The week of February 13th through 17th, 2017

Spelling List #9 /f/ :

New Words:golfer     felt     farmer     full     feelings     family     cough     enough      roof     
rough     forgetful     fashion      photograph     tough     phrase     

Review words:  noise     destroy     voice

Challenge words:  paragraph     difference

Test for list #9 will be on Thursday, February 23, 2017

Reading and Language Arts:

• Mountain Language Packet
• Grammar Rule #12 A verb tells what is happening to the noun. Action verbs:  show an action.  My dog ran away.  Linking verbs:  connect the subject to a noun or an adjective that describes it.  Most common are am, is, are, was and were.  Helping verbs: come before the main verb to tell about the action.  Some are- will, has, had, have, could, would, should, do, does, and did.  (We didn't get to it last week;)
• Starting our new class book, Ralph S. Mouse  and starting our comprehension booklet that goes with it.

Math:

• Mountain Math packet
• Working on types of angles.
• Math 4 Today. 

Homework:

• Students will have paper homework for language arts each day.  They will work on the packet sent home throughout the week and it is due on Friday.  (25 points)
• Students will have paper homework for math on Tuesday and Wednesday and they are due the following days.  (5 points each)
• February Reading calendars will be due on March 3rd.  If you misplace the calendar, a note or an email will work as well. (100 points)
• Monday and Wednesday students will do 30 minutes of IXL on 3rd grade Math or 3rd grade Language Arts.  
• Reading on MyOn is always a choice and can be recorded on your reading calendar for minutes read.  

Valentine's Day information:

We will have a simple Valentine's Day celebration in our classroom on Tuesday, February 14th.  I am sending a note home on Monday with your child with information as well as student names.  If you would like to send in any treats to enjoy during the party that is fine as well and we have 31 students.  Students will need to decorate a container at home to hold their valentines in from their classmates with their name well displayed. Please keep it at home until the week of Valentine's.  

Dates to Remember:

• Order pizza on Tuesday to eat pizza for lunch on Wednesday. $1 a slice for pepperoni or cheese.
• Valentine's Day party on Tuesday, Feb 14th.  We have cookies, plates and juice boxes already spoken for.:)
• These are the days we will make up from the snow days
• February 10th, February 20th, March 10th, April 21st and May 5th.
• Please remind your child to bring a snack each day as we take a short break at 10:30 am to keep us going until our lunch time at 12:40 pm.