Week of March 2- 6, 2020

Weekly Newsletter for March 2-6, 2020

          This week, we will begin our new story, “Life in the Forest.”  We will learn about how plant and animal communities are important to each other.  We will also revisit the skill of Authors Purpose.  Our high frequency words for “Life in the Forest” will be: grow, food, around, find, water and under. 

          Our focus phonics skills for this story are Long U and inflected ending –ed.  Our spelling words are huge, June, rule, tube, use, cube, cute, flute, rude, and mule.  Our challenge words are “water” and “under.” 

          In Math, we will discuss how some shapes can help create new shapes! We will also begin to dive into 3D shapes!  Listen for key vocabulary terms such as: face, edge, and vertex.   

          March 2^nd through March 6^th is Newspaper in Education Week!  Read at Home Challenge papers were sent home on Friday in your child’s Friday Folder!  If you are interested in participating, please return the completed paper by Monday, March 9^th!   To go along with Newspaper in Education week, I have submitted an “ad” to the Republican & Herald.  This ad will be placed in the classified section of the newspaper sometime this week! J 

Our schedule this upcoming week:

Monday (3/2)- Day 3- Gym

Tuesday (3/3)- Day 4- Music

Wednesday (3/4)- Day 5- Art

Thursday (3/5)- Day 6- Library

Friday (3/6)- Day 7- Gym  *Dress as your hero day! 

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!