Week of February 24- 28, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for February 24- 28, 2020

          Our Reading test on “The Big Circle” will be on Thursday, February 27^th.  Our high frequency words are: down, there, inside, together, and now. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long O sound and contractions.  Our spelling words are home, hope, rose, woke, those, bone, hose, joke, rode and stone.  Our challenge words are: “there” and “together.”  The test on these words will be on Thursday, February 27^th. 

We will begin Unit 5 today in Math!  Throughout this unit, we will explore 2D and 3D shapes, learn shape vocabulary and begin fractions!

Our February Reading Logs will be collected on Friday, February 29^th!  A friendly reminder that our decodable books and highlighted stories make great stories to put on your child’s reading log!  These stories are practiced in class and also reinforce our phonics skills!  If your child reads the story 2 times, please place the title on the log! J 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/24)- Day 6- Library  

Tuesday (2/25)- Day 7- Gym

Wednesday (2/26)- Day 8- Music

Thursday (2/27)- Day 1- Art

Friday (2/28)- Day 2- Computers

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! 

Week of February 17-21, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for February 17-21, 2020

          This week, we will continue to discuss how animal communities work together to survive through our story, “The Big Circle.”  We will also continue work on the sequence of the story!  Our high frequency words are: down, there, inside, together, and now. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long O sound and contractions.  Our spelling words are home, hope, rose, woke, those, bone, hose, joke, rode and stone.  Our challenge words are: “there” and “together.”

In Math, our Unit 4 test will be tomorrow, February 19^th.  Next, we will begin learning about 2D and 3D shapes in Unit 5!  Please continue to practice addition facts with your child!  These flash cards can be found in their BEE folder!  J 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/17)- Happy President’s Day!  No School for Students!  

Tuesday (2/18)- Day 2- Computers  

Wednesday (2/19)- Day 3- Gym  

Thursday (2/20)- Day 4- Music

Friday (2/21)- Day 5- Art- Spartan Dress Down Day for a $1 donation!

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! 

Week of February 10-14, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for February 10-14, 2020

In Reading, we will begin our new story “The Big Circle.”  We will discuss how animal communities will work together to survive.  We will also discuss the sequence of a story!  Our high frequency words are: down, there, inside, together, and now. 

            Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long O sound and contractions.  Our spelling words are home, hope, rose, woke, those, bone, hose, joke, rode and smile.  Our challenge words are: “there” and “together.”

            In Math, we will review representing a number using base-ten blocks, using a number line to solve an addition or subtraction sentence, and identifying ten more or ten less of the given number.  Our test for Unit 4 will be early next week! 

            Our February Scholastic Book Order form was sent home last week!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due Wednesday, February 12th. 

             On Thursday, February 13^th we will be having our Valentine’s Day party!  Students may bring in valentines/ treats for each student if you wish!  There are 19 students total in our class!  A list of names of the students in our class was sent home last week! J 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/10)- Day 6- Library

Tuesday (2/11)- Day 7- Gym

Wednesday (2/12)- Day 8- Music

Thursday (2/13)- Day 1- Art  *Valentine’s Day Party

Friday (2/14)- Act 80 Day- No School for Students!

**Monday (2/17)- President’s Day!- No School for Students!

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! 

Week of February 3-7, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for February 3-7, 2020

            We will continue to discuss community jobs and members that work to keep our community a nice place.  We will also continue to discuss the authors purpose of a story!   Our high frequency words for this story are: people, live, work, who, and out.  Our Reading test will be on Wednesday, February 5^th. 

Our focus phonics skills for this story are the long I sound and digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph.  Our spelling words are like, ride, smile, time, white, bike, dime, hide, ice and kite.  The challenge words are: “who” and “work.”  Our Spelling test on these words will be Wednesday, February 5^th. 

In Math, we will begin to work with our 120 chart!  We will discuss ten more and ten less!  We will also continue to work on showing numbers in base ten blocks, number sentences, and tens and ones! 

Attached you will find our February Scholastic Book Order form!  You may order online using our class code: MJJ8J or you may send in your book order with a check (Scholastic INC.).  All Scholastic Book orders are due Wednesday, February 12^th. 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (2/3)- Day 2- Computers  

Tuesday (2/4)- Day 3- Gym

Wednesday (2/5)- Day 4- Music

Thursday (2/6)- Day 5- Art

Friday (2/7)- Day 6- Library

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, February 13^th- Valentine’s Day Party!

Friday, February 14^th- Act 80 Day- No School for Students!

Monday, February 17^th- President’s Day!- No School for Students! 

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!