 3-12)
Chapter 5: Unknown Partners with Teen Totals, Subtraction with Teen Numbers, & Mixed Practice with Teen Problems,
**Quarter 3 EB Groups will focus on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Feb. 3-10)
Amazing Words: growth, public, teeter, makeshift, population, shuffle, crooked, spindly

**Spelling Words: by, try, fly, cry, my, sunny, handy, lucky, silly, puppy

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -A Place to Play

Action Verbs

EBLI Lessons

Science

This week we will focus on the importance of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.  Then we will begin a unit on the 3 States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases.   

INFO for Jan. 26-30

*Perseverance is our Moral Focus for the month of January.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for JANUARY Book-IT.  Calendars are due at the end of the month. 
*Monday, Jan. 26 is the beginning of the third marking period.  Conferences are being held on Wednesday evening, Feb. 11 and Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12. There will not be school on Friday, Feb. 13 due to a teacher PD Day.  The students also have off Monday, Feb. 16 for Winter Break.   

MATH (Jan. 26-30)
We will be wrapping up Chapter 4 this week with a quiz and review in preparation for the Chapter Assessment.  We will also begin Chapter 5: Lesson 1- Unknown Partners with Teen Totals
**Quarter 3 EB Groups will focus on Measurement and Data Objectives.**

READING (Jan. 26-30)
Amazing Words: individual, special, slither, eagerly, industrious, creep, romp, wander

**Spelling Words: feet, we, she, be, he, green, tree, see, me, week

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -Honey Bees

Nouns in Sentences

EBLI Lessons

Science

This week we will focus on the importance of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.   

Info for January 19-23

*Perseverance is our Moral Focus for the month of January.

*Agendas and Take-Home Folders need to go home and back each day. Also, please sign your child's agenda each day.

*Weekly homework packets will go home on Monday and need to be completed and returned by Friday morning. Please double check to make sure all pages are complete before they are handed in.
*We have started using our new behavior plan system. If there is a concern, a THINK Sheet will be going home with your child.
*Log your reading minutes for JANUARY Book-IT
*Looking Ahead... Friday, Jan. 23 is the last day in the marking period.

MATH (Jan. 19-23)
We are working in CH 4. Lessons include: Mixed Addition with Tens and Ones, Counting on Strategy: 2-Digit Numbers, Practice with 2-Digit Numbers, 2-Digit Addition Games, Focus on Mathematical Practices. 

READING  (Jan. 19-23)
Amazing Words: environment, thrive, slimy, capture, require, inhale, sludge, creature

**Spelling Words: huge, tube, cute, mule, June, use, flute, rule, cube, rude

Characters, Setting, Plot, Main Ideas & Details -Life in the Forest

Singular and Plural Nouns

EBLI Lessons

Social Studies
We are working on a MAPPING unit.