Week of May 16

Announcements:

Tuesday, May 17th, is the Kids’ Club Water Party, 11:30 – 1:00!  Students may wear uniform bottoms and Kids’ Club shirts to school and bring gym shorts to change into after school for the party.  Don’t forget to bring a towel.  A change of clothes is up to you, whether you want wet clothes on your car seat.  We will have refreshments and a water slide in front of the church, so you may pick up your child there at 1:00.

Monday-Thursday – School hours: 8:00-11:30am

Friday 9:00am – Elementary Award Ceremony in sanctuary. Go directly to the sanctuary, not the classroom.

Test Schedule:

Monday- Handwriting Test, Language Test

Tuesday- Reading Comprehension, Math Speed Drills

Wednesday- Math Test, Bible Story Test

Thursday- Phonics Tests- written and oral, Spelling Test

Homework (material to review and practice for tests)

Seatwork- Each week, I will send home any unfinished worksheets that students have not finished in class for homework. If your child has a lot of pages, I encourage them to do only a page or two a night. Please use these pages to review and practice the concepts we are learning. Also, I will send home checked seatwork to use to review.

Math– written-setting time, count by fives, counting money, identifying greater than, less than or equal with numbers or math facts, adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers, adding 3 digit numbers, solving story problems, addition and subtraction facts Families 1-13; and Speed Drill – students have 2 minutes to complete 12 addition and subtraction problems (4 sets of these) including adding and subtracting up to 3 numbers

PHONICS:  For written test– write special sounds in words (study Chart 10,11,12,13), write words with special sounds and spelling words, and oral test -practice reading one-and two-syllable words with one or two vowels, and words with special sounds from Chart 6,7,8,9,10,11.

The Handbook for Reading (apple book) is your “Phonics Bible”. Have your child read letter sounds, blends with long and short vowel sounds, and words to you. You could also dictate sounds, blends, and clue words for special sounds to your child for him/her to write. Your child should be memorizing the special sounds and clue words for Charts 6 and 7.  We learn these so that students can use this when sounding out new words.  They should read each special sound and clue word and then spell them (example:  “ck in duck, c – k”).  You could make a matching game with the clue words on one type of card and the special sounds on another, mix them up, and have your child match the clue word with the special sound.  Note:  blends should be read as one sound, not sounding out each letter (example:  “la”, not “l – a”).

Spelling: For homework, I sent home a Spelling Bee sheet. Students need to write their words 3 times by Thursday and return in their red folder on Thursday for extra points. Each day students should study their words.

For the test this week, study these words: List 30- lace, face, grace, price, mice, ice, cent, city, circus, pencil, circle, bicycle, put, pull, push

Bible: Bible stories for this week are Jesus talks with the two walking to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-45), Jesus appears to his disciples (John 20:19-29, Jesus cooks fish for his disciples (John21:1-19), and Jesus ascending into heaven (Acts 1:1-11)

HANDWRITING: As a motivation to write neatly on handwriting tests, I am allowing any student who earns an A on the handwriting does not have to do one seatwork page for handwriting.

If your child is not getting A’s on the Writing tests, he/she should practice writing at home using lined paper that we use at school (with dotted lines in the middle).  You could have your child write the spelling words, his/her name (which is also graded on the writing tests).   Using the Manuscript Guide (copy in your Orientation packet), have your child practice writing the alphabet and numbers, and words. Make sure that they are holding their pencils correctly.

Language:  Test on Chapter 14 in Shurley English. Review with your child the worksheets that were sent home for the test

Week of May 9

Announcements:

Wednesday –Chapel and Eagle store

Thursday– Library books due

Kids Club – Our last Kids’ Club will be our end-of-the-year water slide party on Tuesday May 17th, 11:30 to 1:00.  Kids should bring a towel and a change of clothes.  We’ll have pizza and fruit!

Test Schedule:

Monday- Handwriting Test

Tuesday- Reading Comprehension

Wednesday- Math Test, Math Speed Drills

Thursday- Phonics Tests- written and oral, Spelling Test

Friday- Bible Story Test, Memory Verse Test, Social Studies Test

Homework (material to review and practice for tests)

Seatwork- Each week, I will send home any unfinished worksheets that students have not finished in class for homework. If your child has a lot of pages, I encourage them to do only a page or two a night. Please use these pages to review and practice the concepts we are learning. Also, I will send home checked seatwork to use to review.

Math– written-telling time, temperature, identifying half of a group of objects, place value, count by ones, counting money, identifying greater than, less than or equal with numbers or fractions, solving story problems, adding doubles up to 9+9, measures such as 1 pound=16oz, 1 week=7days, 1 yard=36in, 1 foot=12in, etc.,  addition and subtraction facts Families 1-13; and Speed Drill – students have 2 minutes to complete 12 addition and subtraction problems (4 sets of these) including adding and subtracting up to 3 numbers

PHONICS:  For written test– write special sounds in words (study Chart 10,11,12,13), write words with special sounds and spelling words, and oral test -practice reading one-and two-syllable words with one or two vowels, and words with special sounds from Chart 6,7,8,9,10,11.

The Handbook for Reading (apple book) is your “Phonics Bible”. Have your child read letter sounds, blends with long and short vowel sounds, and words to you. You could also dictate sounds, blends, and clue words for special sounds to your child for him/her to write. Your child should be memorizing the special sounds and clue words for Charts 6 and 7.  We learn these so that students can use this when sounding out new words.  They should read each special sound and clue word and then spell them (example:  “ck in duck, c – k”).  You could make a matching game with the clue words on one type of card and the special sounds on another, mix them up, and have your child match the clue word with the special sound.  Note:  blends should be read as one sound, not sounding out each letter (example:  “la”, not “l – a”).

Spelling: For homework, I sent home a Spelling Bee sheet. Students need to write their words 3 times by Thursday and return in their red folder on Thursday for extra points. Each day students should study their words.

For the test this week, study these words: List 29- old, cold, fold, gold, child, mild, wild, blind, find, kind, mind, comb, climb, Father, some

For next week, study these words: List 30- lace, face, grace, price, mice, ice, cent, city, circus, pencil, circle, bicycle, put, pull, push

Bible: Bible verse (due on May 13) – Matthew 22:37-39 “He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and most important commandment.  The second is like it:  Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Bible stories for this week are Crucifixion of Jesus (Luke 23:26-49) and Resurrection of Jesus (Luke 23:50-24:12)

HANDWRITING: As a motivation to write neatly on handwriting tests, I am allowing any student who earns an A on the handwriting does not have to do one seatwork page for handwriting.

If your child is not getting A’s on the Writing tests, he/she should practice writing at home using lined paper that we use at school (with dotted lines in the middle).  You could have your child write the spelling words, his/her name (which is also graded on the writing tests).   Using the Manuscript Guide (copy in your Orientation packet), have your child practice writing the alphabet and numbers, and words. Make sure that they are holding their pencils correctly.

Language:  We are in Chapter 14 in Shurley English.  Students will choose a topic for a group or words and for a paragraph. Review with your child the worksheets that are sent home.

Reading: Comprehension Test will include a short story and questions about the story. Please read the assigned pages each day from the reading calendar and initial the date on the calendar after reading. The reading calendar can be folded and kept in the reader or in the red folder.

Social Studies Unit 5- Meeting new people- learning about different customs and cultures. We will have a test on Friday. Students will bring home worksheets to review. Also below are vocabulary words to know for our test:

Culture- a group’s way of life

History- the story of what happened in the past

Immigrant- a person from another part of the world who has come to live in this country

Custom- a group’s way of doing something

Role- the part a person plays in a group he or she belongs to

Week of May 2

Announcements:

Monday, May 2 – Field Trip:  Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour. Don’t forget to bring a bag lunch!

Wednesday –Chapel and Eagle store

Test Schedule:

Monday-

Tuesday- Handwriting Test, Reading Comprehension

Wednesday- Math Test, Math Speed Drills, Language Test

Thursday- Phonics Tests- written and oral, Spelling Test,

Friday- Bible Story Test, measures quiz

Homework (material to review and practice for tests)

Seatwork- Each week, I will send home any unfinished worksheets that students have not finished in class for homework. If your child has a lot of pages, I encourage them to do only a page or two a night. Please use these pages to review and practice the concepts we are learning. Also, I will send home checked seatwork to use to review.

Math– written-setting time, place value, count by 10s, counting money, identifying greater than and less than, solving story problems, adding 2- and 3-digit numbers, adding with carrying, adding and subtracting 3 or 4 numbers, addition and subtraction family 13 facts, addition and subtraction facts Families 1-13; and Speed Drill – students have 2 minutes to complete 12 addition and subtraction problems (4 sets of these) including adding and subtracting up to 3 numbers

Measures Quiz- identifying measures such as 1 foot=12 in., 1 yard=3 feet, 1 pint=2 cups, 1 gallon=4 quarts, 1 pound=16oz, 1 hour=60min. etc, will send home a worksheet to review

PHONICS:  For written test– write special sounds in words (study Chart 6, 7,8,9,10,11,12), write words with special sounds and spelling words, and oral test -practice reading one-and two-syllable words with one or two vowels, and words with special sounds from Chart 6,7,8,9,10,11.

The Handbook for Reading (apple book) is your “Phonics Bible”. Have your child read letter sounds, blends with long and short vowel sounds, and words to you. You could also dictate sounds, blends, and clue words for special sounds to your child for him/her to write. Your child should be memorizing the special sounds and clue words for Charts 6 and 7.  We learn these so that students can use this when sounding out new words.  They should read each special sound and clue word and then spell them (example:  “ck in duck, c – k”).  You could make a matching game with the clue words on one type of card and the special sounds on another, mix them up, and have your child match the clue word with the special sound.  Note:  blends should be read as one sound, not sounding out each letter (example:  “la”, not “l – a”).

Spelling: For homework, I sent home a Spelling Bee sheet. Students need to write their words 3 times by Thursday and return in their red folder on Thursday for extra points. Each day students should study their words.

For the test this week, study these words: List 28- church, choose, chin, chest, bench, which, such, much, rich, patch, ditch, stitch, match, Mr., Mrs.

Bible: Bible verse (due in two weeks on May 13) – Matthew 22:37-39 “He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the greatest and most important commandment.  The second is like it:  Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Bible stories for this week are Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus before Council, Peter denies Jesus (Luke 22:39-54, Luke 22:54-71) and Jesus before Pilate (Mark 15:1-19)

HANDWRITING: As a motivation to write neatly on handwriting tests, I am allowing any student who earns an A on the handwriting does not have to do one seatwork page for handwriting.

If your child is not getting A’s on the Writing tests, he/she should practice writing at home using lined paper that we use at school (with dotted lines in the middle).  You could have your child write the spelling words, his/her name (which is also graded on the writing tests).   Using the Manuscript Guide (copy in your Orientation packet), have your child practice writing the alphabet and numbers, and words. Make sure that they are holding their pencils correctly.

Language:  Test Chapter 13- correcting fragments by adding the missing subject or predicate and classifying sentences with adjectives in the preposition phrase. Will send home worksheets to review.

Reading: Comprehension Test will include a short story and questions about the story. Please read the assigned pages each day from the reading calendar and initial the date on the calendar after reading. The reading calendar can be folded and kept in the reader or in the red folder.

Social Studies Unit 5- Meeting new people- learning about different customs and cultures

Week of April 25

Announcements:

Wednesday –Eagle store

Friday- Senior Chapel

Monday, May 2 – Field Trip:  Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour. Permission slips went home Friday.  Please sign and return ASAP.

Test Schedule:

Monday- Handwriting Test

Tuesday- Reading Comprehension

Wednesday- Math Test, Math Speed Drills, Language Quiz

Thursday- Phonics Tests- written and oral, Spelling Test, Bible Story Test

Friday- Memory Verse Test

Homework (material to review and practice for tests)

Seatwork- Each week, I will send home any unfinished worksheets that students have not finished in class for homework. If your child has a lot of pages, I encourage them to do only a page or two a night. Please use these pages to review and practice the concepts we are learning. Also, I will send home checked seatwork to use to review.

Math– written-telling time, identifying measures such as 1 foot=12 in., 1 yard=3 feet, 1 pint=2 cups, 1 gallon=4 quarts, 1 pound=16oz, 1 hour=60min. etc, identifying greater than and less than, solving story problems, adding 2-digit numbers, adding with carrying, adding and subtracting 3 numbers, addition family 13 facts, filling in dates on calendar, addition and subtraction facts Families 1-12; and Speed Drill – students have 2 minutes to complete 12 addition and subtraction problems (4 sets of these) including adding and subtracting up to 3 numbers

PHONICS:  For written test– write special sounds in words (study Chart 6, 7,8,9,10,11,12), write words with special sounds and spelling words, and oral test -practice reading one-and two-syllable words with one or two vowels, and words with special sounds from Chart 6,7,8,9,10,11.

The Handbook for Reading (apple book) is your “Phonics Bible”. Have your child read letter sounds, blends with long and short vowel sounds, and words to you. You could also dictate sounds, blends, and clue words for special sounds to your child for him/her to write. Your child should be memorizing the special sounds and clue words for Charts 6 and 7.  We learn these so that students can use this when sounding out new words.  They should read each special sound and clue word and then spell them (example:  “ck in duck, c – k”).  You could make a matching game with the clue words on one type of card and the special sounds on another, mix them up, and have your child match the clue word with the special sound.  Note:  blends should be read as one sound, not sounding out each letter (example:  “la”, not “l – a”).

Spelling: For homework, I sent home a Spelling Bee sheet. Students need to write their words 3 times by Thursday and return in their red folder on Thursday for extra points. Each day students should study their words.

For the test this week, study these words: List 27- says, are, your, from, I’m, here, because, where, Mother, been, don’t, were, any, some, said

Bible: Bible verse:  Exodus 20: 17, “ Do not covet your neighbor’s house.  Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Bible stories for this week are Jesus triumphal entry (Mark 11:1-11, 15-19) and the Last Supper (Matthew 26:17-35, John 13:1-15, 21-30).

HANDWRITING: As a motivation to write neatly on handwriting tests, I am allowing any student who earns an A on the handwriting does not have to do one seatwork page for handwriting.

If your child is not getting A’s on the Writing tests, he/she should practice writing at home using lined paper that we use at school (with dotted lines in the middle).  You could have your child write the spelling words, his/her name (which is also graded on the writing tests).   Using the Manuscript Guide (copy in your Orientation packet), have your child practice writing the alphabet and numbers, and words. Make sure that they are holding their pencils correctly.

Language:  We are in Chapter 13- correcting fragments by adding the missing subject or predicate, and classifying sentences with adjectives in the preposition phrase

Reading: Comprehension Test will include a short story and questions about the story. Please read the assigned pages each day from the reading calendar and initial the date on the calendar after reading. The reading calendar can be folded and kept in the reader or in the red folder.

Social Studies we are starting Unit 5- Meeting new people- learning about different customs and cultures