Friday, January 31, 2014

January 31, 2014




READING

            Next week, we will continue reading the story The Big, Bushy Mustache.              In phonics  we will be focusing on the the vowel pairs ou, ow and the suffixes -ly and -ful.
            Vocabulary words are bushy, costume, disguise, handsome, mirror, behind, soldier, story and mustache.
            Comprehension strategies are predict/infer and problem solving.
            In writing we will be working on writing a paragraph with a problem and solution.
            In grammar we will be working on plurals.

Reading Logs are due on Monday, February 3rd.


           
                   MATH
                                   
          
            Next week we will be finishing our chapter on Data and Graphs.  We will have a chapter test on Wednesday.  Our next chapter will be on Probability.
We will be working on money soon.   If you haven’t sent in the coins please do so as soon as possible.
            **Please make sure you send in the following coins in a small container or baggie (with with your child's name on it) with the following coins:  20 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes and 7 quarters.**

Science
Our next chapter will be on animals.  We will be learning about mammals, birds, reptiles, fish,  and amphibians.

Service Project
We are collecting 100 can of food for the West Suburban Food Pantry.  We will be collecting these items until our 100th day of school which will be on Feb. 13th.  Thank you.

 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Feb. 4 – Early Dismissal at 12:00
Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Feb. 17 – President's Day – No School
Feb. 20 – Spring Picture Day
Feb. 24 – Six Flags Reading Logs are Due