Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

Weekly Spelling Words

 Pattern – woman, women, man, men, goose, geese, mouse, mice, foot, feet

Sight – because, first, next, then, last

April Reading Logs are due on Tuesday. 

We will have the Unit 5 Social Studies Test on Friday. A study guide will be coming home. Please read over the study guide daily with your child.

We will be revisiting place value, plus 10, plus 100, and money in our new Math Unit 10. 

Students have been writing wonderful poems that will be entered in the Henry Ford Annual Poetry contest. 

Spring has arrived and our days are getting longer. Because it is lighter later, children want to stay up later. It is really important for children to get 10 – 12 hours of sleep a night. We still have a lot to accomplish between now and June. Please have your children continue to keep a consistent bed time. Thank you! 

We will be going to the Jiffy Mix Factory in Chelsea on Thursday, May 17th all day. Students will need to bring in a bag lunch (no glass please). The cost of the trip is $4.00 (for the bus). The tour of the factory is free. If you would like to chaperone, please be sure you have a form on file in the office. 

With spring comes allergies. We are out of Kleenex. If you have not sent in a box of tissue this year, please consider sending in a box for the class to share. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern words – boxes, foxes, witches, stitches, dishes, swishes, fixes, mixes, sandwiches, riches

Sight words – goes, good, does, our, cousin

Monday, we will be participating in  a district initiative called Care to the Core Day!  All of the Dearborn schools will be doing  various activities to show that we “Care to the Core”.  We will be doing an activity in class to talk about how kindness can spread with each one of us by doing simple things.  Here is the district website relating to Care to the Core Day. https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/responsetobullying/

I hope everyone stayed warm and dry this weekend.

It looks like we will have more rain and cold weather this week. I know once we have a warm day the kids think they don’t need coats anymore. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Contractions – these are challenging

Pattern words – didn’t, can’t, they’ve, we’ve, she’ll, we’ll, he’s, she’s, wouldn’t, couldn’t 

Sight words – help, from, other, also, job 

SNACK – Our fresh fruit and vegetables snack will be ending on Thursday, April 20. Please send in a healthy snack daily if possible. Our lunch time is at 12:30 so we have a bit of a long morning. 

The Pizza Hut Book It program ended but students are still responsible for reading daily for 20 -30 minutes and coloring their reading calendar each day they read. 

Weekly Spelling Words 

Pattern words – score, store, chore,  tore, snore, wore, soar, oar, roar, board

Sight words –people, they, know, outside, work

This week we will be starting a new Math unit on measurement. We will be using several different kinds of measuring tools such as rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tapes. 

We will also be starting our new Science unit on plants and living things. 

Social Studies is all about local history. We will be comparing the past to how we live now. Please share how things have changed over the years in our community. 

Spring pictures will be taken on Friday, April 13th.