Important Dates . . .
January 18 -- M.L. King's Birthday -- No School
January 19 -- Check your child's grades (halfway through the trimester)
February 2 -- Teacher's Institute -- No School
February 15 -- President's Day -- No School
March 1 -- Casmir Pulaski Day -- No School
Language Arts
Each child has successfully built their skills from recognizing and identifying sentences to identifying two main parts of a sentence: the subject and predicate of a sentence. This week students will review all lessons taught in this series relating to sentences and be assessed at the end of the week.
Reading
Our first week working with these new vocabulary skills was excellent! We will be continuing with this program weekly. Your child will be coming home with 7 words that will be studied during the week in class and should be reviewed at home. On the page I will be sending home each Monday there will be suggestions on how you can work with your child & have them get extra practice.
This month reading incentives are doubled! Not only can your child read 20 minutes to go to the reading party, but they can read to earn a ticket to see the Kane County Cougars! Please turn in Ozzie's Reading Club form after you complete two weeks - that way we can award the progress of getting around the bases.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Starting January each 20 minute increment read counts for a point up to 20 points – yes, that means an additional reading grade each month for learning to love to read. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in at the end of the month to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: ABC order- Write your words in alphabetical order.
Science
The class is wrapping up Chapter 9, Matter. We will review the chapter on Wednesday. The test is scheduled for Thursday, January 21st. All definitions have been thoroughly discussed and written on notecards in this chapter. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lesson study guide sheets and definitions this weekend. The information will be found in their science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives Thursday.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on numbers – ordinal and place value and applying it to everyday situations. The children will be encouraged to use various manipulatives and strategies to achieve understanding of place value; whether it be understanding through money, unfix cubes, other tangible objects, 100's chart, and various place value charts.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words with parents nightly
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
