Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

Weekly Spelling Words – oo, ue, ew, oe, ui

Pattern – root, boot, drew, flew, clue, glue, canoe, shoe, fruit, suit

Sight words – always, put, every, think, again

Science – we will begin our land form unit this week. Each student will choose a land form to research and learn more about and we will make models as well.

Math – we will be relating  addition and subtraction to length, use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract, and work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication (arrays) .

Social Studies – we will be learning how  communities change over time. Please have conversations with your child about how things used to be and how they are now. This can be about how Dearborn has changed such as how city hall has moved and is in a different building now.

Reading – we continue to work on various strategies to help improve our reading skills.

Family Engineering Night (Science Night) at Henry Ford Elementary is Wednesday, February 15th.

Weekly Spelling Words – oo, ou

Pattern words – good, hood, took, look, cookie, rookie, stood, wood, could, would

Sight words – because, many, long, full, pull

We have a busy testing week.

We will have our math test on Wednesday. The students are bringing home homework to practice for the test.

Our Social Studies test is Thursday. A study guide was sent home last week.

We will begin NWEA today and finish on Friday. We will be testing Reading and Math. Please make sure your child gets a good nights rest and a good breakfast. 🙂

Friday is a half day so teachers can work on report cards which will come home next week. The students will be dismissed at 11:45.

Weekly Spelling Words

R controlled vowels er, ir, ur

Pattern words – thirst,first,girl, bird, burn, turn, purse, nurse, her, paper

Sight words – goes, about, these, never, keep

Late Start – Wednesday, January 18, school will begin at 9:40.

NWEA testing – Students will be tested in reading and math the week of January 23rd . Please be sure your child  gets a good nights rest and  a good breakfast. Students are encouraged to take their time and do their best. 🙂

Social Studies Unit 3 test – Thursday, January 26th. The study guide will come home this week. Please read it over with your child several times before the 26th. We will also be reviewing the material in class.

Half Day – Friday, January 27th. Dismissal is at 11:45.

Thank you for all your support. This class is doing a terrific job of being responsible and returning homework. They are also very hard workers in the classroom.

Please help your child remember to color their reading log when they read each day.

If you can send in  a box of Kleenex it would be greatly appreciated.

I hope everyone had a safe and healthy break! 

Weekly Spelling Words – r controlled vowels, ar, or

Pattern – start, dark, short, part, park, sort, fort, born, jar, far

Sight – before, those, gave, give, put

Some dates to remember – 

Monday, January 16 – NO SCHOOL in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Wednesday, January 18 – Late Start, school will start at 9:40

Friday, January 27 – 1/2 day, dismissal is at 11:45, afternoon duty day for teachers

Our NWEA  reading and math tests will be given the week of January 23rd. Please be sure your child gets a good night’s rest and eats a good breakfast. 

In the next couple of weeks, we will be finishing up our current social studies unit. The test will be Thursday, January 26th. I will send home the study guide soon.

Have a great week!