February 29 - March 4

Sorry for the late posting!  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• phonics: antonyms and synonyms
• phonics: decoding 2 syllable words
• phonics: spelling with c
• writing: finish writing assessment (writing is a multi-day process for us - there have been so many kids missing days lately that it has taken us twice as long to get everyone caught up and finished)
• writing: begin informative writing process
• reading: continue reading about Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday is Mystery Bear night.  To attend, you must have already returned to notification slip to the school.

Friday is a half-day.  School will be out at 12:00

February 22-26

Wow, time is really flying by lately!  I can't believe that February is almost over.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

• phonics: assessment - decoding skill #2 (2 consonants will split), conjunctions, -le at the end of words, double consonants
• phonics: adding suffixes to words ending in -y
• phonics: decoding 2-syllable words
• phonics: synonyms and antonyms
• writing: I decided that the kids needed more practice before the assessment so we are currently working on our third practice round of personal narrative.  We will probably finish on Tuesday, and begin the assessment on Wednesday.
• reading: begin Theodore Roosevelt: The Adventurous President (objectives - to use text features to locate important information, to read and comprehend informational text, to recount key ideas, to ask and answer questions)

The Who Stole Mr. Bear Mystery Night has been moved to March 3rd.  It sounds like it will be great fun.  I hope you can make it!

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February 16-19

I hope everyone had a restful break.  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• phonics: conjunctions (click on the conductor!)
• phonics: double consonants (when double consonants occur in a multi-syllabic word, the first of the two double consonants is usually not pronounced)
• phonics: words ending with -le
• writing: assessment on personal narrative (prompt - write about a time when you did something with your family)
• reading: poetry - read two different poems and discuss how the themes in the poetry relate to the story I Wanna Iguana - compare and contrast the poetry and text (objectives: ask and answer questions relating to details, and understand characters, setting, and plot)
• reading: compare and contrast Money Matters and I Wanna Iguana

Conferences

Here is what the conference schedule looks like:

Please try to be on time.  

If even one conference shows up late, or runs over, it effects all the others.  If you are late, we will have to schedule for another day and time.  Thank you for understanding.

There is no school on Friday, February 12th, or on Monday, February 15th.  

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy President's Day!\

District Flyers

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