Week of March 26- 30, 2018

Weekly Newsletter for March 26-30, 2018

            In our story, “Ruby in Her Own Time,” we are discussing what we learn as we grow and change.  We have also discussed comparing and contrasting.  Our test for this story will be Thursday, March 29^th. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are words with –ng and –nk and compound words.  Our spelling words are: bring, trunk, pink, bank, sang, wing, rink, blank, rang, and sunk.  Our challenge words include: “every” and “sure.”  Our spelling test will also be on Thursday, March 29^th. 

            In Topic 12, we are discussing length!  We are discussing how objects can be measured, compared and ordered by length.  Key vocabulary for this topic includes: longest, shortest, taller, shorter, estimate, and measure. 

            March AR Reading logs will be collected on Thursday, March 29^th.  A new April AR paper will be sent home as well!  Students have really enjoyed reading books from our classroom library and putting them on their AR paper! 

            Our schedule for this upcoming week:

Monday (3/26)- Day 5- Gym

Tuesday (3/27)- Day 6- Music

Wednesday (3/28)- Day 7- Computers

*Last day for donations for our PTO basket! 

Thursday (3/29)- This is a Non-Rotation Day due to the PBIS reward! 

Friday (3/30)- No School! Enjoy your break! 

Important dates for the future:

Monday, April 2^nd- School is in session!

Tuesday, April 3^rd- Spring pictures were rescheduled for this day! 

April 14^th (10am- 5pm) &  April 15^th (10am- 3pm) - North Schuylkill Elementary PTO raffle basket fundraiser in the Elementary School Gym! 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached by phone, note, email (cschuster@northschuylkill.net) or by Class Dojo message!