Everyone had a great week at school last week! The class did very well on their first spelling test. You can check out your child’s grades on the “grade book” attached to the school district’s website. In science, we learned about the skeletal system. Everyone “broke a bone” and set it! The students did a wonderful job presenting their “Me” bags. The grades are also posted on the “grade book” website. We began to study reading strategies. We also began Daily Oral Language (DOL) and we reviewed how to identify a complete sentence.
Homework policy: I wanted to take a moment to explain our homework policy. For each subject, students begin the semester with 10 points for homework. Students keep their 10 points as long as they turn in their homework on time. Points begin to be deducted when a student accumulates three late assignments.
This Week at School:
Homework policy: I wanted to take a moment to explain our homework policy. For each subject, students begin the semester with 10 points for homework. Students keep their 10 points as long as they turn in their homework on time. Points begin to be deducted when a student accumulates three late assignments.
This Week at School:
Science: We continue this week to learn about human body systems. On Monday we will focus on joints. This week’s activities include building a skeleton with brad fastener joints. Joint types and ligaments will be studied. Muscles will be introduced later in the week. We will discuss voluntary and involuntary muscle movements.
English: Sentences will be the focus of our English studies. Sentence types, such as command, explanatory, statement, and question, will be reviewed. There will be a quiz on the four types of sentences on Thursday. We will continue to correct sentences each day for DOL. The first DOL quiz will be on Friday. Students can study for DOL quizzes by studying the sentences in their DOL spiral.
Spelling: Our first spelling pretest will be Monday. We will do various activities during the week including workbook pages and spelling games. The final test will be on Friday.
Reading: In reading we will continue to examine the strategies used by all good readers. Monitor/clarify, summarize, phonics/decoding, making connections and questioning are the strategies we will discuss this week. I hope the each student will begin to apply these strategies each time they read.
Things to Remember: Please remember to sign your child’s assignment sheet daily.
