March 5 , 2026
Dear Parents,
It was wonderful to see so many of you this morning reading with your children. I hope you had fun!
Just to give you a heads-up, the students will soon be assigned a diorama to complete at home. A shoebox or other small box will be needed for this project. Please be on the lookout for one. The assignment will be coming home next week. Let me know if you have any questions once you read about it.
On another note, if you have not sent in your child's field trip paperwork/donation, PLEASE get it in by tomorrow. Although the trip is not until mid-April, we need to submit the paperwork to make sure all details are approved and we can move forward.
Many thanks!
Mrs. McLoud
This Week's Agenda:
Language Arts
Reading Focus - Finding Text Evidence
Core Literature - The Stories Julian Tells, by Ann Cameron
Buddy Reading with TK Students
Spelling Focus - R-Controlled Sounds ("er", "ir", and "ur" )
Spelling Quiz
Writing Focus - Final Draft of Exotic Animal Writing
Cursive - Lower Case "a"
Read Aloud - The World According to Og the Frog, by Betty Birney
Math
Both Groups - Multiplication Testing
McLoud Group
Applying the Distributive Property to Find the Area of a Rectangle
Demonstrating the Possible Whole Number Side Lengths of Certain Rectangles
Solving Word Problems Involving Area
Finding Area by Decomposing Into Rectangles
Introduction to Dream House Project
Fishman Group
Finding Area by Decomposing Into Rectangles
Applying Knowledge of Area to Determine Areas of Rooms in a Given Floor Plan
Introduction to Dream House Project
Module 4 Review
Science
Cotton Cloud Models
Outdoor Classroom
Social Studies
American Hero Research (Final Draft Pages Continued)
Health/Safety/P.E
P.E./Psychomotor
"Feelings" Circle (Fridays)
Arts
Orchestra
"Whatcha Reading?" Construction Paper Art (Completion)
Notes/Reminders/Info. Date
Module 4 Math Test (Fishman Group) 3/9
Module 4 Math Test (McLoud Group) 3/10
Timed Multiplication Test 3/12
New AR Points Deadline 4/7