Last week was a full week since our Christmas break. The children worked hard and we all got through it!

I hope the children found the TIC TAC TOE assignments to be fun since they choose the three assignments providing it is three in a row. Please remind your child to do each assignment in their notebook. If, for whatever reason, your child needs to do it on a separate  sheet of paper, please staple it into his/her notebook. Remember to circle the assignment and return the board each Friday. Thank you!

MAP testing begins this week for the school. The children will be taking the MAP tests on Monday January 13^th  and Tuesday, January 14^th. PLEASE remember this is a tool to help me evaluate where your child is academically and where and how we need to move forward.

The Topic 4 Math test was moved to Wednesday, January 15, 2020. We needed more time on a few lessons last week and I felt they needed more time. The Chapter 10 religion test remains on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. A review sheet will go home Monday night to help. As always, if you study that review sheet, your child will do fine.
 
A few of our regular reminders:
 

• White socks are worn with the gym uniform.
• Please get index cards to be made into flashcards to help your child study addition and subtraction facts. Punch a hole in them and I will give you a binder ring.
• Absent notes: PLEASE, when your child is absent, send in a note to explain the absence. Thanks!
• Please return the Weekly Behavior Chart with the Friday folder.

Here’s what’s happening this week:

Religion:    We conclude Chapter 10 early in the week. We culminate this chapter with a Chapter 10 test on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Then we will talk about the beginning of the Catholic church.

Reading:   This week, we continue to read fables and identify the morals as we read. We will also practice a new set of tricky/decodable words which will be in your child’s yellow folder. We are concentrating on the vowel sounds of /oo/ and /ou/ this week. Please continue to practice these words and decodable words for this week and prior weeks. As always, please, read with your child and make sure the reading log is in his or her folder on Friday.

Phonics:   We will continue to practice vowel digraphs /oo/ as is soon and the sound /oo/ as in look.  This week we will be introduced to the vowel sound of /ou/  as in sound. We will continue our work with phonemes and word chaining. The children will have a spelling test on Friday, January 17, 2020 on the words in their folders on Monday.

Grammar:   We will continue to work special proper nouns this week (i.e. days, months, holidays) We will conclude the week by brainstorming and completing a writing prompt, I have a dream….

Math:   We are coming to a close with Topic 4. Early this week, we will continue the r3eview we began on Thursday/Friday to prepare us for our test on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Topic 4 lessons to study: 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9. Pay close attention to the review pages as well. PLEASE remember to continue to practice sums with your child using the homemade flashcards that the children have made.  There will be a speed test of sums to 8 late in the week.

SS/Sci: We continue to explore families. In addition, this week, we will take a look at an important historical civil rights leader, Martin Luther King. We will learn about him and then create our I Have a Dream writing prompt. 
 

 
Upcoming Tests
Tuesday, 01/14:                 Religion Chapter 10
Wednesday, 01/15:             Math Topic 4
Friday, 01/17:                   Weekly Spelling Test
 
Looking Ahead…..
Friday  01/24:                    Weekly Spelling Test






       
       

Monday       ~~ COMPUTERS
Tuesday     ~~ GYM
Wednesday~~ LIBRARY
Thursday    ~~ ART
                    ~~ SPANISH
Friday          ~~ MUSIC

When a scholastic flyer comes home, please use the activation code below to place your order. Simply go to www.scholastic.com, go to Book Clubs, and place your order each time the flyers are sent home a long as you do so by the date on the flyer.   

Our class code is : GT4DB