It's a winter wonderland as I type this...absolutely gorgeous outside...until I have to get in my car and drive home!
I hope you all have a safe weekend full of snowballs and hot cocoa!
A few reminders about the upcoming week:
The district spelling bee is on Tuesday, 1/24 at 1:00.
There is an early dismissal on Wednesday, 1/25. Students leave school at 11:00.
Here is our upcoming week in a nutshell:
MATH
We are beginning metric units of measurement (chapter 21) this week. This is will cover length (cm, dm, m, km); capacity (mL, L); and mass (g, kg). On Thursday, 1/26 students will have a checkpoint to show what they know about length. On Friday, 1/27 students will have a checkpoint on capacity. Please continue studying those facts and let me know when you are can take the tests you are missing. The test covering metric units of measurement will be no earlier than Thursday, 2/2.
READING
The students are going to read the story Seal Surfer this week while they practice making connections. They will be responsible for vocabulary from the story which they will be tested on no earlier than Monday, 1/30. In addition, there will be a comprehension on this selection on Friday, 1/27. How is your child's good-fit book working out during their read to self time at home? Every student's lexile level changed recently as indicated by MAP. Let me know if you did not see the letter I sent home indicating their updated level.
ENGLISH
Verbs, verbs and more verbs this week. We are going to review the special verb "be" and helping verbs on Monday. Then, we are going to explore irregular verbs and contractions. The final test on verbs is scheduled for Wednesday, 2/1.
SPELLING
Students will have the pretest on Lesson 14 on Monday. The cursive worksheet and either WB 252-253 or two challenge activities are due on Friday, 1/27, when we have the test. You may find your child is scoring very highly on their spelling tests, but are not spelling very well on their written assignments. (I know I am observing this from many of my students.) If you'd like to try out some of these spelling websites, let me know your thoughts:
SCIENCE
This week we are going to cover lesson 3 in chapter 9; What is Weather? The class will explore different ways to measure weather, as well as the different types of clouds.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our focus is on Science this week.
Have a great week!
