Upcoming Events:
- Daylight savings time starts March 13th. Please help your student adjust by putting them to bed and waking them up a few minutes earlier each day. We are learning things at a much faster pace and tired kiddos have a more difficult time in class. See previous posts for ideas to help your student adjust.
Reminders:
- Tuesday: Library books are due! Send take-home folders to school and review contents of folder when returned.
- Friday: Short day. Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)
- To reinforce high frequency words, phonics and fluent reading, please keep reading decodable stories that are sent home each Tuesday.
- Your student needs to bring a water bottle every day.
Here’s a quick overview of new things we will learn this week:
Big Idea for Unit 8: “Where can you go that is near and far?”
Comprehension strategy: “Make, confirm, and revise predictions” We will read fictional and informational texts to go along with this week’s theme”What can help you go from here to there?”
New High Frequency Words: here, me
Phonics: blend and segment sounds in CVC words. New sounds/spellings: Jj, Qq(qu)
Vocabulary: transportation, vehicle, wide, fierce, journey
Math: Lesson 28 “Make teen numbers” and continue working on math pathways. Students have time to work on our math power standards at their own pace during math pathways time.
