Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, May 31st- Field Trip to the Como Zoo

Spelling Words

Week Of:

May 1-5

1. price

2. priceless

3. use

4. useless

5. power

6. powerless

7. cloud

8. cloudless

9. breath

10.  breathless

11.  fear

12.  fearless

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is adding the suffix less to the end of base words as in:

price-priceless

use-useless

power-powerless

cloud-cloudless

fear-fearless

Phonics

In phonics your child worked with high-frequency words, your child worked with the prefixes dis and un, your child worked on building fluency by partner reading short passages, and your child worked on writing complete sentences using high-frequency words.

Upcoming Field Trip Reminder

Just a reminder that parents are required to attend a volunteer orientation before helping with field trips.  This only applies if it's been 3 or more years since you've attended an orientation or renewed it.  Any questions about this please contact Celeste Dahlstrom in the high school.  Field trip permission slips will be sent home in next weeks Wed. envelope.

Writing

I am so proud of the writers within our classroom!  Students just finished up their persuasive letters and we started to talk about procedures and how we do things on a daily basis and often in order.  The conversations we are having together will lead students in the direction of writing their own procedural letters.

Fidget Spinners & Toys Brought to School

As many of you have probably heard, fidget spinners are the new trend in schools.  As cool as these spinners can be, they can also become a huge distraction throughout the day.  I am asking that all fidget spinners be kept at home along with toys.  It just becomes a problem throughout the day trying to find missing toys along with fidget spinners.  Thanks for your understanding with this matter!

Summer Academy

Summer Academy is just around the corner (Well kind of...). If your child receives an invitation to attend Summer Academy, please consider sending them.  This is a great way to help your child retain what he/she has learned throughout the year.  If you have any questions, please give me a call. Invitations will be sent out May 5th or so. 

Things to Remember

• We are collecting coins for Haiti...your child can bring in coins at any time. Thank you for helping with this project!!
• Don't forget to wear BLUE on Friday for Autism Awareness Month!

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 21st- Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month
Wednesday, April 26th- Wellness Wed. (Wear Workout Clothes)
Friday, April 28th- Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month
Wednesday, May 31st- Como Zoo Field Trip

Spelling Words

Week Of:

 April 24-28

1. order

2. disorder

3. agree

4. disagree

5. obey

6. disobey

7. trust

8. distrust

9. honest

10. dishonest

11. grace

12. disgrace

13. appear

14. disappear

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have the prefix dis added to the beginning of them as in:

order

disorder

agree

disagree

Vocabulary Word of the Month

Accountability- Being responsible for yourself and for your things

Guided Reading

This week your child worked on reading with inflection and intonation while practicing a reader's theater script.

Math Problem of the Week

Adam had 22 suckers.  He gave 15 suckers to his friends.  How many suckers does Adam have left? 

 (Remember to include a number sentence and a label with your story problem answer!)

Phonics

In phonics this week your child worked on adding the prefix re to the beginning of base words.  Your child learned that when the prefix re is added to the beginning of a word it changes the meaning of that word to mean to do over again or redo.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 14th- No School
Friday, April 21st- Wear blue for Autism Awareness Month
Wednesday, May 31st- Field Trip to the Como Zoo

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 17 – 21

1. paint

2. repaint

3. pay

4. repay

5. group

6. regroup

7. new

8. renew

9. turn

10. return

11. check

12.  recheck

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Our class has begun reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as our class read aloud.  Upon completion of this book our class will watch the movie of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and then as a class we will complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the movie, the book, and the play that we went to back in October.

Guided Reading

Your child is becoming a very fluent reader.  Please continue to spend time reading with your child his/her guided reading book that is sent home with your child every night.  If you are unsure of what your child needs to read each night, please refer to your child's guided reading calendar that is in his/her book bag.  Your child has made some big gains in guided reading and we want him/her to continue to advance and take their reading to an even higher level.

Science

In science your child is learning about the life cycle of living things and next week your child will start to plant some things.  Your child will also begin to work on an animal report in the upcoming weeks which ties into our end of the year field trip to the Como Zoo.

Math

In math students are learning about 2D and 3D shapes.  The students are really enjoying finding everyday objects that are 3D shapes such as cylinders, cubes, rectangular prisms, etc.

Math at Home

Give your child a chance to answer riddles such as "I have three coins in my pocket.  They are worth 51 cents.  What coins do I have?  I have six coins in my pocket.  They are worth 30 cents. What could I have?  The coins in my pocket total 78 cents.  How many and what coins do I have?

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 7th- Wear blue for Autism Awareness Month
Monday, April 10th- Volunteer Training, 6:00(Media Center)
Tuesday, April 11th- 2 Hour Late Start(Wear an Irish Shirt), Trash to Cash Collection Day
Thursday, April 13th- Book Orders Due
Friday, April 14th- No School

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 10-13

1. fair

2. unfair

3. happy

4. unhappy

5. load

6. unload

7. fold

8. unfold

9. afraid

10. unafraid

11. likely

12. unlikely

Wear blue on Fridays!

Throughout the month of April your child is encouraged to wear blue every Friday for Autism Awareness Month.

Writing

Your child continues to work on his/her Persuasive Writing skills.  With Persuasive Letter Writing our class talked about how these types of letters often have a specific audience in mind, often these types of letters use strong or powerful words, and within this type of letter strong arguments are presented.

Box Tops

Keep collecting box tops!  Our school still needs a lot more box tops collected in order to reach our school wide goal.  Have your child ask aunts, uncles, grandparents, and other relatives to help collect box tops for our school as well.

Electronic Flash Card Websites

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/
http://www.aaamath.com/
http://www.allmath.com/flashcards.php
http://www.blackdog.net/games/math/flash/

Cafe Strategy

When students are able to recognize common elements of a story such as plot, characters, setting, problem, solution, and theme, they are better able to infer what will happen next.  When reading, literary elements work together to form a story and to make the story interesting.  When the above literary elements are used together, a student is better able to understand the story being read.