Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Donate to the food pantry this week!

Make a difference in someone's life by donating non-perishable items to the food pantry this week. Send the items to school with your child to help someone in need.

Tuesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 8-6
3) Fact Sheet

News:
-We will be taking a field trip on Tuesday, December 4th to watch a play at the local arts theater. 
-We are learning about prehistoric creatures and fossils in class. Encourage your child to find out more by researching online or finding nonfiction books at the library.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Christmas is around the corner!

I hope everyone enjoyed some family time during the Thanksgiving holiday and maybe some Black Friday shopping too! Don't forget you can make a difference in someone's life this holiday season by donating non-perishable items to the food pantry. Get the donations in THIS WEEK! Thank you so much!

This Week In...
Phonics: Words with ch, sh, wh, and th
2nd Grade Reading: Summarizing; Main idea and details
3rd Grade Reading: Fantasy vs. Reality; Asking questions
Math: Two-Digit Addition
Language Arts: Past-tense verbs; Prefixes and Suffixes

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 8-5
3) Facts Sheet

*WANTED--> Parent volunteers to sort and count math manipulatives like cubes, coins, etc. into individual bags. Please let me know if you are willing to help. Contact me to set up a day/time. Thank you for all you do! :)

Monday, November 19, 2012

Grandparents' Night!

Don't forget Grandparents' Night is tonight @ Hendricks from 6-7:30pm! Hope to see you here!

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log (20 minutes)
2) Math Practice 8-2
3) Fact Sheet

Friday, November 16, 2012

Come to the holiday parade tonight!!

Over the weekend, please be sure to go through your child's folder together. Sign their behavior sheet and send back to school. Also, I have sent home a family project that is due Monday. Students will decorate a turkey with cereal, noodles, cotton balls, buttons, seeds, grass, leaves, paper, etc. Anything you can think of! Please have fun and be creative!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

1 week until Turkey Day!

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
        -Parents, please let students write down the title and author themselves. This will be great practice for capitalizing proper nouns and writing book titles.
2) Math Practice 8-1
3) Math facts sheet

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

11/14 HW Change

Wednesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log


*No Math HW tonight! This is different than the newsletter states. Homework will resume to normal tomorrow night, following the newsletter.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Math Test Tomorrow

Tuesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Topic 6 Study Guide*
3) Number Facts

*YOU MAY NOT USE A NO HOMEWORK PASS!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Magnificent Monday

This Week In...
Phonics: Long U
Reading: Using Illustrations; Context Clues; Summarizing
Math: Mental Addition; 2 Digit Addition; Computation
Language Arts: Using commas in a series; Present-tense verbs; Subject-Verb Agreement

Monday Homework
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 6-6

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

LAST DAY FOR SPIRIT ORDERS OR FUNDRAISERS

Tomorrow is the last day the office will accept any fundraiser orders or Spirit Wear orders. Get them to school tomorrow morning!

Wednesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 6.4

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

GO VOTE!

I hope you exercised your right to vote today! We are so lucky to live in a country where we can choose our leaders.

Homework:
1) DEAR Log

2) Math Practice 6-3

Monday, November 5, 2012

Return fundraiser orders ASAP!

Last call for fundraiser order forms! Get them in ASAP please! If your child did not sell any items, there is no need to return the form or catalogs.

This Week In...
Phonics: Words with long e (using e, ee, ea, ey, and _y)
Reading: Cause & Effect; Rereading to gain better understanding
Math: Mental Addition (tens and ones)
Language Arts: Verbs; Abbreviations

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 6-2

Thursday, November 1, 2012

November begins!

We have been learning about our important right to vote as citizens. Students learned part of a song that encourages people to fulfill their civic duty. It is to the tune of Call Me, Maybe. Ask your child to do his/her best to sing it to you!

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 6-1