The Week of February 25th

This week we will continue learning long vowel spelling patterns using silent e's.  Our focus this week will be on long u.  In math we will be winding up unit 6.  Unit 7 will introduce polygons!

The class continues to enjoy fairy tales.  We've been analyzing characters, making predictions and comparing different versions.  Students have been writing their own versions of some familiar tales.

Near the end of the week we will be reading stories by Dr. Seuss.  His birthday is on March 2nd.  We will also begin a unit on weather.

Watch for a note to come home about our recycled castle projects.  Students LOVE this. 

Word Wall words for the next 2 weeks are: four, funny, long, watch, were, about, any, ask, kind, over

Spelling words are: fish, long, such, four, that, watch, with, were, cute, use.  Bonus Words are: March, palace and magical

The Week of February 18

This week we will continue with our fairy tale unit.  We will be checking for the elements of fairy tales in each story and continue to compare and contrast different versions.  We will be reading some familiar tales and some that may be unfamiliar.

On Friday we will be learning about George Washington.  We will compare him to President Lincoln.

We will introduce counting with quarters this week and return to telling time.

Our spelling words for the week are: like, ride, nice, white, time, five, your, friend, never, rabbit
Bonus Words are: knight, dragon, wolf

The Week of February 11th

This week we will discover what elements are common in fairy tales.  We will compare and contrast different versions of the same fairy tale and then write some of our own.

Students will also learn about Chinese New Year, Abraham Lincoln and of course Valentine's Day.  Please remember  to not send in Valentines with candy attached.

The Hundredth Day is now on Friday.  We will be doing some different activities centered around the number 100.  Projects are due on Monday.

Since we missed our spelling test on Friday we will have it on Monday.

The new spelling words for this week are: rode, stone, those, has, hope, very, home, shop, joke, what.

Bonus Words are: president, Lincoln andWashington

The Week of Feb. 4th

This week we will continue our character education trait of optimism.  We will start a unit on fairy tales and learn about Chinese New Year.  In math we will learn about fact families and continue with name collection boxes.

Remember  the 100th Day of School is coming.  Projects are due on the 11th.  We will be exchanging Valentines on Valentine's Day.  Please don't attach any candy.  A class list will be coming home.

Spelling Words for this week are: tap, tape, cap, cape, mad, made. of, was, check and them.  Bonus Words are: princess, prince and castle