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Week of February 26-March 1
Please make sure your child has a pair of headphones for use at school. We will be using these in class for iReady, listening to stories, and classroom activities.
What are we working on?
Reading Skill - Theme
Cursive letter - All letters, student names, and words/sentences using all letters
Spelling
This week we will be looking at the vowel team sounds.
Monday-We will take a pretest and go over their Spelling Contract for the week.
Click here to view the Spelling Contact.
Click here to view the Spelling List (List A) Spelling List (List B)
Spelling List (List C)
Homework for spelling for the week will be to complete 3 items on the Spelling Contract based on the words missed on their pretest. Those who make a 100 on the pretest are exempt from the spelling contract/homework as they know the spelling patterns and words and will not have to test on Friday.
Friday -Test *only on the missed words from Monday's pretest
Reading Log
To ensure that students are reading on a regular basis at home, reading logs will be sent home weekly to be filled out showing what book students read and for how long each day. This will need to be signed by parents.
Reading logs will be sent home on Monday and collected the following Monday.
Students have completed their middle of the year diagnostic for reading that will then give them lessons for their path on skills that they need to work on.
Students have also completed their STAR test for an updated and middle of the year lexile reading level.
*Look for this information to come home next week.
Weekly iReady expectations have been sent home.
I am meeting with small groups while others work on journal writing, independent reading, and reading skills.
We have been getting on chromebooks and joining and signing into various websites we may use throughout the year. All login information will be on a sheet that we will staple to the front of their planner.
Students have joined my Google Classroom, logged into a site, Epic!, that has books to read online, and other reading sites.
We will be reading about Black History Month and a few well known African Americans.
Students will also complete some research.
We will also be beginning a new Studies Weekly unit on Economics.
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