Good Afternoon!  Our room is cold this week so please make sure your child has a sweater or sweatshirt to wear.

Library book check out is this Friday.

Spelling words all focus on the same vowel sound but spelled different ways:  root, chew, clue, canoe, fruit. The Dolch words: to, two, ask, who, use

Our reading strategy continues with comparing and contrasting 2 similar texts. I’ll be reading 2 different versions of the same story and the students will be writing how they are the same and how they are different.

We continue with writing our opinion this week. I am looking for strong reasons and using a transition to start their reason sentence. The topic is should the mayor buy a new police car or playground equipment with the extra tax money.

Math continues with adding 2 digit numbers with and without trading. We’re also going to be getting into adding 3 digit numbers with and without trading. As always, do as many of the homework problems as your child can manage and understand without reaching a frustration level.

In social studies, we’ll be learning about government action compared to private actions. Those activities that the government does to improve a community vs those things individuals do. For example, creating laws like the leash law is an example of government action. Raising money to donate to a charity is an example of private action.

Science continues with learning about the Earth. We’ll begin learning the names of different landforms as well as how they are formed.

The PTA valentine creation contest will run until February 1. Any family member can participate with your child then turn the creation into me. I will then pass along the most creative to the PTA. Enjoy!! 🙂

Stay warm!