The Week of February 25th through March 1st, 2019

Spelling: List C-20 /Ôr/ and /är/

*Regular Words:

award     cartoon     charm     swarm     garden     harvest     warned     warmth     guard     reward     quarter     toward     carpet     alarm     starving

  *Review Words:  countries     glasses     babies
  *Challenge Words:  sergeant     argument

 *Need to Know Words:  war     army     carry     dollar     card

Alternative Spelling Words: List C-20 /Ôr/ and /är/

award     cartoon     charm     garden     warned     reward     quarter     toward     carpet     alarm     war     army     dollar     glasses     babies

Spelling Test will be on Friday, March 1st.  

  *Any score below 70% may do a retake assignment to improve their grade.

Reading/ELA:

• Working on linking verbs
• Informational Writing unit.
• We are starting our next class novel. Trumpet of the Swans by E.B. White
• Vocabulary focus will be continued: infinite, faint, urgent, fret, and disperse.
• Wow word (working with words that have prefixes and suffixes): toughen.

Math:

• Beginning Topic 6:  Connecting Area to Multiplication and Addition
• Monday:  Lesson 6-2 Area:  Non-Standard Units
• Wednesday:  Lesson 6-3 Area : Standard Units
• Homework will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings this week.Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science: Weather unit

Social Studies: 

• Map Grid and Map Index

Character Education Focus:  

• Our February focus is Fairness.

Homework:

• Math homework:
• Monday,  February 25th:  Lesson 6-2 Area:  Non-Standard Units
• Wednesday, February 27th:  Lesson 6-3 Area: Standard Units

• Reading
•  Homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• January Reading calendars are late.  Please send immediately if your child has not turned it in.  I accept the calendar, a parent note or email.  *400 minutes for the month earns 100%.  
• February Reading Calendars are due Monday, March 4th.

Read Across America Week:  February 25th through March 1st

• Monday, February 25th:  One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Day-wear read and blue.
• Tuesday, February 26th:  Fox in Socks Day-- wear crazy socks.
• Wednesday, February 27th: Green Eggs and Ham Day-- wear green. 
• Thursday, February 28th:  "Read My Shirt Day"--wear a shirt with school appropriate messages and writing that others can read.
• Friday, March 1st:  "Cozy Up With a Good Book Day"--wear pajamas and bring a favorite book or two

Snow Day Information:

• In the event that school is closed for snow days exceeding 2 days, students will need to complete 4 hours to count the day as a school day.  I am sending home a snow day packet with work outlined for the four hours that would need to be separated from the packet and returned to school once school resumes.  I will send an electronic copy as well as a paper copy and will email parents to let them know when those days of school work would need to be completed.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  If we have only 1 or 2 snow days, no work from the packet would be required.  I will always email when work would be needed.  

Dates to remember:

• Read Across America Week Is February 25th through March 1st.  
• February Reading Calendar is due Monday, March 4th.
• Wednesday, March 20th:  Field trip to Nampa Civic Center to enjoy "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat!"