• 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. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library – Remember books!
• Thurs: Character Ed –
• Fri: Valentines Exchange & Party

Announcements:  Valentines Party: If you haven’t already, please fill out the Valentine google form, https://forms.gle/dKP5NyQy5Xb5Z9k58 . Students without a permission slip will be given an alternative activity. We have 26 students. Please do not write who the Valentines are to, just have your child write that they are from them. That will make the process much smoother when handing them out. We will be decorating bags in class for the Valentines. (Please do NOT bring a Valentines box). We will also be decorating sugar cookies. The permission slip for this was signed at the beginning of the year.

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 understand nature?“
• Comprehension Skill: Identify the Theme
• We will introduce words with /îr/ eer, ere, ear in our spelling words: deer, cheers, steer, here, jeer, near, ear, dear, clear, spear Review: store, north, again, house, inside
• Our Vocabulary words are: ashamed, boast, dash, holler, plenty, similarities, victory, wisdom

• Math in Class
• We are working on 2-step word problems and learning how to visualize the story to decide if we are adding or subtracting in each step. We will test this standard 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 – Remember books!
• Tue./Wed.: Parent Teacher Conferences (*Watch for envelope coming home Monday)
• Thurs: Character Ed – Think win-win
• Fri: No School – Teacher work day

Announcements: Book fair link – https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/questrams, https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/assetuploads/S21-ES-case-booklist.html

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How are kids around the world different?“
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast
• We will introduce Words with /ôr/or, ore, oar; /är/ar in our spelling words: port, north, more, store oar, roar, board, part, start, park Review: first, hurt, ago, carry, people
• Our Vocabulary words are: common, costume, customs, favorite, parades, surrounded, travels, wonder

• Math in Class
• We will test on one-step word problems by Wednesday and then start analyzing and solving 2-step word problems.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Please ask your child about their stories they can read for a reward. Students are welcome to read their decodables and Friday stories from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *

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 – Remember books!
• Thurs: Character Ed – Organization
• Fri: $1 dress down, Early Release 1:00

Announcements: Book fair link – https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/questrams, https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/assetuploads/S21-ES-case-booklist.html

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How does the earth change?“
• Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect.
• We will introduce r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur, or in our spelling words: clerk, herd, first, skirt, stir, churn, hurt, burst, work, worse Review: know, wrist, found, from, today
• Our Vocabulary words are: active, earth, explode, island, local, properties, solid, sleep

• Math in Class
• We will be learning to solve one-step word problems by adding and subtracting two-digit numbers.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Please ask your child about their stories they can read for a reward. Students are welcome to read their decodables and Friday stories from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *

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
• Thurs: Character Ed –
• Fri: Early Release 1:00 – Art: Instruments out of trash

Announcements: Sign-ups for parent teacher conference are posted on Bloomz. Please sign-up for a time if you haven’t already.

On Friday, we will be making instruments out of trash. Please remind your student to look for the materials they will need to complete this project.

School breakfasts AND lunches are still FREE (for students) and will remain free until the end of the school year!

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What makes different parts of the world different?“
• Comprehension Skill: Compare and contrast key details.
• We will introduce Silent Letters wr, kn, gn, mb, sc in our spelling words: comb, crumb, scene, scent, gnat, sign, knife, know, wrist, writing Review: cube, music, very, eat, don’t
• Our Vocabulary words are: location, region, temperate, seasons, eerie, growth, layers, lively

• Math in Class
• We will be doing a spiral review to make sure we are still able to master the standards that we have learned up to this point.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Please ask your child about their stories they can read for a reward. Students are welcome to read their decodables and Friday stories from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *
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 11:45-12:15 *Remember library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed – “Work first, then play”
• Fri: Early Release 1:00
• Monday 1/18: No School

Announcements: Students are finishing up their mid-year testing this week. We will go over the results at parent teacher conferences, which are the first week of February. Sign-ups for parent teacher conference will be posted by this Wednesday, 1/13.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do you express yourself?“
• Comprehension Skill: Main idea and Key details
• We will be focusing on the spellings for long u: (u_e, ew, ue, u) in our spelling words: cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues Review: pony, queen, began, come, give
• Our Vocabulary words are: cheered, concert, instrument, movements, music, rhythm, sounds, and understand

• Math in Class
• We are still learning different strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping. We will be testing sometime this week.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Please ask your child about their stories they can read for a reward. Students are welcome to read their decodables and Friday stories from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *
Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

Happy New Year!!!! I hope you all had a fantastic winter break. I know I did, but I am excited to get back and see all of my students!

Video Permission: I will be doing video lesson recording that is required for me to obtain extended licensing. Will you please fill out the google form whether it is ok or not to see your child in the videos I obtain for my licensing requirements?

I need all parents to have these e-signed by Friday, Jan. 08. Thank you!

Google Form Link

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 *Remember library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed – Setting Goals
• Fri: Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  For the next couple of weeks, we will be conducting our mid-year reading test. We will also be completing our i-ready math and reading diagnostic as well. Please make sure your child is reading every night (at least 5 minutes out loud), getting enough sleep, and having breakfast. I’m excited to see their growth from the first of the year. We will go over the results at parent teacher conferences, which are the first week of February.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How does weather affect us?“
• Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose
• We will be focusing on the spellings for long e: (e, ea, ie, y, ey, e_e.) in our spelling words: we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys Review: grow, toe, after, every, special
• Our Vocabulary words are: damage, dangerous, destroy, event, harsh, prevent, warning, weather

• Math in Class
• We will be learning how to use different strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Students are welcome to read their decodables from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.