Week of 3/19

Maeve's grandmother came in and read to us about Saint Patrick!

Dear Parents,

Happy Terra Nova week! We will be taking different parts of the test each day. Please follow the schedule that was sent home last week. I told the kids that they should be in bed by 8:30pm at the absolute latest! Please do not use dress down passes this week (unless it's a birthday), make sure they eat a healthy breakfast and pack a healthy snack for recess. These little things really do make a difference. Here are a few reminders:

- Please make sure the kids have a few sharpened #2 pencils each day for the test.

- Report cards will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return the envelope. The report card can stay home.

- There will be no homework this week! Getting to bed early should be easier this way! :)

- We will start working with money this week and ask that you please send in some coins with your child in a ziplock bag with their name. If you could include 4 quarters, 10 dimes, 10 nickels and 10 pennies by Wednesday that would be great! Thanks for your help with this!

- On Wednesday, kids are allowed to accessorize their school uniform with crazy socks to celebrate Rock Your Socks Day for World Down Syndrome Day. Donations are welcome but not required.

- There will be a test on time on Friday.  An optional review will be sent home Thursday night for homework. We will also review in school on Thursday.

- We had SO much fun using the Google Expeditions AR (Augmented Reality) App last Wednesday! We explored the planets and moon, ocean life, bees and dinosaurs! I think Ryan and Danny's faces say it all in this picture :).

- The creativity and thought that goes into constructing the leprechaun traps never ceases to amaze me! I love looking at them and listening to the kids explain how they work and seeing the excitement in their eyes. Thank you for you're help with this. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a leprechaun, but there is always next year! Check out the pictures at the bottom of the page!

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 16 "We Celebrate the Sacraments" this week.

Reading

Story: "The Big Trip"

Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

Phonics Skill: Long E (ea, e, e_e, ee) and -ng, -nk words

Grammar: compound sentences
Magic Words: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, maybe, very, travel, really, through

Spelling Words: read, feet, tree, keep, mean, these, thing, sink, tank, string, very, about
*Test will be next Tuesday*

Math

We will review time to the hour, half hour, time patterns and elapsed time and have a test on Friday.  We will also start working with money. We will identify coins and how much they are worth.