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Monday, April 29, 2013

This Week in Our Class....

Happy Monday! This week in our class we are combining two stories. We will be studying the reading skills for Dot and Jabber and Simple Machines. We will discuss the -oo in book and the -oi/-oy in boy and oil. We will not have a comprehension test or spelling test Friday. However, we will have a phonics test. It is important to read and practice these words/skills each night so your child can become a better reader!!! We are still studying 2-D shapes in math and will move onto Fractions very soon!

We have DIBELS coming up this Thursday. Please be sure that your child gets enough sleep and eats a great breakfast! Please continue to work with your child each night. Have your child continue to read the fluency packet I sent home last week:)

Our Courage Carnival went really well! Thank you for letting your children take part in this wonderful day!

Our Field Day has been changed to May 16th. AES will be busy giving the ARMT during our original "Field Day" date, so we had to find a better day:)

Our year is quickly coming to an end! HOWEVER... we still have 4 weeks left. Please remind your students to be on their best behavior. We will be very busy and will need to get lots done and completed before our last day.

We are starting a fun behavior reward for the countdown until summer. Each afternoon we will pop a balloon that will tell us what "Extra" we will be rewarded with for the next day! I am so excited and I believe the students are too! We will start this countdown reward activity by having an extra "recess time". Just a few minutes in the afternoon to run around outside our door!


Here are some pictures from my time spent in the Dunk Tank! It was FREEZING at 8:00 in the morning, but the kids had a blast and that is what matters:)





Tuesday, April 16, 2013

This Week in Our Class...


What are we learning?
Reading: Tippy-Toe Chick Go!
-ow: cow
words with le : simple, rumble

Math: Chapter 11
3D shapes
Vocabulary: cone, cube, curved surface, cylinder, flat surface, rectangular prism, sphere

Spelling Words: Study EVERY night
how, town, down, now, brown, cow, clown, frown, crowd, growl, *eyes, *never

Vocabulary Words: Study EVERY night
along, never, pulling, eyes, toward, behind


Please help us to keep order in our room! Our children are getting a very talkative and beginning to "shut-down" out of school mode. We still have quite a few weeks left of school and we still have many things to do! Please remind your child to come to school prepared to listen and follow directions just like always:)


April 26 we will be having our Courage Carnival! This is a great way to raise money for cancer research. Please help by allowing your child to be a part of our carnival. There will be tickets for sell and activities for the children. They will get to visit the carnival for 1 hour during the afternoon. I will also be participating by being a "Dunk Booth" worker! This is a very exciting day for the kids. Please send some money for your child to buy some tickets! 

 
*eyes, *never
 Vocabulary: Study EVERY night

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

This Week in our Class....


Spelling Words: Study EVERY nightJ
slowly   careful   quickly   useful
painful   playful  sadly     gladly
nicely   wonderful   *because
*across
 Vocabulary: Study EVERY nightJ
across    shoes     told    only
opened    dance    because


What are we learning?
Reading: Henry and Mudge
Skills: -ly, -ful
slowly, playful

Math: Chapter 11
3D shapes
Vocabulary: cone, cube, curved surface, cylinder, flat surface, rectangular prism, sphere


Please Remind your child that we still have almost 2 months of school left. We beginning to talk too much and argue. I know they are getting spring fever, but we still have work to do!!!

We are going to be SUPER busy over the next 6-7 weeks. We have lots of fun and exciting things coming up. Please read your news letters for upcoming events. Please come and see your child's wonderful artwork and musical talents. We have our Night of the Arts on April 15! 

This week in math we are working with 3-D shapes. We have used actual 3-D shapes to build with and practice with. The students have had a blast!!