It has been a great week! It's hard to believe that next week will be our fourth week of school. Where does time go?
Thank you to those that were able to attend curriculum night. I enjoyed seeing you again. For those that could not attend, I understand that we all have busy lives and sometimes schedules just don't allow for everything.
Don't forget that my class will take their land feature/maps and globes test this coming Thursday. Ms. Howell's class will take it on Wednesday. We will review on Monday and Tuesday. Your child's journal is their 'study guide'.
In my math class, we tested on place value and we are moving on to rounding numbers. We will most likely be ready to test a week from Monday. If your child has another teacher for math, please visit their blogs, as they probably have updates posted.
Poor classroom behaviors have not been a problem this year, but we have had a lot of talking in the halls and bathrooms. Thank you for helping remind your child about this school rule. Please review your child's choice card each weekend for their behaviors from the last week. You can see how your child performed in the areas of work habits and conduct.
You will now start to see work come home in the Friday folders. If your child ever receives a failing grade, I will place a 'sign and return' stamp or sticker on it. Please review the paper with your child, and then send it back in. I place these in a file, so that I have a place of reference for skills your child has struggled with. This helps me know what to review with them, as well as provides the necessary documentation if we start thinking there is a more in-depth learning issue that we need to address.
Your child can take home their word work journal throughout the week in order to study the Greek and Latin roots. We test on Friday. The matching definition part is a class grade, and the dictation sentences with high-frequency words is counted as a test grade. We have now had 2 of these tests.
Encourage your child to show you some of the cursive they have been working on. We practice a letter a day.
Word work words:
Root: de- Definition: down, off of
Words:descend
depress
deposit
deviate
deflate
deformed
degrease
defrost
defogger
declaw
Fry Words:
always
also
among
angle
anything
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Have a super weekend. I am looking for another wonderful week with your child.
