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Online Resources

Here is a list of great online resources to use during this time. The Scholastic Magazine that we read weekly is part of this. We are suggesting to read one of the March magazines per week. There is a video and game that your child can play after reading.

Scholastic Let’s Find Out magazine: This is the magazine that we read weekly in our classroom. Your child will need to type in the code kdg19 to access the magazines – https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html

Scholastic Learn from Home: Lessons are by grade level and are updated weekly – https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Khan Academy: This website has resources to practice math questions similar to the NWEA math. You will need to scroll to the bottom and select parts under class setup to see the questions – https://www.khanacademy.org/mappers#map-exam-geometry-160

Online Books: A great website to listen to stories online is – https://www.storylineonline.net/

-et family

Hello!

This week we will be working on the -et word family.

-et family
pet, let, get, down, one, me


There will be 10 words on the spelling test. The remaining 4 word are “cold words” or words that follow the same pattern.

1/21

Coming home today is a note explaining out spelling program. This starts this week. Each week the spelling words will be posted on ClassDojo and the Classroom Blog.
The words for this week are:


-bat
-cat
-fat
-he
-on
-for

The other 4 words are “cold” words and will follow the -at family pattern.

Below is a link for an -at family video. This video practices chunking and blending the -at family words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkUunCjP3Hs

November 4th – November 8th

Hello! I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below is what we are working on for the week of November 4th-November 8th.

Daily 5: This week we are reading The Gruffalo. Our sight words are: you, the, pink.

Writing: This week we will be learning about personal narratives. We will be talking about a time that we were afraid.

Math: We will be starting module 2 this week. Please complete the homework for Module 2 lessons 1-5.

Important Dates:
Tuesday 11/5 – NO SCHOOL, election day
Thursday 11/7 – Conferences
Friday 11/8 – Parent University 9:00 am

October 28 – November 1

Hello! I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below is what we are working on for the week of October 28th-November 1st.

Your child may wear their costume to school on Thursday for Halloween. Please do not have your child bring any weapons or wear masks to school.

Daily 5: This week we are reading Room on the Broom. Our sight words for the week are white, up, to.

Writing: This week we will be learning about personal narratives.

Math: We are finishing Module 1 this week. Please finish lessons 33-37 for homework.

Important Dates:
Tuesday 10/29 – PTA Boo Bash 5:00-6:00
Thursday 10/31 – Halloween Party
Friday 11/1 – Parent Meeting at 9:00, 1/2 Day Dismissal at 11:45

October 14-October 18

Hello! I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below is what we are working on for the week of October 14th-October 18th.

Daily 5: This week we are learning about pumpkins. The story for the week is Pumpkin Town. The letters this week are Jj, Yy, Xx, and Rr. The sight words are orange, is, it, in.

Writing: This week we will be learning about opinion writing.

Math: We are working on lessons 24-28. Please complete the homework this week for Module 1 Lessons 24-28 and send a picture on ClassDojo by Sunday. Thank you to those who have been sending pictures!

Important Dates:
Wednesday 10/16 – Late Start. School starts at 9:35 am and Parent Meeting 10-11 am
Friday 10/18 – Parent University 9-10 am

September 30 – October 4

Hello! I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below is what we are working on for the week of September 30 – October 4th .

There is a pizza and juice sale on Friday. If your child is going to purchase pizza or juice please have your child’s money in a ziploc bag or envelope.

Daily 5: This week we are learning about scarecrows and reading Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant. The letters that we are working on are P, B, and L. The sight words are look, at, and see.

Writing: This week we are continuing our work on labeling our pictures. We will also start writing our own sentences using the sight words we have been learning.

Math: We are working on lessons 16-19. Please complete the homework this week for Module 1 Lessons 16-19 and send a picture on ClassDojo by Sunday. Thank you to those who have been sending pictures!

Important Dates:
Wednesday 10/2 – PTA meeting at 2:45
Friday 10/4 – Pizza sale after school

September 16-20

Below you will find what we are working on this week!

Daily 5: This week we are reading How I became a Pirate. We are working on read to self and building our stamina. The letters that we are working on are I, N, H, and S. The sight words are yellow and can.

Writing: We are continuing to work on introducing writer’s workshop and using the right colors when coloring.

Science: This week we will be starting our first science unit which focuses on pushes and pulls.

Math: We are working on lessons 11-15. Please complete the homework this week for Module 1 Lessons 11-15 and send a picture on ClassDojo by Sunday.

Important Dates:

Friday 9/20- 1/2 Day Dismissal at 11:45