I hope every mom is having a wonderful Mother's Day today! I wanted to let everyone know we are so excited about our class chosen Career Choice Awards show this Thursday 5/17 @ 12:00. Each student voted for the careers they think their peers would be good at one day. On Thursday we will see all the winners! I have received many RSVPs already.
We only have eight days of school left but we will continue working and learning to prepare ourselves for third grade. We will have our final reading checks goals turned in on Monday May 21st. Students need 14 reading checks for the month of May.
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I sent an email out earlier today explaining our Reading Inventory test on Monday 4/30 is at 8:10. Please be to school on time. Encourage your child to do their best!
Monday 4/30 Box Tops are due. The class with the most can win a Popsicle party. Tuesday, May 1st Reading Checks are due for the month of April. Friday, May 4th all Library Books are due. Start looking for any lost library books. Take a peek at our week: Reading: How can I compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic? Spelling/Phonics: How does the prefix dis- change a word? (Spelling Words: disorder, disagree, disobey, distrust, dishonest, disgrace, disappear) Math: What are some strategies I can use to add/subtract within 1000? Writing: How can I add details to support my opinion? Science: How does a living thing change and grow? Parents thank you so much for all the donated snacks for our shape investigation on Friday. The students had so much fun!! They also enjoyed all the yummy snacks. This was such a great way to review our study of shapes. We couldn't have done it without your donations!!!!
We have such a busy week this week so please check your child's agenda as we have written all of this in our agendas. Monday we are having our Opening Ceremonies of our Field Days at the end of the day so we are on an Early Release schedule. We are supposed to have our ceremonies outside but they will probably be moved inside due to the weather. Also, please have your child bring a towel to sit on during this time. Tuesday is our field trip to visit Big Shanty Intermediate. We will have the opportunity to talk with the staff and 3rd grade students. Lunch will NOT be effected with this trip as it will be a shorter field trip. Wednesday is our field day. Please be sure to send your child in comfortable clothes, sneakers, a water bottle, and make sure sunscreen is applied before school. We will have a regular lunch. Thursday is our field trip to the Fire Safety Village so if you are planning to buy a lunch from school it will be a sack lunch. If not please send your child's lunch in a disposable bag. Friday progress reports will go home. Take a peek at our week: Reading: How can I infer? Spelling: How does the prefix re- change a word? (Spelling Words repaint, repay, regroup, renew, return, recheck) Math: What strategies can I use to add and subtract three-digit numbers? Writing: How can I add details to my informational writing? Science: What is the life cycle of a plant? This week we have a visit from a Fire Fighter from Cobb County. They will give us a lesson on fire safety before our visit to the Fire Safety Village on April 26th. We also have our annual Art Show this Thursday, April 19th from 4-6 p.m.
Our class has been working hard to show great behavior and we have earned a Making Slime Party. We hope to make slime tomorrow or Tuesday. Way to Go! We had a lot of students meet their reading checks goal for March. Continue nightly reading (Raz-Kids included). We need 20 Reading Checks for April. I will be sending out a Sign-Up Genius this week we need help with a few snack items for a fun 3-D shapes activity. Take a peek at our week: Reading: What is the Author's Point? Spelling/Phonics: How does the prefix un- change a word? (Spelling Words: unfair, unhappy, unload, unfold, unafraid, unlikely) Math: What is an array? How can it show repeated addition? Writing: What is informational writing? What should I include in informational writing? Science: What is a life cycle? I hope everyone has had a wonderful spring break! We only have 6 and 1/2 weeks left of school which is 33 school days. We will be very busy getting ready for third grade. We will be really trying hard to raise our reading levels and master math concepts and math facts. I want everyone to feel prepared and ready for third grade. We have an author's visit on Wednesday, April 11th, with Carmen Deedy. She has written many children's books such as The Library Dragon. This will be such a neat experience for our students.
We have written some specials for the month of April in our agendas but not all of them on Monday we will have Technology Lab. I will be checking our March reading log to see who reached their goal of 20 reading checks! Please have this filled out by Monday, April 10th. If your child has read a lot over spring break be sure to add that to the reading log as well. We have already set our April goal of 20 reading checks as well. Take a peek at our Week: Reading: How can I find the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text? How can I compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topics? Spelling/Phonics: How do -ly endings change a word? (Spelling Words: closely, friendly, really, gloomily, happily, angrily, quietly, safely, luckily) Math: How can I relate shapes and solids? What are faces? How can I divide shapes evenly? Writing: What is narrative writing? What should I include in my narrative writing? Social Studies: Who is Jimmy Carter? Science: What is a life cycle? We had a great time at our Fernbank field trip and saw some really neat exhibits. Thanks for all your support in helping us take this fun educational trip. This Friday is Career/Cultural Arts Day. We will be learning about different careers as well as different types of art. We will have the opportunity to meet people in these fields of work. This Monday 3/25 starts our Relay for Life Golden Egg Grab Take a peak at our week:
Reading: How can I find the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text? How can I compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topics? Spelling: How do -y endings change a word? (spelling words-easy, squeaky, needy, gloomy, snoopy, goofy, jerky, thirsty, wormy) Math: How can I recognize and describe different shapes? What are sides, vertices, angles? Writing: What is a narrative? How can I add details to my writing? Social Studies: Who is Jimmy Carter? Parents this Wednesday report cards go home. You will see this in our red folders with many end of the 9 weeks assessments. Please keep the report card and assessments for your records. Please sign the white envelope and return it to school so I know you received your child's report card.
Thursday is our field trip to Fernbank. Chaperones have received a pink information packet and we look forward to seeing you at Fernbank on Thursday. If you are sending a lunch from home please send in a disposable lunch bag for the field trip. This way items do not get left behind. Take a peek at our week: Reading: What are context clues? How can they help me understand new words that I read? Spelling/Phonics: How does -er and -est change a word's meaning? How do they compare? (Spelling Words this week: rounder, smoother, lighter, funniest, earliest, prettiest, bigger, sadder, hottest) Math: How can I recognize different shapes? What are sides and angles? Writing: What is peer editing? Social Studies: Who is Jimmy Carter? We are finishing up our third nine weeks this week! You will see report cards go home next Wednesday 3/21. When these are sent home you will also see some assessments on how your child is doing.
This Wednesday 3/14 is Early Release. Students will be released two hours early at 12:30. Please remember this and make plans. Take a Peek at our Week: Reading: What questions do good readers ask? Spelling/Phonics: How does -or and -er endings change a word? (Spelling Words: painter, writer, farmer, actor, sailor, visitor, swimmer, runner, robber) Math: How can I solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems? Writing: How can I share my opinion and explain my reasons in my writing? Science: What are some attributes of stars? How did Juliette Gordon Low show leadership? We had a good Read Across America Day! The students received finger flashlights to read with. We had some silent stamina reading time with these as well. We also read to our Kindergarten Book Buddies. It is great to see our students being leaders.
This Friday we have Morning with Mom. Please feel free to come to breakfast with your child. We will have coffee, donuts, muffins, etc. that will be provided for you. See the flyer below for more information. Take a Peek at our Week: Reading: What are shades of meaning? How can I compare and contrast stories? Spelling/Phonics: How do -ed and -ing endings change a word? How can I add these endings to the word? (Spelling Words this week: helped/helping, printed/printing, sliced/slicing, joked/joking, dropped/ dropping, clapped/clapping) Math: How can I add and subtract three digit numbers? How can I solve word problems? Writing: What is an adjective and adverb? How can I add punctuation in my writing? How can I make my writing stronger? Science: What are some attributes of stars? Health: How can I take care of my teeth? I hope everyone has had a great winter break even though it feels more like Spring Break!! Just a reminder our Six Flag reading is due Monday 2/26. Please fill out the blue Six Flags reading log if your child read the required minutes.
This Thursday our February reading logs are due as well. On Friday 3/2 we will celebrate Read Across America Day with Dr. Seuss' birthday. For $1 Students are able to wear pajamas to school that day as we will have some time to read comfortably in our pajamas. Students will also receive a Dr. Seuss bookmark. All proceeds go to Relay For Life. We will also have some fun Dr. Seuss' activities that day! It will be fun. Take a Peek at our Week: Reading: What is a character's point of view? What is the central message, lesson or moral? How can I compare and contrast stories? Spelling/Phonics: What are plural nouns? (spelling words : spices, acorns, apples, dishes, classes, taxes, watches, ponies, cities) Math: How can I solve word problems with money? Writing: How do writers share their opinons? How do writers publish their writing? Science: What are some attributes of stars? |