Important Dates . . .
May 25 -- 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip in a.m. (* bring a sack lunch )
May 28 -- 3rd Grade Chicago Boat Trip (* bring a sack lunch or $10 )
-- 4th Grade Bowling Field Trip in p.m.
May 31 -- Memorial Day -- No School
June 1 -- All-school picnic
June 2 -- Report Cards issued
Last day of school
Language Arts
The students are wrapping up writing good sentences this week. They will also work on creating a special poem this week using Co-Writer.
Reading
Your child will be coming home with 7 words from lesson 15 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 this week (no later than Wednesday, May 26th) to ensure they can attend the lunch reading party on Thursday, May 27th. Keep reading!
Spelling
This week we 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 utilizing this website: http://www.kidsspell.com/ Students can learn spelling words, practice spelling tests, and play fun spelling games.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
This week we will wrap up adding coins for the year. The children will be encouraged to use Touch Math to solve the values of the coins presented. They have done well with coins in isolation, but it is more difficult for them when adding mixed coins. One way to continue their practice of adding up coins and money would be having your child help make purchases. This would greatly help in their understanding and retention of money concepts.
Daily Homework
Reading- 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log due Thursday,May 27th
- students should practice reading poem nightly to parents 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
