Dear Parents,

Welcome to our fourth week of the third quarter. I hope you all had a great weekend. This is a bird’s eye view of our 22nd week:

LANGUAGE ARTS  

SPALDING – We will continue with our spelling list this week. Please, review homework as they come home. This week, we will have only two days of spelling.

List 1: mind, shall, alone, order, third, push, point, within, body

List 2: field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge, feather, fence, funny, going, honey

List 3: letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs, stream, talks, tiny, words

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, students will be able to differentiate between facts and opinion. We will also continue to reinforce the importance of identifying main ideas and supporting details alongside cause and effect relationships..

POETRY: Title: Our poem this month is “Smart” Author: Shel Silverstein. This poem will be memorized over the course of 5 weeks.  

SAYING: Get up on the wrong side of the bed .We will appreciate it if you use it at home because children retain sayings when they engage in it through meaningful use.         

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will continue to practice all parts of speech, the focus will be nouns again this week.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills.

LEVELED READERS - Please, encourage your scholars to take their readings seriously. The goal is to phase all students into reading chapter books. All students will continue to do their reflective journals. For some, instead of writing the title of the text, they are expected to write the title of the chapter. Students are expected to hold on to chapter books for two weeks. We do not want them to rush through the books. We want them to form a habit of taking their time to digest the meaning behind every book they read.

MATH

This week, we will focus on subtraction of numbers mentally. Many students eventually learned a strategy or two that they now feel comfortable using while adding numbers mentally. I will suggest you give them random numbers in the car to add mentally. It is a skill that they have to use often to master automaticity.

SCIENCE

This week, we will learn about life cycles, but the focus is on insects with complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis.

HISTORY

  In History, they will learn about four great thinkers in ancient Greece: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great. 

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH - INTEGRITY

solidity and adherence to moral principle and character.

Walk tall in TRUTH

“We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.” – Michelle Obama

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We will continue with guided reading and Math groups this week. I look forward to seeing all our wonderful parent volunteers.
• Please, sign up for our Fun Run Raffle Basket.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084facaa22a64-funrun/21050656

• Second grade will have their Greek Festival on Friday, January 30^th.
• Our wish list is still active:

- Kleenex

- Sani hand wipes

- Chapter books

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson