Valentine's Party Coming Soon!

Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 10-3

I'm looking for volunteers to donate items for our Valentine's Day party. Someone has already offered to bring Sprite and cups. However, we're still in need of plates, napkins, sweet treats (like cupcakes or cookies), chips, and candy. If you're willing to donate, please contact me to sign up for an item. Thank you so much for your help! 

Warm today...gone tomorrow!

While it's been warm the last couple of days, please make sure students are dressed appropriately for recess in the coming days. Our warmer weather will not last much longer (got to love Indiana). They should bring a coat for outdoor recess. We will go out as long as there is no current precipitation and the wind chill is 25 degrees or above.

Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 10-2
*3) Homophone worksheet*

*The Homophone worksheet is an assignment only for students in the 3rd grade reading class.

Rain, rain, go away. We want outdoor recess!

This Week In...
2nd Grade Reading: Making and confirming predictions; rereading for understanding
3rd Grade Reading: Making inferences; Visualizing; Homophones
Phonics: Words with -oo, -ew, -oe, -ui
Math: Place Value to 1,000
Language Arts: Irregular Verbs; Writing book titles

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 10-1

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) MClass Math Practice

Wednesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Topic 9 Study Guide

Students MAY NOT use a No Homework pass on the study guide.

Wash your hands!

Flu season is here, and it is rampant! Talk with your child about the importance of washing his/her hands and not putting their hands in their eyes, nose, mouth because our hands have germs on them from everything we touch. Also, water bottles are encouraged in class as they cut down on germs at the water fountain. The bottle must be filled in the morning when the child arrives at school. WATER only (no flavored water).

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Time
2) Math Practice 9-7

No School NEXT Monday

This Week In...
Phonics: Words with -ir, -er, -ur
Reading: Cause & Effect; Generating Questions
Language: Helping Verbs; Quotation Marks
Math: Two Digit Subtraction with Regrouping
Science: Animal Adaptations for Winter

We won a trophy last month for our First in Math scores, and we get to keep it in our room this whole month. We were SO excited because we stole it from a 5th grade AE class! We want to keep our First in Math trophy another month. Get on at home to earn points and sharpen skills! www.firstinmath.com If students bring proof from a parent that they have been practicing at home, they can pick something from the treasure box. The proof must state how long he/she practiced and how many points he/she has overall. It must be signed by a parent.

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log-->20 minutes signed by a parent
2) Math Practice 9-4

Reminder--> No school next Monday due to MLK Day!

Next week's words

Next week's Spelling words: clerk, term, herd, skirt, sir, stir, chum, burst, hurt, turn, shark, storm, hours, problem, usually, animal, fall, of, toward, where.

1/9/13

Wednesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 9-2

Welcome to 2013!

I apologize that this week's newsletter did not come home today. I left the newsletter on my home PC, so I was unable to make copies. I will send it home tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

This week in...
Math: 2 Digit Subtraction with Regrouping
Reading: Compare & Contrast; Generating Questions
Language Arts: Linking verbs (is, are, am, was, were)
Phonics: R-Controlled vowels; Words with -or and -ar

Monday Homework:
1) 20 minutes on DEAR time (signed by a parent)
2) Math Practice 9-1