March 10th: Teacher Workday-No School for students.
March 13th-17th Spring Break!!!
Monday, March 20th: Class pictures. All students MUST wear their uniforms. No N.U.T. cards allowed.
Friday, March 24th: 3rd Quarter Report Cards go home.
March 27th-31st: Standardized Testing –please do not plan to miss any school this week!
Wednesday, April 12th: Class Egg Hunt-please send in 12 plastic, candy-filled (no chocolate) eggs by Tuesday. We will have an egg hunt following our afternoon resource. You are invited to come and watch and take pictures. We should begin around 1:10. There is no “party” for parents to attend, but students will be having a special snack during our morning snack time.
April 13th-17th Easter Break. No School.
April 20th: 4th Quarter Midterm
May 23rd-26th: ½ Days of School
Math: This week we will finish Chapter 12. We should be ready to test by Friday, March 24th. The students did an amazing job learning regrouping in addition! I was so impressed!
Timed Tests: We will continue taking timed tests each week. The students are doing a great job. Continue practicing the facts listed below. We will take addition timed tests and a subtraction test, too.
For subtraction, we will have 20 problems in 4 minutes and we will be subtracting mixed 3’s and 4’s.
For addition, we will have complete 50 problems in 3 minutes.
Review these facts!
1+0=1; 1+1=2; 1+2=3; 1+3=4; 1+4=5; 1+5=6; 1+6=7; 1+7=8; 1+8=9; 1+9=10
2+0=2; 2+1=3; 2+2=4; 2+3=5; 2+4=6; 2+5=7; 2+6=8; 2+7=9; 2+8=10; 2+9=11
3+0=3; 3+1=4; 3+2=5; 3+3=6; 3+4=7; 3+5=8; 3+6=9; 3+7=10; 3+8=11; 3+9=12
4+0=4; 4+1=5; 4+2=6; 4+3=7; 4+4=8; 4+5=9; 4+6=10; 4+7=11; 4+8=12; 4+9=13
5+0=5; 5+1=6; 5+2=7; 5+3=8; 5+4=9; 5+5=10; 5+6=11; 5+7=12; 5+8=13; 5+9=14
6+1=7, 6+2=8, 6+3=9, 6+4=10, 6+5=11, 6+6=12, 6+7=13, 6+8=14, 6+9=15
7+0=7; 7+1=8; 7+2=9; 7+3=10; 7+4=11; 7+5=12; 7+6=13; 7+7=14; 7+8=15; 7+9=16
8+0=8; 8+1=9; 8+2=10; 8+3=11; 8+4+12; 8+5=13; 8+6+14; 8+7=15; 8+8=16; 8+9=17
9+0=9; 9+1=10; 9+2=11; 9+3=12; 9+4=13; 9+5=14; 9+6=15; 9+7=16; 9+8=17; 9+9=18
Phonics: We will have a Phonics test each Friday. Students will be expected to write the following:
short vowel blends: chi, qua
long vowel blends: sho
special sounds: y in rainy, er in verse, sh in ship, ey in key, o in shovel
spell these words: match, crib, pork
syllables: no new syllables
Social Sciences: We will begin a new science unit. We will learn about rocks, minerals and soil this week.
Reading: Reading groups will continue this week.
Spelling: This week we will have 15 spelling words and 5 bonus words. Students will write these words when I call them out. This week five bonus words will be added to the list. Students should learn the 15 spelling words first. For a challenge, they can also learn the five bonus words. All students will take the bonus portion of the test. For each bonus word spelled correctly, the student will get 1 extra point on the test. There is no penalty for spelling a bonus word incorrectly.
Spelling Words:
happy, pretty, penny, puppy, lady, baby, tiny, little, puddle, saddle, bottle, middle, Bible, your, there
Bonus Words: bunny, paddle, berry, pony, funny
Bible: We will have a Bible verse each week. Students will say the verse to me. This week we will also learn about Jesus and the Easter story.
Bible Verse: Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Handwriting: We will practice writing words in our best handwriting.
Creative Writing: Students will continue to practice writing complete sentences using capital letters at the beginning and periods at the end. I will introduce question marks this week. We will continue learning the parts of a sentence. We will be writing super sentences. All sentences should have these four parts:
Begin with a capital letter.
End with a punctuation mark.
Make sense.
Be written neatly.
They will write sentences with their spelling words, and write in their journals daily.
Homework:
Monday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds and math facts
Tuesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Wednesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Thursday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
March 13th-17th Spring Break!!!
Monday, March 20th: Class pictures. All students MUST wear their uniforms. No N.U.T. cards allowed.
Friday, March 24th: 3rd Quarter Report Cards go home.
March 27th-31st: Standardized Testing –please do not plan to miss any school this week!
Wednesday, April 12th: Class Egg Hunt-please send in 12 plastic, candy-filled (no chocolate) eggs by Tuesday. We will have an egg hunt following our afternoon resource. You are invited to come and watch and take pictures. We should begin around 1:10. There is no “party” for parents to attend, but students will be having a special snack during our morning snack time.
April 13th-17th Easter Break. No School.
April 20th: 4th Quarter Midterm
May 23rd-26th: ½ Days of School
Math: This week we will finish Chapter 12. We should be ready to test by Friday, March 24th. The students did an amazing job learning regrouping in addition! I was so impressed!
Timed Tests: We will continue taking timed tests each week. The students are doing a great job. Continue practicing the facts listed below. We will take addition timed tests and a subtraction test, too.
For subtraction, we will have 20 problems in 4 minutes and we will be subtracting mixed 3’s and 4’s.
For addition, we will have complete 50 problems in 3 minutes.
Review these facts!
1+0=1; 1+1=2; 1+2=3; 1+3=4; 1+4=5; 1+5=6; 1+6=7; 1+7=8; 1+8=9; 1+9=10
2+0=2; 2+1=3; 2+2=4; 2+3=5; 2+4=6; 2+5=7; 2+6=8; 2+7=9; 2+8=10; 2+9=11
3+0=3; 3+1=4; 3+2=5; 3+3=6; 3+4=7; 3+5=8; 3+6=9; 3+7=10; 3+8=11; 3+9=12
4+0=4; 4+1=5; 4+2=6; 4+3=7; 4+4=8; 4+5=9; 4+6=10; 4+7=11; 4+8=12; 4+9=13
5+0=5; 5+1=6; 5+2=7; 5+3=8; 5+4=9; 5+5=10; 5+6=11; 5+7=12; 5+8=13; 5+9=14
6+1=7, 6+2=8, 6+3=9, 6+4=10, 6+5=11, 6+6=12, 6+7=13, 6+8=14, 6+9=15
7+0=7; 7+1=8; 7+2=9; 7+3=10; 7+4=11; 7+5=12; 7+6=13; 7+7=14; 7+8=15; 7+9=16
8+0=8; 8+1=9; 8+2=10; 8+3=11; 8+4+12; 8+5=13; 8+6+14; 8+7=15; 8+8=16; 8+9=17
9+0=9; 9+1=10; 9+2=11; 9+3=12; 9+4=13; 9+5=14; 9+6=15; 9+7=16; 9+8=17; 9+9=18
Phonics: We will have a Phonics test each Friday. Students will be expected to write the following:
short vowel blends: chi, qua
long vowel blends: sho
special sounds: y in rainy, er in verse, sh in ship, ey in key, o in shovel
spell these words: match, crib, pork
syllables: no new syllables
Social Sciences: We will begin a new science unit. We will learn about rocks, minerals and soil this week.
Reading: Reading groups will continue this week.
Spelling: This week we will have 15 spelling words and 5 bonus words. Students will write these words when I call them out. This week five bonus words will be added to the list. Students should learn the 15 spelling words first. For a challenge, they can also learn the five bonus words. All students will take the bonus portion of the test. For each bonus word spelled correctly, the student will get 1 extra point on the test. There is no penalty for spelling a bonus word incorrectly.
Spelling Words:
happy, pretty, penny, puppy, lady, baby, tiny, little, puddle, saddle, bottle, middle, Bible, your, there
Bonus Words: bunny, paddle, berry, pony, funny
Bible: We will have a Bible verse each week. Students will say the verse to me. This week we will also learn about Jesus and the Easter story.
Bible Verse: Psalm 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Handwriting: We will practice writing words in our best handwriting.
Creative Writing: Students will continue to practice writing complete sentences using capital letters at the beginning and periods at the end. I will introduce question marks this week. We will continue learning the parts of a sentence. We will be writing super sentences. All sentences should have these four parts:
Begin with a capital letter.
End with a punctuation mark.
Make sense.
Be written neatly.
They will write sentences with their spelling words, and write in their journals daily.
Homework:
Monday: Math sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds and math facts
Tuesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Wednesday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts
Thursday: Math Sheet, study Bible verse, spelling words, phonics sounds, and math facts