Week of January

Happy 2017! This past week our class started to evaluate our learning as a whole class and this week they will set individual goals for achievement in the area of math, AR and end of the year benchmarks. They have also started to learn the basic strokes of cursive through the Cursive Without Tears program.

Our focus this week will be:
  1. Continue reading The Year of Miss Agnes. We will discuss how readers use evidence from texts to understand what they read, and identify main idea and supporting details. We will continue to discover how writers include character dialogue and actions to affect the events in a story.
  2. Conventions: adverbs, functions of adverbs, and superlative adverbs.
  3. Spelling: consonant blends
  4. Writing: narrative
Math

Continue Topic #7: represent and interpret data
Continue our Fact Master multiplication tests. It is imperative students study and complete these at home nightly for a few minutes for successful mastery of their multiplication facts.

Homework
Please remind your kiddo to write the date in their Reading Log.

 Due every day:  -Reading 20 minutes (put on reading log date and sign)
            -Daily Fact Practice paper

 Due on Friday:  -Writing assigned and submitted through Moby Max, spelling and signed Reading Log

Upcoming dates to remember:
January 9th: Second Session (3rd-6th) resumes
January 11th: Success Academy resumes
January 16th: No School MLK Day
January 17th: 2nd trimester Electives begin
February 10th: February 14th:Valentine craft and exchange
February 13th: No School
February 20 - No School Presidents' Day
February 24th: Last day to AR for 2nd trimester
February 25th: ILF Gala
February 27th: 2nd trimester ends

Spelling Wprds
splash
throw
three
square
scream
strike
street
split
splurge
thrill
strength
squeak
throne
scratch
squeeze
squid
squander
arthritis
instrument
strategy

Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.  I look forward to a full week with the kiddos and getting back on track.

Lovingly,
Mrs. Urban