News for the week of January 22-26

Post date: Jan 19, 2018 9:13:21 PM

This week's Reading theme revolves around people with special talents and our main selection is The Man Who Invented Basketball. Selection vocabulary words for Friday's test are:

basketball, disease, freeze, guard, popular, sports, study, terrible

Our phonics/spelling skill this week is irregular plurals. Spelling words for Friday's test are:

wolves

knives

feet

men

children

women

sheep

heroes

scarves

mice

geese

wives

elves

banjos

halves

loaves

beliefs

tomatoes

potatoes

tornadoes

If you would like to order books from any of the three Scholastic flyers sent home last week, please send orders to school or submit them online using my teacher code H3ZD8 by Tuesday, January 23.

Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs are due on February 23rd. Please encourage your child to read independently for pleasure each day. Whether they use the Six Flags ticket or not, this is not an optional assignment. All students need to complete at least 6 hours of reading by the deadline. Thanks for encouraging your child to READ.

In Math, we have one more chapter on multiplication skills and concepts before we head into division. If your child knows their basic multiplication facts, division will be a breeze. All should be practicing for just a few minutes each day. You should see the excitement on their faces when they finish a Quizzy and know that they've mastered that set of facts! If your child is struggling, please take advantage of the many helpful and fun apps available. If you make it a game and not a chore, your child will want to succeed!