Dear Parents,

Welcome to the eighth week of our third quarter. I hope we all had a great weekend. The quarter is moving to an end so fast.

Here is a quick look at our 26^th week:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING – We will continue with our spelling list this week. Students will get their first introductory lesson to cursive this week. Our Spalding coordinator, Mrs. Clouse will come in to introduce how to write lower case letters. We are all so excited about this development. I will have to confirm tomorrow if we have spelling words for the week.

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will revisit identifying main idea and supporting details. We will continue to review all comprehension strategies learned so far. All scholars should bring in our next Literature: Sarah Plain and Tall. We will begin this literature on Monday.

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POETRY: Title: For the rest of the quarter, students will memorize the preamble of the constitution. We read through the preamble, and we discussed meaning of difficult words so that children can have a better understanding of the vocabulary in the one paragraph preamble.

SAYING: “Two heads are better than one” is our saying. Students learned that a task becomes easier when more than one person gets it done. Please, encourage your scholars to practice using it through meaningful use.

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

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

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read this week. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. I have observed an admirable love of reading in our class. I am trying as much as possible to create 10mins of independent reading time in the class library, and students are taking advantage of this.

MATH

This week, we will focus on division with remainder. Students should be reviewing their multiplication table every day at home still.

SCIENCE

We will continue our study of the Human body. Students will describe the relationship among cells, tissues, organs, and systems.  We will explore how cell relate to tissues and how tissues form organs and how organs make systems.

HISTORY

  In History, We will begin the unit on “The War of 1812”. They will learn about what caused the war, and the role of the native Indians in the war. They will also learn about the burning of Washington and Dolley Madison’s role in saving government papers. They will learn the story of the “Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key and why the Battle of New Orleans was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH - FRIENDSHIP

To be attached to another by sincere feelings of affection and care for their well-being.

Be the BEST for others

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going
outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.
                                                                          - Thomas Huxley

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Congratulations to McCahey Fuerst for representing the school in a Chess tournament, we are so proud of you!
• We will continue with guided reading and Math groups this week. I look forward to seeing all our wonderful parent volunteers.
• Scholars will not be allowed to return to class after their teacher has led them to the MPR at the end of the day. It means that if they forget their homework, they cannot return to the classroom to pick it up. Please, let me know if you have questions about this.
• Students should remember to bring in their graded cell presentations. Students that received low scores will be taught the concept again. Thank you for helping out with this initiative.
• Students may begin to wear shorts to school after March 1^st.
• Our wish list is still active:

- Sani hand wipes

- Pencils

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson