Hello parents,
This is going to be a crazy, busy week!
-For math, we have lessons 27-30. Thursday, I will send home the study guide for module 5. The test will be on Tuesday 3-17. This is the hardest module for the year. Thank you for your support and patience for this module. If your child is still struggling, remember IXL is a great resource to practice fractions.
-We are continuing using context clues for fiction and non-fiction texts. This week we are starting some M-STEP practice. I will share a link with you if you would like to practice.
-For writing, we are working on Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA). This means answering questions in writing based on the text.
-For social studies, we are starting a new unit on the Government of Michigan. This unit will allow students to make connections during our Lansing trip.
-Please send in the permission slips and money for the field trip to Troy Historic Village. If you don’t want your child go, please write that on the slip and return it. I have too many chaperones for this trip, so I have asked or will ask a few parents to switch chaperoning for a different trip. I will let you know soon if you will be going on this trip or Lansing.
-Wednesday, March 11 will be Bingo for Books from 5:30-6:30. I only had 2 students turn in the forms. It is a fun and FREE event to get FREE books!! I will be there with my boys.
-This week is book fair. If you would like to volunteer, call Ms. Sandi. We will browse today for books then purchase on Thursday.
- Friday will be a half day. Dismissal is at 11:45. Spelling test will be Thursday 3-13. Friday will be our classroom bees. The top 3 spellers will move onto the 3rd grade bee and then those top 3 will be in the school bee. If your child is absent, there will be no make-ups.
For the Spelling Bee, you want to practice with your child the following directions:
-Repeat the word
-Spell the word with appropriate capitalization, hyphenation, apostrophes, etc.
-Repeat the word again
-Wait for your response- “Correct” or “That is incorrect”. If incorrect, give them the
correct spelling (Unless you are down to the final two, if so, call the other
students and have them spell the word. If correct, give them a second word and if
spelled correctly they win! If incorrect, tell both the correct spelling and resume
the bee, giving the first student a new word.) I sent a kindergarten video out on
the 3 rd which shows this process at the end of the video if you need clarification
on this process.)
The student may ask for a sentence or a repetition of the word. The student can begin
to spell, stop one time and then continue to spell the word, or restart from the beginning
of the word, but they must restate the letters in the same order as when they first
uttered them- they must not say the word before they continue to spell it. This is
called retracing. For example “Cat, C- A, pause C- A- T, Cat” is acceptable but “Cat, C-
A, pause K- A- T” is not. They cannot pause and restart more than once. They cannot
start to spell, then ask for a repetition or a sentence. If they do, they have forfeited. You
as the announcer cannot EM- pha- size any part of the word when you say it. If so, the
word must be thrown out and a new word given.
If the student spelled the word correctly, They remain standing and you move on to the
next student.
If the student spelled the word incorrectly, they sit and are no longer in the bee. They do
not come up again for the next round, They do not start over in the next level of the bee.
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