Monday, February 29, 2016

Week 25 (March 7-11)


 *Our virtue for the month of March is Encouragement .  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
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*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
          
Monday, March 14: Music Program at Christ Memorial Church, 6:30
Tuesday, March 15- Friday, March 25: Swim Lessons at the Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
March 21-25: Interim 3 Testing
Thursday, March 31: End of Q3
Friday, April 1- 8: Off, Spring Vacation
Friday, April 29: No School, PD Day


MATH next Week (March 7-11)
 Chapter 5: Focus on Mathematical Practices, Quick Quiz/Fluency, Review and Chapter Test on Thursday! 

READING next Week (March 7-11)
Amazing Words: celebrate, grateful, rarest, genuine, cherish, delicate, loot

High-Frequency Words: about, enjoy, give, surprise, worry, would

**Spelling Words March 7-11: way, day, gray, train, tail, may, mail, play, rain, afraid

   Mama's Birthday Present: Drawing Conclusions

Adjectives

      EBLI Lessons

Science
  We are studying ECOSYSTEMS and Food Chains. 

Monday, February 22, 2016

Real life examples of our peace/piece homophone lesson!


Week 24 (Feb. 29- March 4)

 *Our virtue for the month is Courage .  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
.
*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!
          
Monday, March 14: Music Program at Christ Memorial Church, 6:30
Tuesday, March 15- Friday, March 25: Swim Lessons at the Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
March 21-25: Interim 3 Testing
Thursday, March 31: End of Q3
Friday, April 1- 8: Off, Spring Vacation
Friday, April 29: No School, PD Day


MATH next Week (Feb. 29- March 4)
 Chapter 5: Count with Groups of Ten, Numbers Through 120, Add and Subtract Tens, & Add and Subtract Multiples of Ten

READING next Week (Feb. 29- March 4)
Amazing Words: cycle, insect, flurries, fragile, develop, rearrange, emerge, vessel

High-Frequency Words: done, know, push, visit, wait

**Spelling Words Feb. 29-March 4: her, first, bird, girl, burn, were, shirt, fur, hurt, sir

  I'm a Caterpillar: Fact/Opinion

Verbs: am, is, are, was, were

     EBLI Lessons

Science
  We are studying ECOSYSTEMS and Food Chains. 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Week 23 (Feb. 22-26)




 *Our virtue for the month is Courage .  Each Monday, we celebrate "Moral Focus Monday" with lessons devoted to our school virtue. 
*Spelling words are introduced each Monday and the students are tested on Fridays.  Please take time to review these ten words throughout the week for mastery.
*Agendas and Take-Home Folders should go home and back each day. Please sign daily. 

Academic Opportunities at Home:
*https://student.frontrowed.com  (Login: First Name and Last Initial, Password: 7h5xwm)
*https://mobymax.com/signin (School Code: mi3748, students have individual codes)
*MAP Math/MAP Reading (Activities aligned to NWEA RIT scores)
*READ, read, READ, read!  :)
.
*Big THANKS to Amber Shepard for copying for our classroom!  Thank you to the Stradley family and Banker family for supplying treats for Valentine's Day!
         
Monday, March 14: Music Program at Christ Memorial Church, 6:30
Tuesday, March 15- Friday, March 25: Swim Lessons at the Aquatic Center 9:45-10:30
March 21-25: Interim 3 Testing
Thursday, March 31: End of Q3
Friday, April 1- 8: Off, Spring Vacation
 

MATH next Week (Feb. 22-26)
 Chapter 5: Mixed Practice with Teen Problems, Small Group Practice with Teen Problems, Teen Problems with Various Unknowns, Problems with Three Addends, Quick Quiz/Fact Fluency.

READING next Week (Feb. 22-26)
Amazing Words: gardener, sprout, shade, destroy, nature, dim, sprinkling, humongous

High-Frequency Words: afraid, again, few, how, read, soon

**Spelling Words Feb. 22-26: plan, planned, help, helped, drop, dropped, call, called, ask, asked**

 Frog and Toad Together: Author's Purpose

Verbs for Past and Future Tense

    EBLI Lessons

Science
  We will be wrapping up our study on the STATES of MATTER and moving into ECOSYSTEMS and Food Chains.