October 3-7

First I would like to apologize for not posting the last two weeks.  It is something that I pride myself with so once again I apologize.  September is a very hectic time of the year.  A reminder that Monday, October 3rd is an early release day.  Next I wanted to take a minute and ask parents to remind our student of their attitudes and how important it is to have positive attitudes.  There have been some situations lately where negatives attitudes have affected this classroom and has taken a significantly large amount of time from the classroom.  So please talk with your students and remind them how important it is to have positive attitudes.  We are moving along in our reading series.  Next week we will be reading the story If You Made a Million dollars.  Please make sure students are reading their story every night as well as studying their vocabulary and spelling words.  We are also moving along in math.  We will be discussing comparing and ordering numbers as well as rounding.  By the end of next week or start of the next we will take our first math outcome assessment.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed next week. 

Reading- Realism vs. Fantasy

Grammar- Commands and Exclamations

Spelling- Long Vowel Diagraphs

Math- Comparing and ordering numbers/rounding

Week of September 12-16:

Hope everyone enjoyed the first week of school.  This week we will continue in our math lessons by talking about place value, reading and writing numbers in the different forms, and also rounding.  We will also begin our reading series with the story Boomtown.  I will be out of the classroom Tuesday afternoon due to a football game.  For those parents who were not here for parent night, I have sent home some papers that will help you and your child throughout the year.  If there are any questions please email me at Jowilloughby@rangers1.net.  If you look below you will find a list of concepts being discussed in class this week.

Reading- Realism vs. Fantasy

Grammar- Writing Sentences

Spelling- Short Vowels

Math- Read and Write Numbers, Place Value, Rounding