I hope you all had a great break.  I did.  I relaxed, went to The Good Dinosaur, and visited with many family members.
      We are back in school and ready to push forward until Winter break.  The children came willing to listen and work today.  I want to compliment them for that.
     Science is covering weather tools this week.  Talk to your child (ren) about anemometers, weather vanes, thermometers, barometers, and rain gauges.
     Our new math unit is on patterns and sequences.  There will be homework on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
     Language Arts homework is coming home this week.  Please remind your student to practice spelling words on spellingcity.com.
     Reading is also important.  Please set aside some time every night to listen to your child read.  It is great time for you to spend together.
     Thanks for all you do at home to make school a priority.  I appreciate you all.

     There will be no Language Arts packet sent home this week.  Please do the math review with your child(ren).  The math test is tomorrow.
       Enjoy your holiday.  Encourage your child(ren) to read a little bit.  Ask your child (ren) about the clouds they see this weekend.

     Hi, it's SEP week.  Thanks for returning your notes and agreeing to come in to talk.  It's great to celebrate your child(ren)'s accomplishments.
     We are on Unit 3 week 1 for Treasures, our literacy program.  The children will learn about action verbs, making inferences, punctuation in dialogue, the power of words, and supporting details.
     For math, we are in the middle of chapter 6.  Please help your child(ren) with division.  We are finally to the strategy that you and I use every day to divide.  For extra help, go to connect-ed McGraw-Hill on the internet.
     We will start our unit on Weather this week.  It's a great week to learn about it when something other than sunny is our weather.
     I am happy that the children are learning and progressing.  Thanks for helping them at home.  Please turn in reading minutes if you haven't been doing so.  We have a school-wide goal to read 1 milllion minutes this year.

     This week is a review week for Language Arts, so there will be no spelling words.  There is still homework, though, so please help your child complete it.     
     I was really impressed with the scores for our math test on double-digit multiplication.  Way to go class!   Our next unit is division.  Be ready, parents, for many strategies of how to divide.
     We will have some Prevention Dimension lessons this week, focusing on the students' strengths, talents, and individuality.
     SEP conferences are next week.  Please let me know if your scheduled time will work.  
     I love your kids.  We are having a great year!  Thanks for sharing them with me.

     

Happy November Everyone!  I am excited for the fall weather!  
     We had a great day on Friday.  The kids had fun dressing up and shopping at the student stores.  Thanks, parents and kids, for making this a great event!
     This week, our class will be finishing the water cycle unit.  The students are bringing home their science journal to review concepts.  The test is on Thursday.  
     Our math unit on multiplying with 2-digit numbers will end this Thursday, with a test.  Please study with your child and review anything you notice he/she needs more help on.
     Thanks, again, for all your support at home.