Important Dates . . .
March 1 -- Report Cards
March 2 -- Parent Teacher Conferences
March 4 -- Parent Teacher Conferences -- No School
March 7 -- Casimir Pulaski Day -- No School
March 28 -- Spring Break Begins
April 4 -- Classes Resume
April 5 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
April 21 -- School Improvement -- Early Dismissal
April 22 -- No School
IMPORTANT NOTE:
IAA (Illinois Alternate Assessment) Testing continues this week and possibly into next week in Mrs. Krasnodebski's room. Due to the fact that this is an individual assessment we need more time than ISAT testing takes. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and has a healthy breakfast each morning. We will be testing in the morning during our reading class. Students will be continuing with reading strategies in stations as others will be indivually tested. Your child may want to bring an extra snack and/or drink to help keep them focused for the test each day.
Language Arts
We will continue building on the writing process this week. Students will be given topics and we will be working on brainstorming details.
Reading
We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! This month students should be reading daily or a minimum of 20 minutes for 20 days. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in for a grade this Monday, February 28th. Keep reading!
Spelling
The spelling words this week will cover two different yet similar sounding word families: - an & -ain. They will be receiving a spelling practice page daily as an assignment. A test over this week's lesson will be given Friday. Please try to help your child study daily. One strategy you can use to help with spelling words this week is: Picture words – Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
Social Studies
We will continue Unit 5, Our Country Long Ago. Some concepts and vocabulary terms we will discuss are: early America and expansion westward.
Math
This week we will be moving on to Place Value.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- monthly turn in Monday
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
