April Book Order

I will be sending home April book orders tomorrow! These will be due on Friday, April 10th. If you would like to order books online, the website is:

https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm

My class code is: NJPC8. 

Spelling Words

Week of April 6-10

1. easy

2. squeak

3. need

4. gloom

5. snoop

6. goof

7. jerk

8. thirst

9. worm 

10. easy

11. squeaky

12. needy

13. gloomy

14. snoopy

15. goofy

16. jerky

17. thirsty

18. wormy

Upcoming Dates

March 30-April 3rd: SPRING BREAK 
April 6th: Classes Resume

Animal Research

The class is continuing their research in class on their selected animal. As a reminder, the research fact sheet is due this Friday and the completed project is due April 7th. Attached to the students' research packet is a rubric for their animal project. I will also send home a rubric in Wednesday envelopes. As they finish their research packets, I will allow students to bring their packet home to begin their final project. (A star on the top of their packet means I have checked in with them and they are ready to start their final project at home.) If you have any questions about this project feel free to call or email!

Chocolate Party

We will be having a chocolate party Friday afternoon! The class will be enjoying “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.  We are excited to view this movie so we can compare and contrast it from the Roald Dahl book we read, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.  Each child may bring a chocolate treat for the party or if your child does not care for chocolate, a different type of treat will be just fine.  It should be a sweet time!

Update to Upcoming Dates...

*Correction*

PIE Family BINGO bash will be tomorrow, March 19th at 6:30 not March 26th. 

Animal Research Project

We started a new unit this week in science.... Animals! As part of our study, each child will need to create a project about an animal. The project will begin in class with each student choosing an animal. Next, they will research their animal using a Research Fact Sheet. This will be due Friday, March 27th. They will be given time at school to research their animal (at the library and on the I-Pads). They will use the information gathered to create some type of display about the animal. The students will be presenting their final projects to the class. The final project will be due Tuesday, April 7th.

I will be sending home more information about this project in Wednesday envelopes. 

Guided Reading

For the next couple weeks, we will be working with the skill summarizing. When we summarize we determine the most important details in the story to help us retell what we have read. You will see sheets coming home in their book bags that work with this skill. I will make a note on top if it is homework, otherwise we will work on it during group. :) 

Spelling Words

Week of March 23-27
1. round
2. smooth
3. light
4. funny
5. early
6. pretty
7. big
8. sad
9. hot
10. rounder
11. smoother
12. lighter
13. funniest
14. earliest
15. prettiest
16. bigger
17. sadder
18. hottest

Upcoming Dates

March 25th: Elementary Wellness Wednesday
March 26th: PIE Bingo Fun Night- 6:30-7:30
March 27th: Last day of school before Spring Break

Spelling Words

Week of

March 16-20

1. paint

2.painter

3. write

4. writer

5. farm

6. farmer

7. act

8. actor

9. sail

10. sailor

11. visit

12. visitor

13. swim

14. swimmer

15. run 

16. runner

17. rob

18. robber

*Since we do not have school next Friday, our spelling test for next week will be on Thursday, March 19th. 

Scholastic Book Orders

I will be sending home March book orders tomorrow! These will be due on Thursday, March 19th. If you would like to order books online, the website is:

https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm

My class code is: NJPC8. 

Upcoming Dates

Friday, March 20th: Teacher Workshop Day- NO SCHOOL

Reader's Theater

We are working on a Reader's Theater script this week during Daily 5. We will perform our skits on Thursday. When reading with your child, listen to see if they are reading with expression. (Remember, we want to sound like a fish when we read not a robot!) 

Congratulations, Mrs. Schneider!

Last Thursday, Mrs. Schneider had........ a baby boy! As a class, we could not be more excited for her! I am also looking forward to finishing out the end of the year with this group. They are a wonderful bunch! If you have any questions feel free to email me at: huffmanb@maplelake.k12.mn.us. 

                                                                                                         Ms. Huffman

Spelling Words

Week Of:

March 9-13

1. helped

2. helping

3. printed

4. printing

5. sliced

6. slicing

7. joked

8. joking

9. dropped

10. dropping

11. clapped

12. clapping

Upcoming Dates

Monday, March 9th- PIE Meeting at 5:30, Everyone is Welcome to Attend!
Tuesday, March 10th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt

Writing

In writing your child continues to work on writing a persuasive letter or letters.  Persuasive letters:

¨ Have a specific audience

¨ Use strong, powerful words

¨ State arguments or reasons why

¨ Often include facts

¨ Identify a Problem and Solution

Box Tops

Keep collecting box tops!  Our school still needs a lot more box tops collected in order to reach our school wide goal.

Word of the Month

Friendly-having or showing the warmness of a friend

Just a reminder that if your child is keeping a larger quantity of snack(s) in his/her locker to please have your child keep all of his/her snacks inside of a sealed plastic container to prevent any unwanted critters within their snack(s)!

Just Right Books

I always remind students to do the five finger test when determining if a book is just right for him/her.  If your child opens a book and he/she is not able to read five or more words on any page, then that particular book is too difficult for your child at the present time.

Read, Read, Read

February was a very important month for demonstrating the importance of reading.  Just because “I Love to Read” month is over still encourage your child to spend time reading every night!