1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!) Don’t forget to do their reading passage. A lot of students have moved up levels! Please now do the reading passage each night! 
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math


Each week, print out the Homework Tracker This form does not need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing ONLY READING homework. PLEASE right your child’s name at the top of this tracker. 






Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 

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*Word sort groups and sorts have changed. Some students may have to redo sorts. Based on a test we took determined which sorts they needed to redo or practice again. Come talk to me if you have questions. 





Preston red sort 8
Conner, Corbin, Alana: yellow sort 7
Kiyley, Cambrie, Colton: yellow sort 8
Sarah, Landon, Boston, Kayden, Levi, Maddux: yellow sort 12
John, Abby, Makenna, Jaxton, Aubree, Fallon, Marley, Keira : yellow sort 19
Sadie, Kyler, Kayliegh, Max: yellow sort 23



Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:

• Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel. PLEASE write the sort on the back of the homework tracker. 
• Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
• Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
• Thursday: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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• Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays. There are no review words.
• There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.   

 




love
our
must
or
went
find

Sentence: We must find where our cat went. 

• Complete the My Math homework pages.  Do all the ODD problems. Get on and do Xtra Math practice. Pins are now under homework- usernames and passwords
• Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. 

We will be having our last field trip on Tuesday April 26th.
We will be visiting the Hill Aerospace Museum. 


 We are asking for a 4-5$ donation for the cost of buses. More details to come.

We dissected lima beans today and talked about the parts of seeds. Ask your child about what they observed. 

We had the great privilege of having University of Utah’s Red Butte Garden out at our school helping us to start off our grow lab experience. Check it out!
Ask your child about the following things and see if they can remember what we talked about. These will grow in our classroom for the rest of the year. 

1. What does a botanist study? 
2. Where do plants come from? 
3. What other types of scientists are there? 
4. How long is the life cycle of our Brassica Rapas? 

 

1. Reading (20-30 minutes every day!) Don’t forget to do their reading passage. A lot of students have moved up levels! Please now do the reading passage each night! 
2. Word Sorts
3. Spelling
4. Math


Each week, print out the Homework Tracker This form does not need to be printed or turned in for credit during weeks that we are doing ONLY READING homework. PLEASE right your child’s name at the top of this tracker. 






Your child is required to read 20 minutes every night. This could include Raz Kids, reading books at home or our fluency passage. Here is the link to your child’s Fluency Recording sheet. Your child has a number click on your child’s number (at the bottom of the spreadsheet) to record their reading. Your child should know their number. 

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*Word sort groups and sorts have changed. Some students may have to redo sorts. Based on a test we took determined which sorts they needed to redo or practice again. Come talk to me if you have questions. 





Preston red sort 8
Conner, Corbin, Alana: red sort 25
Kiyley, Cambrie, Colton: yellow sort 7
Sarah, Landon, Boston, Kayden, Levi, Maddux: yellow sort 11
John, Abby, Makenna, Jaxton, Aubree, Fallon, Marley, Keira : yellow sort 18
Sadie, Kyler, Kayliegh, Max:  yellow sort 22



Each week, print your student’s assigned Word Sort by clicking on the appropriate link below.  Use the Word Sort for the following activities:

• Monday: Print, cut, and sort your words with an adult and explain this week’s rule. Sort each word under the correct guide word. Some guide words have a C or V combination on them – C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel. PLEASE write the sort on the back of the homework tracker. 
• Tuesday: Practice the sort and write it on the homework tracker. 
• Wednesday: Blind Sort (Lay down the guide words and then read the rest of the words aloud without showing them to your child. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it.
• Thursday: Speed Sort: Time your students three times doing their word sorts and record it on the homework tracker. 

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• Study the following “High Frequency Words” using any method you wish in order to prepare for the weekly spelling test on Fridays. There are no review words.
• There is a list of recommended spelling study activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Spelling Word Activities, but, again, you may use any method you wish.   

 




your
they
have
some
of 
first

Sentence: First they have some water. 

• Complete the My Math homework pages.  Do all the ODD problems. Get on and do Xtra Math practice. Pins are now under homework- usernames and passwords
• Please also practice math facts regularly by utilizing any of the math activities that you can access BY CLICKING HERE for Math Activities.  These math facts activities do not need to be documented for homework credit – they are simply a resource to help you practice math fluency on a regular basis. 

1. Tomorrow Friday March 25th is $1.00 dress down day as well as early out. Homework is also due. 

2. Click here to order your K-5 yearbook online BY APRIL 6th:  Quest Academy Yearbooks.

3. “The Pirates of Penzance Junior” PRE-SALE tickets now available at Quest or online: Online pre-sale ticket purchases
Performances are April 8th and 9th.

4. No homework over Spring Break but I am sending home a Bingo game for reading if your child would like to do it. It is not required just something fun to keep them reading. I will not be changing reading passages until we return. 

NO SCHOOL March 28- April 1
I hope you have a wonderful SPRING BREAK!
No homework over the break enjoy time with family. 
I look forward to seeing you back to school on Monday, April 4th

I received a very sad amount of reading minutes for last weeks homework. We are still in school one more quarter. Please continue to read with your children and turn in homework. This is very important and will help with their end of year fluency and reading tests. I am still giving out Pizza Hut coupons to those students who read at least 20 minutes every night.