• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Math Diagnostic starts
• Fri: Early Release day at 1:00

Announcements:

*We will start our math diagnostic this week. Please be on time.

*Class Store: Students have loved coming to class store this year and spending their hard earned money. Students will have 1 more opportunities to attend class store. Donations are always welcome for this. Suggested items: stickers, fun pens, small notebooks, hot wheels, play-doh, slime, and other similar items. Any donation is greatly appreciated!

**Earning Money for Class Store: 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: “Where can your imagination take you?“
• Comprehension Skill: Point of View
• Spelling – Words with r-Controlled Vowel Syllables: jumper, higher, star, starry, garden, better, dinner, doctor, market, hairy Review: enjoy, display, afternoon, anyone, everything
• Our Vocabulary words are: create, dazzling, imagination, seconds

• Math in Class
• This week we are learning about arrays (columns and rows) with repeated addition. We will test on Wednesday or Thursday.

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: Last Library Day – All Books are due – NO more checkouts!
• Tue: Reading Diagnostic starts
• Fri: Early Release day at 1:00

Announcements: Our last library day is this Monday. Students will not be allowed to check out any books for the rest of the year. Please help your child remember their book tomorrow.

*We will start our reading diagnostic this week. Please be on time.

*Class Store: Students have loved coming to class store this year and spending their hard earned money. Students will have 2 more opportunities to attend class store. Donations are always welcome for this. Suggested items: stickers, fun pens, small notebooks, hot wheels, play-doh, slime, and other similar items. Any donation is greatly appreciated!

**Earning Money for Class Store: 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 money?“
• Comprehension Skill: Using Text Features
• Spelling – We will Introduce words with Vowel Team Syllables: way, away, root, balloon, play, display, enjoy, explain, meadow Review: little, middle, complete, enough, river
• Our Vocabulary words are: invented, money, prices, purchase, record, system, value, worth

• Math in Class
• This week we will be testing on money word problems on Tuesday or Wednesday this week and then be moving on to how to tell time on an analog clock.

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!
• Tue: Star Wars Day – Students may wear a Star Wars shirt with uniform bottoms.
• Fri: Early Release day at 1:00

Announcements: For the next three weeks we will be completing year-end testing. I am excited to see how much your child has grown this year. You can help your child prepare for testing by having them read each night to you and getting a good nights rest. We will be having a small, quick breakfast in the classroom for these three weeks. Your child does not have to eat it if they don’t want to, but in this case please make sure they have had breakfast at home. Also, please be on time! A lot of the testing will be done in the morning when they are well rested and ready to do their best!

*Class Store: Students have loved coming to class store this year and spending their hard earned money. Students will have 2 more opportunities to attend class store. Donations are always welcome for this. Suggested items: stickers, fun pens, small notebooks, hot wheels, play-doh, slime, and other similar items. Any donation is greatly appreciated!

**Earning Money for Class Store: 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 money?“
• Comprehension Skill: Using Text Features
• Spelling – We will Introduce words with Vowel Team Syllables: way, away, root, balloon, play, display, enjoy, explain, meadow Review: little, middle, complete, enough, river
• Our Vocabulary words are: invented, money, prices, purchase, record, system, value, woth

• Math in Class
• This week we will be learning about money and how to solve word problems involving money.

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: $1 Dress Down, Early Release at 1:00

Announcements: Dibels testing will start next week May. Please have your child read out loud to you for at least 5 minutes a night.

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 is teamwork important?“
• Comprehension Skill: Using Text Features
• We will Introduce Words with Consonant + le Syllables in our spelling words: lit, little, set, settle, rip, ripple, pad, paddle, middle, bubble Review: outside, replace, follow, listen, something
• Our Vocabulary words are: exploration, important, machines, prepare, repair, result, scientific, and teamwork

• Math in Class
• This week we will be learning how to create and solve questions about line plots.

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 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.