Week of February 27-March 3

We only have one more week before we start our PAWS assessments.  We will spend a majority of next week finishing up some concepts and talking about testing strategies which will better prepare the students.  A reminder that February reading calendars are due next Wednesday, March 1st.  I will be out of the classroom this week on Wednesday and Friday afternoon for district meetings.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. 

Week of February 20-24

It's hard to believe we are entering the last of February.  We will begin PAWS testing on March 7th.  We will take the reading portion on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of March and the Math section on March 14th, 15th, and 16.  We are asking again to please make sure students are present during those weeks.  I also wanted to remind everyone that this Friday the 24th is an early release.  All other information can be found on the Friday Flier page.  I hope everyone has a great week.

Week of February 13-17

Reminder that we have our once a month swim on Wednesday, February 15th.  I also wanted to remind parents to please make sure you are checking and signing your child's assignment notebook.  We had several students come in this week and didn't have one single day signed.  The purpose for this is to check to see what we are doing and to see if they have any homework.  Several students had homework Monday night and because their notebooks were not signed I didn't receive that homework until Wednesday so please check the notebooks and signed them.  I also wanted to let parents know that we have had an issue with behaviors this week as well.  I had to remind students every day this week that when we wake up we need to tell ourselves that today is a day that I will have a positive attitude and will make positive choices.  I had to use a large part of class time this week towards character education and because of this we were not able to get as much completed that we needed to.  Lastly we have PTO muffins with mom on Friday, February 17th.  I hope everyone has a wonderful relaxing weekend. 

Week of February 6-10

This week we will be moving into our next story in Unit 4 which is titled Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed this week.  A reminder that our book, bag, and bite is on Tuesday of this week which is February 7th which I believe starts at 6:30.  It would be awesome to see everyone there.  Games, hams, and other prizes will be raffled off so come on out Tuesday and enjoy.  Lastly, please remember to sign your child's assignment notebook. 

Reading- Compare and Contrast

Grammar- Subject and Object Pronouns

Spelling- R controlled vowels

Math- Perimeter and Area

Week of January 30-February 3

This week will be a regular week.  We will begin Unit 4 in our reading series.  The story is title Wings.  We are also moving on in math to area and perimeter.  Reminder that on Thursday and Friday we will have parent/ teacher conferences.  I have everyone scheduled for Thursday.  Because of that some of the conferences will only run about 15 minutes in order to accommodate everyone.  We are about to move in to February so that means we only have one more month until we begin taking the PAWS assessment.  This is a state assessment which means we need to have all students in class during the month of March.  We will begin testing March 7th and hopefully be done by March 16th if everything goes smoothly.  We are asking parents to avoid making any plans for the month of March like trips and vacations.  Spring Break is right around the corner.  If yall could help me with that I would be greatly appreciative.  Below you will find a list of concepts being discussed next week in class.

Reading- Cause and Effect

Grammar- Singular and Plural Pronouns

Spelling- Irregular Plurals

Math- Area and Perimeter

Week of January 23-27

Well we complete our first official full week of school of the new year.  Just a few things.  We will not have a weekly reading, grammar, or spelling test.  We are finished with Unit 3 so instead we will our third benchmark assessment of the year.  You can review all spelling patterns for Unit 3 as well as all grammar concepts starting with action/linking verbs, helping and main verbs, verb tenses, and irregular verbs.  We will be taking our fourth math assessment dealing with quadrilaterals.  They will need to work on identifying them and describing their characteristics.  Friday was the official start of the third quarter.  Students will receive their third quarter point goal this week so please make sure students are reading at least 20-30 minutes a night.  Lastly we have completed winter MAP assessments.  We will now begin looking toward PAWS and getting the students ready for that assessment.  I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend. 

Week of January 16-20

What a crazy week.  It was good to get back into the classroom after all that snow.  It was decided today that the last day of the 2nd quarter will be Thursday, January 19th.  All AR goals must be completed by the end of that day.  Next week we will finish our last story in Unit 3 title Volcanoes.  Using that story we will cover comparing and contrasting, along with Irregular Verbs, and our spelling will cover words with WR, KN, MB, and GN.  In math we are looking at geometry specifically quadrilaterals.  Donuts with dads will be Friday, January 20th.  There is a modified Friday Flier coming home this weekend but no updates with each grade level.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and we will see everyone on Monday.