Dear Parents, May 19, 2014
A big “Thank you!” to Mr. M. Perez for coming into our classroom on Friday to discuss safety and to show us his police motorcycle! Every student present took a picture on the motorcycle. I will be emailing those to parents by the end of the week (hopefully!)
We are wrapping up Theme 10 with week 3! Our reading strategy this week is monitor/clarify. Part of becoming a good reader is realizing that if the story we are reading is unclear we must stop and clarify the story so that we understand. As you read with your student please practice this strategy. The comprehension skill that will help us with this is cause and effect. Remember the cause is why something happened and the effect is what happened. Our phonics focus this week is on adding –er and –est to base words. Examples include hot, hotter, hottest, cold, colder, and coldest. Our grammar focus is on comparing. We will be focusing on reviewing our past spelling words for the remainder of the year!
In math, we will be working on a review of money, including the use of dollars.
In social studies we will be able to discuss where people in the world live from our unit, Our World Near and Far.
In science we will focus on our third state of matter, gas. We will also spend some of our day on Monday reviewing animals, their environments, needs, and structures as we prepare for our final field trip to the zoo on Tuesday.
In religion we will focus on how the Holy Spirit helps the Church.
Announcements for the week:
- This week it is All About…. Alexis! Congratulations!
- We will not be going to the library this week as we will be at the zoo.
- Monday is a Jog-a-thon free dress. (No $1)
- Tuesday we go to the zoo. Students are to wear jeans/shorts and their polo shirt. In addition students will need to pack a sack lunch- something that can be thrown away!!
- Wednesday is a $1 Sport Theme free dress day!!
- Wednesday is our talent show. 6:30 performance in Biedermann Hall.
- No school on Friday or Monday!
Have a fantastic week!
Ms. Manning
