Monday, January 23rd

Hi Parents,

Today was busy and fun!

The spelling words for this week are:
Spelling Patterns
/u/ are oo,ew, ue, and u-consonant-e
/yu/ are u, ew, ue and u-consonant-e

1. soon
2. noon
3. shampoo
4. goose
5. balloon
6. blue
7. blew
8. few
9. stew
10. human
11. music
12. mule
13. unit
14. unite
15. menu
16. huge
17. June
18. July
19. you
20. ewe
21. tune


Bonus
refuge
bugle
futile


Today in science we started discussing energy and will focus on that this week! Very exciting.

In reading we are working on how we infer and predict using our prior knowledge and experiences.

In writing we will be focusing on ideas and how we peer edit.

Tuesday, January 17th

Hi Parents!

I am sorry for not posting last night. At the end of the day we were doing a science experiment where we made Oobleck and it created a bit of good chaos at the end of the day:) The main idea for the experiment was students understanding of matter being a solid, liquid or gas and how do you decide/defend which an object is.

Spelling words for this week:
A vowel followed by r stands for a new sound

1. sore
2. score
3. store
4. restore
5. forecast
6. chore
7. before
8. adore
9. shore
10. explore
11. fork
12. horn
13. cord
14. torch
15. storm
16. porch
17. morning
18. form
19. important
20. northwest


Science Bonus Words
energy
liquid
matter
motion
force

We have early release on Thursday.

We continue to study geometry in math and your students are doing a great job on that!

January 9, 2012

Hi Parents,

We go on our Bohart Cross Country Ski Trip on Wednesday, January 11th. I sent home a note on Thursday explaining what students should wear. They need to bring a backpack (one that goes over both shoulders), a sack lunch, a snack and a water bottle. They should dress in layers. They should wear snow pants, have gloves or mittens, hats and sunglasses (depending on the weather). The field trip will be all day. Please make sure that the students are on time. There will be no homework that night.

Spelling for this week
Comparatives and Superlatives

1. deep
2. deeper
3. deepest
4. hot
5. hotter
6. hottest
7. full
8. fuller
9. fullest
10. sad
11. sadder
12. saddest
13. light
14. lighter
15. lighest
16. new
17. newer
18. newest
19. cold
20. colder
21. coldest

January 2, 2012

Happy New Year!

We had a first great day back at school. I missed your students over break!

We started a new unit in a math that is all about geometry. There is a pink packet coming home tonight with your student that reviews everything about geometry. It also has all the answer to the homework, so don't throw it away! Tonight's homework is all about lines, line segments, and rays.

In reading this week we are working on asking questions. We started reading an Italian folktale called "The Mysterious Giant of Barletta."

Spelling words this week are all about contractions:
Contractions
1. I’ll
2. you’ll
3. she’ll
4. he’ll
5. I’d
6. you’d
7. he’d
8. she’d
9. we’d
10. they’d
11. I’ve
12. you’ve
13. we’ve
14. they’ve
15. you’re
16. we’re
17. they’re
18. haven’t
19. doesn’t
20. shouldn’t
21. couldn’t
22. wouldn’t
Bonus
mightn’t
oughtn’t
needn’t


Also, I wanted to mention I am always in need of snacks for the classroom, if you are ever at Costco and feel like picking some up they are always welcome. :)

Our field trip to Bohart is on Wednesday, January 11th. I will be sending home a letter on Thursday explaining what students should wear. They do need to bring a sack lunch. I also asked them today to ask you their shoe size. I fax that over to Bohart so they can be ready when we get there.