Important handouts!

There will be several important handouts coming home the first week. Some of them require your signature and should be reviewed with your child. Thank you!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Week of Jan. 30

Gosh! The month of January flew by!
Here is what is happening for the week:
Reading : We will finish our polar bear book on Tuesday and then begin a new story on Wednesday.
Vocabulary for our new story on Wed.: hardly, global, pollution, complicated, shade, rubbish, carton, recycle, project, and dripping.
Spelling words: slept, February, them, never, when, many, sent, kept, September, best, friend, then, cents, Wednesday, guess, and better.\
Social Studies: We will continue our study of Montana. We will focus on the buffalo and Native Americans as an introduction.
Re-test on Monday for any missed questions on the Montana fact test.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Week of January 23

Reading - We will continue our non-fiction book on polar bears. There is no weekly story to read.
Spelling words: from, Sunday, money, under, nothing, summer, does, mother, lunch, month, such, front, much, sun, other, and Monday. Be sure to study any words that have been misspelled from the previous spelling test.
Social Studies: We are beginning our study of Montana!

Field Trip- On January 27, the 1-6th graders will attend a field trip at the Alberta Bair theater. More information will follow.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Week of January 16

Monday - No School
Reading - We are beginning a new chapter book called Polar Bears and the Arctic.I will be guiding them through the book and discussion.
Spelling - No spelling this week
Social Studies - We are finished with our science block. This week we begin our
Montana unit which will consist of 6 weeks. I have my homeroom kids for the first 6 week block.
New AR points - Mrs. McMorris and Mrs. Staffileno's reading classes will be required to earn 15 AR points for 3rd quarter. 9 points need to be fiction while 3 pts are required to be non-fiction and Native American.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Week of Jan. 9

Hello! We have been working very hard since the break. I have listed below what we will be covering this week.
Reading - Ramona Quimby story - Vocab words are: anxiously, degrees, tense, ingredients, recommended, remarked, festive and cross.
Spelling words : nurse, work, shirt, hurt, first, word, serve, curly, dirt, third, worry, turn, stir, firm, her, girl, perfect, and hamburger.
Science :This is the last week of the life science with Mrs. McMorris' class. A final test will be given on Friday, Jan. 13.
The quarter ends January 13. On this date all kids should have 15 AR points to reach the goal. Thank you!