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!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Week of January 19 - 23

Hello!
We have doing MAPS testing this week. The kids have done very well.

Spelling words: itch, knuckle, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, knife, stretch, write, knew, knock, match, wrong, know, catch, wrinkle

Mrs. Staffileno

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

January 12 -16

Hello!

Spelling words this week are:
talk, cross, awful, law, cloth, cost, crawl, chalk, also, raw, salt, wall, lawn, always, soft, small, often, strawberry

Happy studying!

Monday, January 5, 2015

Week of Jan. 5 - Jan. 9

Happy New Year!!

I hope you all had a wonderful break. The kids came back ready to learn even though they were a bit tired!! Vacations are fun but it is good to get back to a routine. ( Just my point of view!)

AR points for 2nd quarter must be reached by Jan. 26. 15 points are required for the quarter.

In reading, we are working on Yonder Mountain.

In math, we are starting our division unit. Keep working on the flashcards! the kids need to know their facts for 4th grade.

In science we are starting life cycles. We will discuss frog life cycles, bird life cycles, and human life cycles.

Spelling words for the week ( ou, ow ) words:

clown, round, bow, cloud, power, crown, thousand, crowd, sound, count, powder, blouse, frown, pound, house, found, mountain, and coward.

Happy studying!

Mrs. Staffileno

Monday, December 15, 2014

Weeks of Dec. 15 - 19th and Dec. 22-23rd

Hello!

It's beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas!

The Christmas concert last week was wonderful and the kids are getting anxious for the break. However, we are still working hard...as follows!

Reading - We will be reading the story called Aero and Officer Mike. It is about a police officer and his working dog, Aero.

Math - We continue to work on multiplication and division. The sundaes are coming along nicely with the timings.

Science - Mr. Leintz's class is working on plants and their function. They will have a test on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

There will be NO spelling this week or next. We will work on handwriting. The next list will be January 5th.

Happy Holidays!!

Mrs. Staffileno

Friday, December 5, 2014

Week of December 8 -12

Hello!

Wow, the weeks are flying by!

In reading we will start the story The Science Fair.

In math we continue to do multiplication and we have timings on Monday - Thursday. Bring flashcard slips every Wednesday for credit!

Science with Mr. Leintz's class is going well. We are working on our seed and plant unit.

Spelling words this week: ( clusters)
three, scrap, street, spring, thrill, scream, strange, throw, string, scrape, spray, threw, strong, scratch, think, they, straight, scramble

Have a good week!
Mrs. Staffileno

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Week of Dec. 1 - 5

Hello!


I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! It went by so quickly and now we approach the holiday season with excitement and busy schedules. Please continue to have your child read and do flashcards. Both slips are due every Wednesday.

In reading we are learning about Michael Jordan in the story Jump! The kids have been fascinated with all they have learned about him.

In math we continue to tackle multiplication and division. We have started our Multiplication sundaes!

I will have Nr. Leintz's class for science beginning on Thursday of this week.

Spelling words ( short and long vowels)

math, toast, easy, socks, Friday, stuff, paid, cheese, June, elbow, program, shiny, piles and midnight.

Happy studying!

Mrs. Staffileno

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Weeks of Nov. 17 -21 and Nov. 24 -26

Hello!
I am looking forward to meeting with all of you for parent teacher conferences. It was wonderful for children how we can all work as a team to benefit them!

In reading we are reading the Kamishibai Man and will soon start Young Thomas Edison. We have done many activities on inventions and the computer has been a helpful device as we venture through this unit.

In math the flashcards were sent home and so many kids brought them back with parents signatures!! Way to go! We will continue to learn our facts for a few more weeks.

In science, we are studying food chains. This is a really fun unit and the children enjoy finding animal that eat other animals.

Spelling for this week: ( long i)
slight, mild, sight, pie, mind, tie, pilot, might, lie, tight, blind, fight, and die.

There will be No spelling the week of Nov. 24 -26.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Staffileno