Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Weekly Newsletter 2/15/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful Valentine’s gifts! I love everything!

This week is Love of Reading Week. Monday teachers will go to other classrooms to read. Tuesday is PJ day. Wednesday we will make bookmarks. Thursday each student will come up with their own poem. Friday is dress as your favorite book character. Students need to know the name of the book and the character’s name. There will be a number of guest readers in the classroom this week as well.

Thursday, February 18th is Skate Night at Skate Country from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Please make sure your child is reading nightly. Reading logs are due Friday morning.

Wednesday, February 24th is Grandparents Day. Please invite your child’s grandparents to join us for many fun activities. Lunch will also be served. If your child’s grandparent will join us please fill out the form that was sent home last week. I will have a fun activity for the students and grandparents to do together.

There will be NO school on Thursday, February 25th and Friday, February 26th for Rodeo Break.

If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me at misty_fite@yahoo.com or 721-4205.

Spelling List

Monday – Write words three time each
Tuesday – Write words in a sentence
Wednesday – Write words in ABC order
Thursday – Study
Friday –Test

1. write
2. know
3. knew
4. known
5. written
6. wrote
7. doubt
8. wrong
9. knee
10. knock
11. knot
12. wrap
13. wreath
14. wreck
15. wrench
16. wrist
17.answer
18. thumb
19. half
20. listen

Monday, February 8, 2010

Weekly Newsletter 2/8/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
Love of Reading week has been moved to February 15th through 19th. If anyone would like to volunteer to read to the class please let me know by Friday. We will have a couple of guest readers in our room this week as well.

We will have a class Valentine’s party on Friday, February 12th from 2:00-3:00. If you would like to send in a snack for the class you are more than welcome. I would like to keep the sweets to a minimum. Chips, veggie tray, or Chex Mix are a couple of examples of things I would like to have for the kids. Also I am attaching a list of all the kid’s names for Valentine Cards.

Our character trait for February is Caring. January’s character lunch winner was Danielle Ortiz. Good job Danielle.

Please make sure your child is reading nightly. Reading logs are due Friday morning.

Wednesday, February 24th is Grandparents Day. Please invite your child’s grandparents to join us for many fun activities. Lunch will also be served. I will put more information in the next newsletter.

There will be NO school on Thursday, February 25th and Friday, February 26th for Rodeo Break.

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**

In Phonics, we will work on compound words.

In Math, we will be working on division with a common denominator, finding half a number, identifying the number of days in each month, identifying the number of days in a year, and identifying the commutative property of multiplication.

In writing and language arts, we will continue our unit on the mechanics of capitalization and punctuation.

In Science, we will continue to learn about rocks and minerals.

In Social Studies, we will learn about our federal government.

Spelling List
Monday – Write words three time each
Tuesday – Write words in a sentence
Wednesday – Write words in ABC order
Thursday – Study
Friday –Test


1. without
2. himself
3. upon
4. cannot
5. outside
6. within
7. themselves
8. maybe
9. itself
10. yourself
11. birthday
12. backyard
13. bedtime
14. classroom
15. daytime
16. myself
17. nobody
18. overdue
19. playground
20. whenever

Monday, February 1, 2010

Weekly Newsletter 2/1/10

**NOTES TO PARENTS**
February 5th is Mid-quarter. If your child has a 75% or lower in any subject you will receive a progress report. Otherwise you will not receive a progress report.

Love of Reading week has been moved to February 15th through 19th. If anyone would like to volunteer to read to the class please let me know by Friday. We will have a couple of guest readers in our room this week as well.

We will have a class Valentine’s party on Friday, February 12th from 2:00-3:00. If you would like to send in a snack for the class you are more than welcome. I would like to keep the sweets to a minimum. Chips, veggie tray, or Chex Mix are a couple of examples of things I would like to have for the kids. Also I am attaching a list of all the kid’s names for Valentine Cards.

Wednesday, February 24th is Grandparents Day. Please invite your child’s grandparents to join us for many fun activities. Lunch will also be served. I will put more information in the next newsletter.

There will be NO school on Thursday, February 25th and Friday, February 26th for Rodeo Break.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at misty_fite@yahoo.com or 721-4205.

** WHAT WE ARE LEARNING**

In Phonics, we will work on contractions.

In Math, we will be identifying ordinal position, selecting coins for a given amount, multiplying two-digit numbers, and identifying the number of days in each month.

In writing and language arts, we will start our unit on the mechanics of capitalization and punctuation.

In Science, we will continue to learn about rocks and minerals.

In Social Studies, we will learn about our federal government.

Spelling List

Monday – Write words three time each
Tuesday – Write words in a sentence
Wednesday – Write words in ABC order
Thursday – Study
Friday –Test

1. don’t
2. it’s
3. didn’t
4. I’ll
5. can’t
6. couldn’t
7. let’s
8. you’ve
9. wasn’t
10. won’t
11. isn’t
12. we’ll
13. wouldn’t
14. aren’t
15. doesn’t
16. I’ve
17. we’ve
18. that’s
19. she’ll
20. I’m