Hi,
We took the STAAR Ready Reading test on Tuesday and will use this information to help us plan instruction and small groups. Overall, the children did very well. Continue to encourage your child to read more than the required 20 minutes a day. Talk to your child about the books that he/she is reading and tell them about your reading. Read together. I am so impressed with their excitement and joy when it is time to read!
Service Club on Monday-We will be glazing bowls for the Empty Bowl Project. Your child is invited to come, even if they didn't make a bowl. There will be extras to glaze. 2:45-3:45 in Ms. Arnold's Art Room.
Tuesday, March 1-Six Flags Reading Logs are due and we will have our Monthly Challenge Lunch.
Wednesday, March 2-Texas Independence Day, Sam Houston's Birthday, Dr. Seuss's Birthday-Early Release Day
This week in reading-We will read about Japanese Internment Camps during World War II using a book called Baseball Saved Us and discuss character changes. We will read nonfiction articles on Navajo Code Talkers and Japanese Internment and work on summarizing by chunking the main idea of each section. We will also use the context of the sentence, paragraph, or passage to determine the meaning in tricky words and multiple meaning words. We will continue with Number the Stars and discuss foreshadowing, predictions, inferences, context clues, and character traits as we read. Keep reading everyday at home.
In writing- Using the quote,Friendship is a sheltering tree, we brainstormed and free wrote about our friends and friends in movies, books, and TV shows. We will organize our examples and determine a central idea. We will draft, conference, revise, edit, and write a final copy for this piece as an expository writing. We will also continue to have some time to free write everyday.
In spelling-We will work on adverbs ending in ly for spelling this week. Last week, we focused on learning about complete sentences and identifying the subject and predicate. This week, we will work with commas after beginning phrases and clauses. (After the play, we went home.) We will continue to work on grammar, combining sentences, capitalization, and punctuation using mentor sentences and passages to correct.
Vocabulary- We will math words this week. Practice vocabulary words using quizlet.com.
In social studies-We will celebrate Texas Independence Day and learn more about the Texas Revolution. The anniversary of Battle of the Alamo is on March 6, so we will discuss that as well.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, February 29-Wear FCE shirts, Service Club 2;45-3:45 (glazing our clay bowls for Empty Bowl Project) Monthly Challenge papers are due
Tuesday, March 1-Six Flags Reading forms due, Monthly Challenge lunch
Wednesday, March 2-Early Release 12:45, Texas Independence Day, Dr. Seuss's and Sam Houston's Birthdays
Friday, March 4-Hoedown for K-2, homework packet due, spelling test, vocabulary test, Reading Response Letters due
Monday, March 7-Writing Club after school 2:45-3:45, Wear FCE shirts,
Tuesday, March 8-PTA General Meeting 11 am
Friday, March 11-homework packet due, spelling test, vocabulary test, Reading Response Letters due, wear college shirts
Saturday, March 12-Volunteer at Round Rock Serving Center 9-10:30
Monday, March14-March 18-Spring Break
Monday, March 21-Writing Club 2:45-3:45, Wear FCE shirts.
Monday, March 21-March 24-Writing Camp!!!!!! More info. to come.
Friday, March 25-No school-Spring Holiday
Monday, March 28-Wear FCE shirts, Service Club 2:45-3:45
Tuesday, March 29-STAAR Writing test for 4th grade, STAAR Math test for 5th grade
Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy time with your family! Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Sincerely,
Pam
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