Spelling words (/sce/ and /nse/):  nonsense, descend, cleanse, dense, crescent

Bonus words:  parallel, intersecting, angle, degree, opinion

Thank you to all of the students and families that attended Mr. Walters surprise concert last Thursday evening.  He was very surprised and appreciated all of the hard work the students put in to make a wonderful concert.

This week we will be starting Unit 6 in Math on geometry.  We will explore line segements, rays, lines, angles, parallel lines, intersecting lines, 2-dimensional shapes, and 3-dimensional shapes.  Please continue to visit the www.everydaymathonline.com website and ask your child daily what they are learning in school.

We are continuing our 3 minute multiplication tests.  Students should be practicing their facts every night in order to pass the particular test they are on.  We have taken 6 tests so far and there are some children you are still on their factors of 2.  It is very important that children study at home and memorize these multiplication facts because we will be learning 2 digit multiplication later in the year.

The class has completed our study of the history of Michigan.  Now we will be moving onto government in Social Studies.  We have also completed our study of forces in Science.  Therefore, we will begin studying rocks, minerals, and earth’s resources.

Please continue to have your child read at least 20 minutes every night and fill in their Student Reading Logs every Monday-Thursday.  In order for students to improve their reading, they must continue to read at home as well as at school.  You can vary they way your child reads.  One night they can read to themselves, another night they can read to a parent or brother/sister, another night you can have them listen to reading.  Students can access the Tumble book website at home to do listen to reading.  Go to www.tumblebooks.com/library.  The username is “snowelem” and the password is “books”.  This is a great way to hear examples of fluent readers!

If school is closed this week due to bad weather, please continue to practice multiplication facts, spelling words, and read at home with your child.