Please look for a note coming home today with your child about Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 22nd.  I am not meeting with all families as conferences are only one day.  I sent invitations to those parents I need to see and a letter to parents that do not need to schedule conferences at this time.  Please look for the letter in your child’s homework folder after school today.

Thank you!

Thank you to Mr. Patterson from Human Resources for being our guest reader for March is Reading Month.

Thank you Ms. Stratford for being our guest reader for March is Reading Month!

Guest Reader

Guest Reader

4th grade Spelling words (prefixes):  prefix, decrease, nonsense, unusual, rewrite, nonfiction, decompose, replace, pretest, untie

Content Area:  fraction, mixed number, equivalent, numerator, denominator

5th grade Spelling words (-ent suffix):  innocent, resident, requirement, frequent, impatient, obedient, intelligent, different, convenient, compliment

Content Area:  expression, anticipate, assess, scalene, congruent

PLEASE make sure your child is completing each Reading Bag assignment on time.  Many students are falling behind and this is resulting in lower reading grades on their report cards.  Reading Bag assignments are to be completed Monday-Thursday.  Students are to read the assigned pages and complete a written response.

March is Reading Month Spirit Week

Monday 3/5 – Wear a shirt with a word on it

Tuesday 3/6 Whacky Hair Day

Wednesday 3/7 Wear a hat with a word on it

Thursday 3/8 Wear a shirt with your favorite team on it

Friday 3/9 Wear your pajamas or sweats

Please make sure you are not dropping off your child at school before 8:15 a.m.  There is no adult supervision for students who are dropped off early.  Students who eat breakfast may go to the cafeteria at 8:00 a.m., then must stay in the cafeteria until 8:15 a.m. and head down to the gym where they must sit in our class room and wait for the first bell.

Just a reminder to check your March is Reading Month calendar…tomorrow is wear a shirt with a word on it day!

We are looking for parents to be guest readers in our classroom for March is Reading Month.  Simply pick a date and time to come into our class to read a book of your choice from home.  It should take you approximately 15 minutes to read to the class then 5-10 minutes to ask the students a few questions about the book when you’re done!

Go to the SignUp Genius link below to sign up if you are interested:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0A4EAFA822A4F94-march1

Lunch Menu Changes

4th grade Spelling words (prefixes):  disappear, improper, import, export, invisible, mismatch, distrust, mislead, exhale, incorrect

Content Area:  Bill of Rights, citizens, responsibilities, freedom, elections

5th grade Spelling words (/ant/):  assistant, brilliant, compliant, extravagant, ignorant, merchant, constant, defiant, abundant, contestant

Content Area:  beneath, enough, complained, assured, stanza

Thank you to all of the families that donating items for our Valentine’s Day party before the mid-winter break!

4th grade will finish equivalent fractions in math this week with a quiz on Wednesday.  5th grade will finish coordinate grids in math this week with a quiz on Wednesday.

All Genius Hour Projects are due today.  We will begin presenting them in class today.

Please make sure that your child is caught up with their Reading Bag assignments.  Students should be reading the assigned pages each night and completing a written response in their journals.  Responses should be a minimum of 5 sentences long in neat handwriting.  Many students have been falling behind and this is reflected in their grades on report cards.

4th grade Spelling words (-tion):  presentation, direction, collection, introduction, communication, disruption, nation, position, fiction, action

Content Area:  government, Congress, Constitution, Senate, House of Representatives

5th grade Spelling words (-sion):  recession, concession, expression, comprehension, submission, vision, discussion, profession, suspension, possession

Content Area:  axis, grid, coordinate, rebellion, promptly

Reminder that our field trip to the orchestra is this Thursday, February 15th from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  We will have lunch at school when we return from the field trip.

Thank you to the volunteers who have already signed up for tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day Party.  There are still some open slots if people are interested.  Please see the SignUp Genius site:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4eafa822a4f94-valentines

From the PTA:  Hello! The Cookie Dough Fundraiser has been extended!!! We understand with the snow it was hard to get out. Forms will now be due on Wednesday, February 28th. Delivery will be on March 21 from 3-6pm. Profits from this fundraiser will determine our annual End of The Year Picnic! Thank You!!  Snow PTA

Reminder that Mid-Winter break is next week.  There will be no school February 19th-23rd.

From Mrs. Bush: A new Moby Max Challenge will begin on Valentine’s Day.  There is a contest for 3-5 and a different contest for K-2 so when students track their progress be sure students are looking at correct grade. It will end the week after Spring Break.