Dear Parents,                   December 9, 2013

It was a pleasure to meet with all of you during conferences!

We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”.  Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story and answering the who, what, where, when, and why questions about the story will help us understand what we read.  Our phonics focus this week is on words with triple clusters (splash, string).  We are also reviewing words with the short sound of /u/.  We will not have new spelling words this week.  As we continue to work on the structure of a sentence, our grammar focus this week will be on asking sentences.

We are continuing our chapter on measurement and will learn how to tell time on the quarter hour!

In religion, we learn that Mary and Joseph were chosen by God. We will be attending mass on Monday for the Immaculate Conception.

In science we will be taking our test on Chapter 3.

In social studies we will be reviewing the content we have learned thus far!

Reminders and Announcements for the week:

• Please remind your child to bring their library book to school on Tuesday.
• We will have a special performance on Tuesday.
• Please remember Thirsty Thursday items.
• Friday is a full day with Families in the afternoon.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Ms. Manning