Upcoming Dates

Friday, May 7th- 2 Hour Late Start

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.

 

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

 

Spelling Words

 Week Of:

May 3-7

1. price

2. priceless

3. use

4. useless

5. power

6. powerless

7. cloud

8. cloudless

9. breath

10.  breathless

11.  fear

12.  fearless

 

Track and Field Day

Track & Field Day is scheduled for Friday, May 21st with the make-up day scheduled for Monday, May 24th. At this time each child will be allowed 2 spectators that will be able to come watch for the day. More specific details about this day will be sent out in the upcoming weeks. I just wanted to give everyone a chance to get this date on their calendar!

Items Needed

For an upcoming project next week your child will need a shoebox and any items they can think of to recreate a scene from within the book The Boxcar Children. Sticks, yarn, cotton balls, etc. are just some of the items your child may choose to bring in to make their diorama.

Picture Needed

If you have not emailed me or sent in a picture of mom and your child yet to school, please do so by Monday, May 3rd. Thanks in advance!

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, April 28th- Wellness Wednesday, Wear Workout Clothes

Friday, April 30th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month

Spelling Words

 April 26-30

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

 

Writing

In writing students are starting a new unit focused around poetry. Be watching for some poems to be coming home that your child has written over the course of the next two weeks.

Math

In math this week students have learned several strategies to use when adding a 3-digit number to a 3-digit number. Some strategies they have learned include:

• using an open number line
• partial sums
• adding together base-ten pieces
• paper and pencil
  

Picture With Mom

For an upcoming project I am asking every student to bring in or email me a picture of them with their mom. I would like all pictures by Monday, May 3rd. My email address is: schneiders@maplelake.k12.mn.us

Word of the Month

 Patience- remaining calm when dealing with a situation

Upcoming Dates

Friday, April 23- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 19 – 23

1. paint

2. repaint

3. pay

4. repay

5. group

6. regroup

7. new

8. renew

9. turn

10. return

11. check

12.  recheck

 

Writing

In writing your child continues to work on putting the final touches on his/her state research project using technology.

Math

Students continue to work on building up their number sense to 1000. This week your child worked on adding 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, and 100 less to 3-digit numbers. Your child also added 3-digit numbers together using base-ten pieces. Keep having your child practice his/her addition and subtraction facts at home.

Guided Reading

In guided reading your child continues to make predictions before, during, and after reading a story. Many students are forgetting to get their yellow reading sheet signed nightly. Please help your child remember to read nightly and to get their reading sheet signed by someone at home.

Warmer Days

With warmer days ahead, we are going to try to do as much of our learning as we can outside. Please send a beach towel to school with your child in the upcoming days to keep at school until the end of the school year. All drinking fountains have been turned off as well this year so please make sure your child is bringing a water bottle to school daily. Many students are forgetting a daily snack each day also!

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, April 13th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt

Thursday, April 15th- Book Orders Due

Friday, April 16th- In school all day! No Late Start Today, Wear Blue for Autism Awareness Month

Spelling Words

Week Of:

April 12-16

1. fair

2. unfair

3. happy

4. unhappy

5. load

6. unload

7. fold

8. unfold

9. afraid

10. unafraid

11. likely

12. unlikely

 

Math @ Home

Give your child a chance to answer riddles such as: 

I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 55 cents. What coins do I have?

I have six coins in my pocket. They are worth 30 cents. What coins could I have?

The coins in my pocket total 78 cents. What could I have?

Guided Reading

This week in Guided Reading your child spent time making predictions. As your child reads books at home ask him/her to make predictions before, during, and after reading a story. Students also learned this week to look for clues in the text they are reading and in the pictures throughout a text. Making predictions is like looking into a crystal ball to tell the future of a story!