Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

What nice weather we have had for two days. Back to rain and possible snow tomorrow so please remind your child to wear their warm coat. 

FIELDTRIPS 

Please sign both sides of the field trip note. I was saving paper and put both permission slips on the same paper. Please send in $5.00 for the Dearborn Historical Museum trip and the permission slips by Monday, March 5. 

There is a PTA Popcorn Sale, $0.50 per bag. Money is due by Thursday. 

MARCH IS READING MONTH!  A March is Reading Calendar came home today. Check it out! 

The Henry Ford Literacy Night is Tuesday, March 6 from 5:00 – 6:30.  There will be many fun activities for the kids. 

The PTA is having a Scholastic Book Fair next week for March is Reading Month. We will be going on Wednesday morning. I will send the flyers home tomorrow. 

February Reading logs are due tomorrow, March 1. 

I hope everyone had a nice break and stayed healthy.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 

Weekly Spelling Words

This weeks words have the schwa a sound. 

Pattern – alone, ago, again, away, agree, alike, amazing, above, idea, along

Sight – team, cousin, store, friend, really

Math  –  We will be finishing up Unit 6 in math and the test will be on Friday. The study guide will be the homework that comes home. 

Science   – Erosion is the topic in science this week. We will be doing an erosion activity later in the week.

Please continue to encourage your child to read everyday. 

Field trip notes will be coming home mid week. Please sign both sheets and send in $5.00 for the Dearborn Historical Museum by Monday, March 5. 

Dr. Moughni’s Reading Log is due on Monday. Class February Reading Logs are due on Thursday. 

If you can spare a box of Kleenex it would be appreciated. 

I hope everyone has a nice winter break!

Please encourage your child to read daily. We have a class reading log (the calendar with the hearts on it) and Dr. Moughni sent home a reading log as well. Encourage your child to tell you what they are reading about.

Thank you for all the Valentine treats! The children enjoyed delivering treats and Valentines to their classmates.

We did some graphing with m & m’s at math time. Here are a few pictures of the activity.

Students are sorting graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students can access two websites from my blog that are great for math practice. Frontrowed.com is good for math and reading.  Iknowit.com is good for math practice.

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow day on Friday. We will get back to work tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will have our spelling test for last weeks words. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern – oil, soil, moist, hoist, toy, joy, royal, loyal, coin, join

Sight – work, upon, our, black, pick

Math – we are working on addition and subtraction strategies as well as making and reading graphs. 

Science – we are continuing to learn about how the Earth changes quickly and slowly, (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, weathering and erosion). 

We will begin our new social studies unit, How Do People Work Together in a Community? 

T-shirt orders are due on Friday.

VALENTINE’S DAY! If students would like to bring in Valentines for their classmates, we will share them in the afternoon  on Wednesday. We have 13 boys and 12 girls in our class.  Treats are welcome. 

There is no school next week from Monday, February 19- Friday, February 23.

Parents, please remind your child to bring their library books to school tomorrow. Thank you! 

The social studies test is on Thursday. Students should be studying tonight and tomorrow night. 

Tomorrow is a late start. 

Weekly Spelling List 

Pattern – clown, brown, growl, howl, found, sound, mouse, house, cloud, loud 

Sight – been, seven, together, once, time

We will be WIDA testing this week. The WIDA test is a language test and tests reading, writing, listening, and speaking. If you received the results from last years WIDA test in your child’s folder on Friday then they will be tested again this year. We will be  testing on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Students who are not taking the test will stay in the classroom with alternate work. 

LATE START – Wednesday, February 7. School begins at 9:40. If you drop your child off, please have them to school by 9:35 so they can unpack their backpack and be in the classroom by 9:40. 

Social Studies TEST – We will have our Social Studies test on How Citizens Live Together in a Community on Thursday. Homework Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be to study for the test. I will send home a study guide on Monday. 

Thank you for the Kleenex donations. It is that drippy nose time of year.