Important Dates . . .
March 7 -- Casimir Pulaski Day -- No School
March 13 -- Daylight Savings Time Begins - Spring Ahead
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
NOTE:
IAA (Illinois Alternate Assessment) Testing wrapped up last Friday! Each and every child completed each test they were required to per grade level expectancy. They all did a very nice job - I am proud of their effort!
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
This week we will continue with reading stations. In the Soar to Success station we will begin reading and discussing the book Where Does the Garbage Go? 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 16 days. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in every Friday. Keep reading!
Spelling
The spelling words this week will cover two different yet similar sounding word families: - it & -ot. 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: Sandpaper rubbings: Cut each letter out of sandpaper and glue it to an index card or purchase sandpaper letters. Your child should spell out his word with sandpaper letters, put a piece of paper over it, and do a crayon rubbing.
Social Studies
We will continue Unit 5, Our Country Long Ago. Some concepts and vocabulary terms we will discuss are: early America, expansion westward and equality. It looks like the unit test could appear next week!
Math
Continuing with place value specifically looking at the 1's and 10's place.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- weekly turn in on Friday
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
