Week of 3/18

Dear Parents,

We had a blast celebrating St. Patrick's Day and showing off our leprechaun traps! I am sure you heard all about our visit from Lucky Leprechaun :). The third trimester begins today and the weeks will continue to be busy! Here are the reminders for this week:

- We will continue reviewing for the Terra Nova tests that will be taken next week.  A schedule and some tips for taking standardized tests will be sent home this week. Attached to the schedule will be a blank letter and envelope. I ask that you please write your child an encouraging note that they will read Monday morning before we start the tests. This will hopefully calm any nerves that they may have. Please send the letter in by Friday at the latest. Thanks for your help with this :).

- We will start working with money this week and I ask that you please send in some coins with your child in a ziplock bag marked 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!

- There will be a test on time on Thursday.  A review will be sent home Thursday night for homework.

- There will be a reading and spelling test on Friday.

Leprechaun Traps!

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 your help with this. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a leprechaun, but there is always next year! Check out the amazing traps!

Homework

Monday
Reading: page 25
practice Magic Words
Math: page 115

Tuesday

Reading: page 28

practice Magic Words

Math: page 116

Wednesday

Reading: page 20

practice Magic Words

Math: complete test review

Thursday
Reading: study for tests
practice Magic Words
Math: page 104

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 15 "We Belong to a Parish" 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
*Tests on Friday

Math

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