Homework: The math packet and reading incentive chart for Spring Street
School’s reading contest
are due this Friday. Please return it in your Yellow Reading Log/Math Homework Folder. We will not be having
a writing homework for the month of March. We will be focusing on our school’s
reading incentive. Be sure to record all of the minutes spent reading for the
school’s reading contest.
Each week the class
from each grade level with the most minutes earns a raffle. Once the contest is
over there will be a winner drawn from the raffle.
Language Arts/Science: Students are working on researching a type of storm. We will be writing
an informative piece on the storm researched. We are going to record our weather
observations this week. We will study the long o
vowel patterns. We will review the CVCe pattern and learn that oa
can also make the long o sound. I am doing our
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) with students.
Mathematics: Students will practicing writing money amounts in both
cents and dollar notation. We have talked about taking their time to carefully
count money amounts. It is very easy to keep counting by value even when the
coins change. For example they will keep counting by tens even when they get to
the nickel. Students will need to figure out how much more is needed to get to
a stated amount. They will need to figure out how much is left if they spend a
certain amount.
We will be getting ready for our chapter test at the end of this week or the
beginning of next week.
Ways you can help at home: Help your child as he/she explores a new topic of
interest to read and writing about for the writing assignment.
Continue to watch
the weather together. Describe your observations. Watch a meteorologist on tv together. Talk about
the key words he or she used to tell about the weather. Read books and poems
about the weather or seasons. Practice counting coins and bills. Talk about how
to write it in dollar and cent notation. Show different ways to make the same
value. Look for long o words in your
reading. Continue to read aloud to your child and have conversations about what
you read.
Writing Journals: Please enjoy your child’s journal and make sure it comes
back for Tuesday. Some students were taking their reading assessments and did
not get to write in their journal this week.
