• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: Early Release at 1:00

Announcements: Please find time to read! I can’t tell you enough how important it is. Our end of year testing will start the first week of May.

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do we use energy?“
• Comprehension Skill: Text Features
• We will Introduce CVCe Syllables in our spelling words: state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside, these, tadpole Review: letter, magnet, alone, beside, round
• Our Vocabulary words are: electricity, energy, flows, haul, power, silent, solar, underground

• Math in Class
• This week we are learning how to create and read bar graphs and picture graphs.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: Early Release

Announcements: Please find time to read! I can’t tell you enough how important it is. Our end of year testing will start the first week of May.

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do we use energy?“
• Comprehension Skill: Text Features
• We will Introduce CVCe Syllables in our spelling words: state, replace, nine, ninety, side, sidewalk, face, outside, these, tadpole Review: letter, magnet, alone, beside, round
• Our Vocabulary words are: electricity, energy, flows, haul, power, silent, solar, underground

• Math in Class
• This week we are still learning how to solve word problems that involve measurement. We will test Wednesday or Thursday on this.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: Early Release

Announcements: 

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What do myths help us understand?“
• Comprehension Skill: Finding the theme of a story
• We will Introduce Open and Closed Syllables in our spelling words: pencil, magnet, publish, supper, letter, lady, gravy, solo, open, odor Review: lead, touch, door, front, someone
• Our Vocabulary words are: appeared, crops, develop, edge, golden, rustled, shining, stages

• Math in Class
• This week we will be learning how to solve word problems that involve measurement.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: $1 dress down. Early Release
• Spring Break is next week. Please read during this week!!!

Announcements: 

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “Why are rules important?“
• Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
• We will Introduce Short Vowel Digraphs /e/ ea; /u/ ou; /i/ y in our spelling words: dead, ahead, lead, thread, bread, breath, touch, trouble, gym, myth Review: small, chalk, instead, whole, words
• Our Vocabulary words are: exclaimed, finally, form, history, public, rules, united, writers

• Math in Class
• This week we will be reviewing math concepts we have learned this year to make sure we can still show mastery.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: spirit shirts and early release day

Announcements:  Spring Break is March 29-April 2

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How can we protect our earth?“
• Comprehension Skill: Problem and solution
• We will Introduce Variant Vowels /ü/ and /u̇/ in our spelling words: ball, small, paw, jaw, pause, sauce, taught, chalk, walk, sought Review: new, fruit, city, own, read
• Our Vocabulary words are: gently, proudly, rarely, supply, curious, distance, earth resources, enormous

• Math in Class
• We are finding the difference in length by adding and subtracting. We will be testing on Wednesday or Thursday.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Fri: spirit shirts and early release day

Announcements:  Spring Break is March 29-April 2

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What do heroes do?“
• Comprehension Skill: Sequence
• We will Introduce Variant Vowels /ü/ and /u̇/ in our spelling words: room, flu, June, new, glue, fruit, crook, could, full, push Review: point, coin, along, ever, strong
• Our Vocabulary words are: agree, challenging, discover, heroes, interest, perform, study, succeed

• Math in Class
• We will test Monday to see how we are doing with measuring in feet and meters. Then we will start comparing lengths by adding and subtracting.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Thurs: NOT a short day!
• Fri: No School (teacher work day)

Announcements:  Dr. Seuss Week is this week.

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do people get along?“
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast Points of View
• We will Introduce Diphthongs oy, oi in our spelling words: soil, broil, moist, point, toil, oil, toy, joy, coin, noise Review: crown, mound, I’ll, laugh, maybe
• Our Vocabulary words are: amused, cooperate, describe, entertained, imagination, interact, patient, peaceful

• Math in Class
• We are learning how to measure in feet and meters. We will most likely be testing on Thursday.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library Day – Remember Books!
• Thurs:
• Fri: Early Release, $1 Dress Down
• Next Week: No School Friday 3/5 (teacher work day)

Announcements:  Dr. Seuss Week is next week.

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *


Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What do good citizens do?“
• Comprehension Skill: Point of View
• We will Introduce Diphthongs ou, ow in our spelling words: sound, mound, cloud, shout, pound, clown, brown, howl, growl Review: chair, where, been, myself, pushed
• Our Vocabulary words are: champion, determined, issues, promises, responsibility, rights, volunteered, votes

• Math in Class
• We are learning how to measure in inches and centimeters. We will be taking the test sometime this week.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: No School – Presidents Day
• Thurs: Character Ed – Deposits into our emotional bank accounts
• Fri: Early Release, Spirit Day

Announcements: 

Reading at home: **Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What excites us about nature?“
• Comprehension Skill: Identify the Theme in poems
• We will Introduce /âr/ are, air, ear, ere in our spelling words: dare, stare, fare, hair, pair, chair, bear, pear, where, there Review: dear, cheers, knew, never, talk
• Our Vocabulary words are: pale, drops, excite, outdoors

• Math in Class
• We are working and testing on 2-step word problems this week. Then we will be learning how to measure in inches and centimeters.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Your student brings home 2 decodables and 2 stories from our ELA quizzes each Friday. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read it 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *

Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.