Week of April 22-25

Hello!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. The kids came back very refreshed.

Reminders:
Early-out on Wednesday ( April 23)

AR points required for my reading class is 20 AR points. At least 5 points must be non-fiction.

In reading we are reading some stories from our basil. They are mostly non-fiction stories that the kids can test on.

In math we are working on our measurement unit and working with time.

No new spelling words for the week. However there are several kids who will be tested this Friday on the words they missed last week. Please ask your child for the "purple" sheet and it lists any words they missed previously.

We will work on our cursive handwriting of capital letters this week.

Social Studies will cover Montana and I will be teaching Mrs. McMorris' class for these last 6 weeks.

Mrs. Staffileno

Week of April 14 -17

Hello!

* No school this Friday ( April 18 and the following Monday)

* AR points this quarter are 20 points for my reading class. The kids are working towards a pizza party.

Reading - We continue with the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall

Math - We are finished with fractions and will start geometry.

THERE WILL BE SPELLING THIS WEEK DUE TO NOT HAVING IT LAST WEEK!!!!!

Here are the new spelling words: (a lot of these are review words)

receive, because, where, were, doesn't, everywhere, already, a lot, remember, forgotten, question, children, before, answer, brought, friends, anyone, and watched.

Week of March 31- April 4

Hello!

In reading we are starting the novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall. This is a wonderful story about a mail order bride and two children needing a mother.

Math - We continue our study of fractions.

Social Studies - We will talk about famous people that have had an impact on Montana and why they are famous.

Spelling words this week (concept: ear, are, ere, air words)
near, care, fire, where, hear, wire, stairs, deer, ear, year, tire, here, dear chair, air, and hair. Test will be Friday, April 4.

Mrs. Staffileno

Week of March 25- 28

Hello!
I hope you all had a nice break! I am sure the kids will be ready to work hard when they come back from a restful break.

Early out - Wednesday ( March 26 )

Reading - We are starting the novel Sarah, Plain and Tall. We will spend about 2 weeks on this book.

Math - Comparing fractions will be our focus.

Social Studies - Yellowstone National Park, George Armstrong Custer and Chief Joseph will be covered

Spelling - No spelling this week due to a short week.

Happy Spring!
Mrs. Staffileno

Week of March 17 - 20

Hello!

Reading - We are reading a story from a Judy Moody book .

Math- We continue to work on fractions.

Social Studies with Mr. Leintz's class - Study of bison and Yellowstone National Park.

Spelling - No spelling this week. However, kids who missed any words last week will be retested on Thursday.

Happy Spring!
Mrs. Staffileno

Week of March 10 - March 14

Hello!
I hope you all had a chance to look over your child's midterms. The quarter ends April 2.

Early out this Wednesday, March 12.

Reading - We are starting some new stories in the basil. Watch for a large folder in your child's backpack and they will read it to you.

Math - Fractions!!!!

Spelling words: concept: ir,ur,er,or
nurse, work, shirt, hurt, first, word, serve, curly, dirt, third, worry, turn, stir, firm, her, girl, perfect, and hamburger

Thank you!
Mrs. Staffileno

Week of March 3

Hello!
We have been working very hard in school despite the tractors and loud machines outside of our windows. The construction has begun on our new classrooms!

AR points for the quarter: Every child needs at least 5 pts of NON-FICTION. The goal is 20pts by April 2.

Mid-term grades come home on March 7.

Reading: We are just finishing up our novel Lumber Camp Library.

Math: We just started our 2 month unit on fractions

Spelling words concept ( oo,ew,u-e, u-e)
noon, huge, few, used, tooth, blue, school, Tuesday, who, knew, two, true, too, news, move, June

Happy reading and studying!
Mrs. Staffileno