Good afternoon,

Happy Fall! I hope everyone had a great weekend. This week:

• Today we started unit 1 in our ELA Benchmark curriculum. Each unit is three weeks long. At the end of each unit students will bring home their completed magazine booklet. Each week your child will get new spelling and sight words to learn and practice. Their first list (short a) came home on Friday. They will be tested on the spelling words and sight words this Friday (13 words total). We practice them in school but students should practice them at home as well. I also list the words each week on the blog up at the top under the spelling words tab in case you ever misplace the paper copy. There is also a tab at the top that says spelling and sight word activities. You can click on that tab for some fun activities to try at home for practicing their words.
• In addition to practicing their spelling and sight words each day at home, students will be coming home with two new phonics books every Monday. These books go with our spelling pattern for the week. We read and practice them in class then students take them home to read. These books should be kept in a safe place at home and students should take a few minutes each day to read them. This helps to build fluency and practice the weekly spelling pattern. These books are theirs to keep. Also going home every Monday for homework is a fluency worksheet. Students should read the passage three times a day and parents sign it at the bottom. They should also find and highlight the words from the box in the passage. These passages are due every Friday. Please let me know if you have any questions about spelling or homework.
• Tomorrow is early release, dismissal is at 1:50.
• This week in math we will be completing module 1 lessons 15-17, quiz, then lessons 18-19. So by the end of this week you should not be farther than lesson 19 in your math Apply homework book.
• Please join us for a casual meet and greet with Amal Alcodray, Director of the Heights Campus on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in the MBCC Lecture Hall at 8:45am. We are looking forward to seeing you!
• There is no school for students next Tuesday, October 1st for teacher professional development.

Have a great week!!