May 14 -- Early Dismissal
May 31 -- Memorial Day -- No School
Language Arts
The students are continuing to work on handwriting and good main idea sentences this week. They will continue building on writing grammatically correct sentences that relate to the topic given. We will also work on an essay this week using Co-Writer.
Reading
Your child will be coming home with 7 words from lesson 12 of the Elements of Reading Vocabulary program 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.
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 (no later than April 29th) to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party on Friday, April 30th. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we will continue to be divided into different spelling groups. Some will be working on Unit 32 this week. Others will be working on a different list, where reading and spelling skills will be built at the same time through this list.
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: Spelling with Crayons and Paper. Want to get started right away -- maybe today -- with some fun spelling activities? Do you have paper and crayons on hand? Sure you do! Here is a super easy spelling idea! Have your child completely cover a half sheet of paper with crayon. Use a variety of bright colors in any pattern at all. Then you can do a couple of things with the waxy page. Your child can scrape the spellings into the wax with his fingernail or the end of 
pen cap. Another idea is to place the waxy side face down on a clean piece of paper. Write the spelling words onto the backside of the colored page, pressing down hard. The wax will press onto the clean sheet, making rainbow letters. Colors are used to emphasize the spelling and improve memory of the words.Science
The children have begun a new chapter in science last week. There is a lot of information to know in Chapter 2, Animals. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is there are many kinds of animals. Animals can be grouped by their traits.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
The class will continue building on to our knowledge of coin value. So far we have covered the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. This week we will continue working on the value of coins, and more specifically adding the value of a quarter. Then, we will be adding the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter together. The children will be encouraged to use Touch Math to solve the values of the coins presented.
Daily Homework
Reading- 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log due every Monday
- turn in Independent Reading Folder Log no later than Thursday, April 29th
- students should practice reading poem nightly to parents to work on fluency
- study lesson 12 vocabulary words
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
The children have begun a new chapter in science last week. There is a lot of information to know in Chapter 2, Animals. The "Big Idea" of this chapter is there are many kinds of animals. Animals can be grouped by their traits.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
The class will continue building on to our knowledge of coin value. So far we have covered the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. This week we will continue working on the value of coins, and more specifically adding the value of a quarter. Then, we will be adding the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter together. The children will be encouraged to use Touch Math to solve the values of the coins presented.
Daily Homework
Reading- 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log due every Monday
- turn in Independent Reading Folder Log no later than Thursday, April 29th
- students should practice reading poem nightly to parents to work on fluency
- study lesson 12 vocabulary words
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
