WEEKLY NEWS FROM ROOM 114
THIS WEEKS NEWS
March 8 - 12, 2010
The third trimester is underway! I wanted to let you know our classroom total of pages read during the Olympic Reading contest with Mrs. Funk ~ your children read 13,282 pages in the last 4 weeks. That was terrific! Thank you so much for all you do.
NOTES AND REMINDERS
Mary did a great job as star of the week.
Our new star of the week will be: Lucas . Please bring your pictures in on Monday.
ALL EGG CARTONS SHOULD BE AT SCHOOL NO LATER THAN MARCH 19. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN EATING EGGS!!!!!
UPCOMING EVENTS
The St. Baldrick's fundraiser is Friday, March 19. Turn in the necessary pages in order to participate. Make sure you have registered on line in order for your child to participate.
HOMEWORK
Please read "A Big Day for Jay" on Mon. and Tues. night. Read "Lost" on Wed. and Thurs. night. The phonics skill this week is long /a/ using the -ay and ai spelling. We will also cover contractions again. Sight test, spelling test and workbook pages used for assessment will be given on Friday. The children did very well on the sight test from all the words in the 1.4 book. Those tests will be sent home on Monday with the rest of the Friday reading tests.
Spelling sentences are sent home with some corrections indicated. I have asked the children to look at our word wall while they write sentences and spell those words correctly. They have a folder in their desk with all the word wall words. They should use it while writing their sentences. Please go over their sentences with them. Explain what mistakes you see, or have them tell you what needs to be corrected. Some sentences are not a complete idea. They are really improving in their sentence writing skills, but help from you is appreciated.
In Math this week, we finish chapter 7 on estimation and counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's. There will be a written and oral test on counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's soon. Any practice at home will be most helpful. Some children are confused when the counting starts on numbers other than 2, 5, or 10. Drill on counting and give them a new starting point (ex. start with 15 and count by 5's, or start at 8 and count by 2's, or start at 40 and count by 10's) We count to 100.
NEW SIGHT WORDS:
don't
from
hear
live
when
NEW SPELLING WORDS:
say
play
may
way
wait
rain
when
from
don't
I'm
As always, contact me with any questions. Have a good week.
Mrs. Dillon