The focus of the spelling this week was three letter clusters.  The test for lesson six will be this Friday,October 30.  The spelling words are: scream, screen, spring, spray, spread, strong, straight, stream,street, string, throw, three.

There is no school for students on November 3.  This is a professional development day for the teachers.

The school’s book fair is being held this week.  Our day to visit the book fair is Wednesday at 11:00.

If you sent in money for a book order and did not get your books, please let me know.  There was no name on the book order slip and  the children can not remember who ordered the books, and I … Continue reading →

Our test will be Friday, October 23.  Our focus was the long o.  The words  are coach, float, soap, blow, row, own, hold, sold, both, most, coast, toast

A note went home about our party on Oct. 30, if you can help in any way please let the homeroom parents know.  I know they appreciate all the help.  Thank you.

The spelling test is Friday, Oct. 16.  Our focus this week was on long vowel sounds.  The words are: paint, clay, neighbor, eight, paid, lay, weigh, feel, leave, seem, speak, need.

We are using the 6 + 1 Traits of writing.  The traits are: Ideas, Organzation, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, Conventions.  Throughout the year we will focus on each trait.  Currently we are focusing on IDEAS.  Following are the components … Continue reading →

The spelling test is Friday, October 9.  The words follow the vowel- consonant-e rule.  The words are save, life, wide, mine, grade, smile, smoke, huge, note, cube, come, love.

We still have many people who have not sent in their party money.  If you have not done so, please send it in as soon as possible.  Thank you.