Odds and Ends
*Classroom Spelling Bee: We will be holding our classroom spelling bee on Friday, January 25th. The top two spellers in our classroom will advance to the 3rd grade spelling bee that will be on Friday, February 1st. We will have a practice bee on Tuesday in the classroom and the "real" spelling bee will be on Friday. This will replace the spelling list for the week. Good luck and keep practicing over the weekend!
Upcoming Events:
*Mon. 1/21: No School: Today we honor the great work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
*Tues. 1/22: Spelling Bee Practice
*Wed. 1/23: IMC today (Monday schedule)
Reading: Lost and Found comprehension and vocabulary graded review
*Thurs. 1/24: Math: Customary Measurement Quiz
*Fri. 1/25: Classroom Spelling Bee
SPIRIT DAY: Wear a shirt of your favorite vacation spot!
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: We will finish up customary measurement early next week. We have covered measuring in inches/feet/yards/miles, measuring capacity using cups/pints/quarts/gallons, weighing objects using ounces/pounds, and will use thermometers to measure temperature. There will be a graded quiz covering this information on Thurs. 1/24. We will also work on our 6 multiplication tables. We will start metric measurement at the end of this week.
*Reading: We are working on sequencing events and writing excellent summaries using sequenced events and "leap frogs" (transition words). We will continue to read a variety of short stories, both fiction and non-fiction, as we practice these skills. Please continue to review the vocab flashcards from the story Lost and Found. We will have a graded comprehension and vocabulary review on Wed. 1/23.
*English: We are BUSY working on verbs. The students are learning about helping verbs, the special verb "be", and irregular verbs. This can be tricky, so please review with your child. We will also start friendly letter writing next week. We will be working on both verbs and letter writing.
*Science: We will begin our next unit on animals this week. We begin by looking at the needs of all animals and classify them into vertebrates and invertebrates. *Social Studies: The students are very interested in learning about immigration and different cultures. As an extension of chapter 3, the students will participate in "Culture Day". A note was sent home with your child today explaining what culture day is and what they have to do to participate. This is an assignment that will be taken for a grade. Your child will need to prepare a presentation about some aspect of their culture and ethnicity. This can be with a poster, sharing food with the class, listening to cultural music, dancing, etc. The note goes into more details about this assignment. All presentations will take place on Monday, Jan. 28th. Please email if you have any questions. Thank you for your help! This is a great opportunity to get out old photos, call grandparents, and talk to your child about their ancestors and "roots"!
*Spelling: As previously mentioned, there will be no spelling list this week. Instead we will be practicing the spelling bee in class on Tuesday and having the "real" classroom spelling bee on Friday. The top two spellers in the classroom will advance to the next round, the 3rd grade spelling bee. Please review the list sent home last week with your child. Thanks!
Thank you for reading this weeks newsletter. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
STAY WARM!!
Wishful Thinking! =) Miss Carlstrom
