• 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. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15
• Thurs: Character Ed
• Fri: Free dress down – Wear an ugly sweater. Holiday Party. Early Release 1:00
• Winter Break is Dec. 21-Jan. 1

Announcements:  We will be having our Christmas Around the World celebration this Friday. Please fill out the food permission slip.

****Also, when we get back from winter break we will be assessing the students for their mid-year progress in reading . Please have your child read over the break! ****

Reading in Class

• We will be reviewing all that has been taught up to this point.

• Math in Class
• We will be testing Wednesday on simple 2-step word problems within 20. Then we will review 2-digit subtractions so we can be ready to start 3-digit subtraction when we come back from break.

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. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15
• Thurs: Character Ed
• Fri: Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How can people help out their community?“
• Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose
• We will be focusing on the spellings for long o: (o, oa, oe, ow) in our spelling words: told, most, float, coat, toast, grow, mow, show, Joe, toe Review: light, mind, only, our, who
• Our Vocabulary words are: across, borrow, countryside, idea, insists, lonely, solution, village

• Math in Class
• We will be working on word problems for the next couple of weeks. Word problems can be hard for students because it requires comprehension to understand if we are subtracting or adding. Create stories that include adding or subtracting and see if they can come up with the answers.

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. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 / **Remember library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed “Be the reason someone smiles today.”
• Fri: $1 Dress Down. Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What can we see in the sky?“
• Comprehension Skill: Plot: key details in sequential order
• We will be focusing on the spellings for long i: (i, y, igh, ie) in our spelling words: light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie. Review: hay, steak, begin, those, apart
• Our Vocabulary words are: adventure, delighted, grumbled, dreamed, enjoyed, moonlight, nighttime, neighbor

• Math in Class
• We will be working on word problems for the next couple of weeks. Word problems can be hard for students because it requires comprehension to understand if we are subtracting or adding. Please watch for a family letter to come home that will help you incorporate this skill in their real life. Create stories that include adding or subtracting and see if they can come up with the answers.

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. 

We had a wonderful day showing off our dioramas and making balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. I hope you all have a fun, relaxing, and safe break. Thank you for sharing your children with me. We laugh and learn everyday, and I am very grateful for each and every one of them!

Enjoy the parade!