I hope everyone had a nice and snowy, winter weekend!!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 7’s and 8’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area. At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday-area of composite shapes 1 
Tuesday- Area of composite shapes 2
Wednesday-area of composite shapes 3
Thursday-No Homework Tonight!!!
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!
                 **Short Day at 1:00 dismissal and Dollar Dress Down Day**

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-14 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a wonderful long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 6’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area.  At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday- No Homework-MLKJr. Day
Tuesday- area hmwk 1
Wednesday-area hmwk 2
Thursday-area story problems
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-13 Sheet1
Tuesday-Indicated Sort
Wednesday-ABC Sort
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! I’m hoping you all stayed warm!  Brrr!
Just a reminder that we have NO SCHOOL on Friday (1/13).  It is a Teacher Work Day since it’s the end of the 2nd term.  There is also NO SCHOOL on Monday, January16th to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Have a nice long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 3’s and 4’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as we learn area.  We will be doing an area lesson/activity this week using Cheese-Its.  After the lesson is completed, we will eat the crackers.  If you do not want your child to eat the Cheese-Its, please let me know.
Monday- area-1
Tuesday- area-2
Wednesday-area-3
Thursday- Homework due!
**Friday-No School/Teacher Work Day (End of 2nd Term)**

Spelling
No sorts this week, due to the short week.  We are also re-assessing the students with spelling and reading this week, therefore we will be just reviewing.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I’m super excited for 2017!  It’s going to be fabulous year!

Multiplication Madness:  We will be learning our 9’s and 11’s this week.  We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.  Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home.  Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Monday- No homework!
Tuesday- 15 minutes of Prodigy (multiplication)
Wednesday-15 minutes of Prodigy( multiplication)
Thursday- 15 of Prodigy (multiplication)

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-12-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( review /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**

Upcoming Service Projects: We have three opportunities to help others this holiday season.
**Third Grade Service Learning Project: We have the opportunity to help some Refuges with school supplies. We need are collecting: 1-1 1/2 inch binders, spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, fine tip Expo markers, pencils, lined paper, highlighters, personal pencil sharpeners, gently used books, glue sticks, and 1 centimeter graph paper. These items are due by Wednesday, December 14th.

**Remember we are doing our Multiplication Madness Celebration on Tuesday, February 14th.  The students need to be studying their multiplication facts at home.  Last week the students learned and had the opportunity to pass off 0’s, 1’s and 2’s.  Next week we will be learning and passing off 5’s and 10’s as a class.  Over Christmas Break, please study multiplication facts with your children.**

Christmas Break- December 19th-January 2nd
First Day back to school- Tuesday, January 3rd

**This Friday, December 16th- Short Day/Dollar Dress Down Day
White Elephant GIft Exchange Party-please bring a wrapped gift
Grinch Party-students can dress up Grinch Style **

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Print this paper off: multiplication-homework


NO Spelling this week!!!