News for the week of March 11-14

Post date: Mar 8, 2019 6:06:33 PM

We began Unit 5 with the theme of Responsibility this past week. Because this is a shortened week, our weekly Reading and Spelling Tests will take place on Thursday, March 14.

This week's main selection is literary nonfiction, entitled Fire Fighter!. Our comprehension skill focus is on Fact vs. Opinion. We continue to practice the strategy of finding the important ideas in a selection to help us understand it.

Vocabulary words from this week's selection are: building, burning, masks, quickly, roar, station, tightly.

In Phonics and Spelling, we are studying the prefixes -ly, ful, -er, and -or. Spelling words for Thursday's test are:

cheerful

visitor

slowly

weekly

teacher

helper

hardly

graceful

yearly

quickly

fighter

sailor

beautiful

neighbor

Report cards were sent home on Friday, March 8. Please sign and return the envelope only. The report card is yours to keep. If you received a letter inviting you to schedule a conference, please follow the instructions to book your appointment online at a time that is convenient for you. If you did not receive a letter, I have no current concerns, but if you do, please don't hesitate to reach out. We can always conference at a mutually convenient time, whether in person, by phone, or through email.