Book Orders Due Tomorrow

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One-Time Class Activation Code: JBVLX

Dear Families,

Please remember to place your Reading Club orders by Friday, March 14th.

You can shop and submit your order online or return the printed order form with payment directly to me. No matter how you order, every purchase you make earns FREE Books and educational supplies for our classroom.

The arrival of the book box is always a highlight-thanks for making it happen!

Happy reading,

Mrs. Majinski

Ordering online is fast and easy:

• REGISTER at scholastic.com/readingclub
• ENTER the Class Activation Code at the top of this letter
• CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks
• SUBMIT the order to me by the due date at the top of this letter
• EARN FREE Books for our classroom too!

Spelling, Challenge, and Vocabulary Words

float

oil

slow

little
tell

Challenge Words

creative

talent

Vocabulary Words

mother

father

try

always

love

firm

supposed

March 10th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

 

This week in reading we will be taking a look at fantasy stories.  We will be comparing and contrasting fantasy/reality stories.  Additionally, we are going to be focusing on the long o sound spelled o, oa, or ow.  We will be revisiting nouns, verbs, and adjectives.  We will be working on text features, such as looking at captions.

 

In math, we will be reviewing money and place value for the next two weeks.  We will be learning place value concepts to hundreds.  We will also be revisiting money.  The students will be introduced to the dollar bill.  They will get to work on making combinations using the dollar bill, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Look for Home Links 8.1 and 8.2 and 8.3 to come home this week.

 

We will be finishing our social studies unit Our Country this week.  The kids have been very interested in the geography of the United States and the symbols that represent the USA.

 

Special Points of Interest

• Scholastic Book Orders are due this Friday, March 14th. Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub Class Activation Code: JBVLX
• Parent/Teacher Conferences are this Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon and evening
• The Raptor Program will be presented this Friday.  Ask your child what they learned!
• The Variety Show is next Tuesday, March 18th at the CPAC at 6:30
• Many thanks to Mrs. Severson for attending the play with us last week!  We all enjoyed it.

Edwina is this week's star of the week!

Box Tops and Labels

This week is our Box Tops for Education and labels contest! Please send in all of your Box Tops and labels this week! Thank you in advance!

Spelling, Challenge, and Vocabulary Words

six

over

are

very

before
 

Challenge Words

predicament

solution

 

Vocabulary Words

heard

happen

fall

told

before

began

glared

haste

March 3rd Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

 

This week in reading we will be focusing on the beginning, middle, and end of the stories that we read.  We will be incorporating this into our writing by writing stories that have a beginning, middle, and end.  Additionally, we are going to focus on the long e sound spelled with a y as in silly and funny.

 

This week in math we will be learning about 3-dimentional shapes and sorting them by their attributes.  We will also be revisiting symmetry.  We will be assessing addition and subtraction facts to 16 on a weekly basis.  Please continue practicing these math facts at home.  Look for Home Link 7.6 and a story problem sheet to come home this week.

We are continuing our social studies unit Our Country.  We are learning about our continents and the oceans, as well as introducing our country’s symbols.  Each child will use an atlas to locate different continents, states, and oceans.
 

Special Points of Interest

• Thank you to the parents who came to read with the kids during Read Across America!
• Parent/Teacher Conferences are next week Tuesday and Thursday
• REMINDER:  Please send $3.50 in an envelope with your child's name on it this week for the Raptors program
• Scholastic Book Orders are due on Friday, March 14th. Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub Class Activation Code: JBVLX

Aidan is this week's star of the week!

February 25th Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,

 

This week in reading we will be taking a look at realism and fantasy.  We will be creating story maps and comparing and contrasting animal fantasy stories.  We will be discussing what real things the animals do and what things the animals do that are fantasy.  We will also be creating our own animlas doing something real and something that is fantasy.  We will continue reading biographies of famous people and writing short reports about them.  Due to the short week, we will not have new spelling words or a spelling test this week.

 

This week we will continue learning about different shapes, including polygons, spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, pyramids, cones, and cubes.  We are going to investigate the characteristics that these shapes display.  The children are going to complete many hands on activities using manipulatives.  Remember to keep practicing addition and subtraction facts to 16 at home, so your child can develop fact power.  We will begin assessing these facts next week.  Look for Home Links 7.3, 7.4, and a subtraction practice sheet to come home this week.
 

Special Points of Interest

• If you haven't turned in the field trip permission slip and money, please turn it in as soon as possible.  It is due this Thursday.
• Read Across America is this Friday afternoon.  If you plan on coming to read with our class, please return the note by this Thursday.
• Due to the short week, we do not have a Star of the Week this week.
• I hope you had a wonderful long weekend with your child!