Thursday, December 20, 2012

December 20

Good afternoon! December has flown by so fast! There will not be a spelling, story, or grammar test the week that we come back from break. We will be starting a new unit in Math that week. Students will be  adding 3 numbers, working with number stories, and learning how to multiply for the first time. We will also be starting Unit 3 (History) in Social Studies. Ms. Davidson will continue to use this blog for updates. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday, and I will see you in April.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

December 11

Good afternoon! This week in Language Arts we are working on using context clues to figure out new words and working with r-controlled a in words, such as car, start, star, etc. We have started Unit 5 in Math. It is a short unit and we skip around a bit so your child's homework may not be in chronological order. We will be reviewing for our next Math test this Friday and next Monday. Our Math test will be on Tuesday, December 18. Also, please remember our Unit 2 Social Studies is this Thursday, December 13. Please continue to help your child study the material.

Have a great week!

Friday, November 30, 2012

November 30

Good evening! 2S has a very busy week next week! On Monday we will have our Unit 2 Skills Test for Language Arts. On Tuesday we will be going to the Holiday Shop. Please send money in with your child in the envelope that was sent home if you would like him/her to purchase something. On Wednesday we will have our Unit 2 Word Wall Test. Please keep studying the spelling of those words with your child. A list of words was sent home last week. On Tuesday and Thursday we will also be reviewing for our Math Test on Friday, December 6. Study guides will be sent home. And finally, a study guide was sent home yesterday, November 29 for our Unit 2 Social Studies Test. This test will not be until December 13, but please continue to help your child study the material.

Have a great weekend!

Monday, November 26, 2012

November 26

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. In Language Arts this week we will be working on words that have -ge, -ce-, and -se endings, like cage, mice, and tease. Please practice these word endings with your child. In Math we are working on estimating costs and temperature. Next Monday we will have our Unit 2 Skills Test in Language Arts, and on Wednesday, December 5, we will have our Unit 2 Word Wall Test. Please practice the spellings of these words with your child each night. A list went home last week.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 4.4.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

November 20

Good evening! Tomorrow is the last day to send in orders for Scholastic. This is a great way to get books for our classroom since they send coupons for every online order! We will be having our Unit 2 Word Wall Test on December 5. A list of words will be sent home tomorrow. For homework tonight, students should write their words in ABC order and complete Home Link 4.2

Have a great night!

Monday, November 12, 2012

November 12

Good evening! We started our new unit in Social Studies today. You will find flash cards of key vocabulary terms in your child's folder. Please study these words with him/her throughout the chapter. For homework tonight students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 3.8. Our unit 3 Math Test will be this Thursday.

Have a great night!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

November 8

Good evening! Please remember that tomorrow is Hat Day! If you would like to wear a hat to school, please donate $1. Funds are going to Sandy relief. Next week we will have our Unit 3 Math Test on Thursday. Reviews will go home Tuesday and Wednesday.

Have a great night!

Monday, November 5, 2012

November 5

Welcome back! There will not be any spelling homework this, but there will be Math homework. We will be having our Unit 3 Math Test next week. A study guide will be sent home next week.

Have a great night!

Friday, October 26, 2012

October 26

Good evening! The weeks are flying by and the end of the first marking period is next Tuesday already! Next week we will be focusing on r-controlled vowels in Language Arts, the sun in Science, the upcoming election in Social Studies, and counting money and frames and arrows in Math.

2S is currently looking for donations of hand wipes such as Wet Ones and disinfecting wipes such as Lysol or Clorox. If you would be willing to donate any of these please send them in with your child. It is greatly appreciated!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

October 18

Good evening! In your child's folder you will find a study guide for our Unit 1 Social Studies test that is next Thursday. Please help your child study for this test. We will have our Unit 2 Math test on Tuesday, October 23.

For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 2.13 and use each spelling word in a sentence. Please have your child cut out the fact triangles in their folder and keep that Home Link at home.

Have a great night!

Monday, October 15, 2012

October 15

Good evening! We finished the first part of our Language Arts Unit 1 Skills Test today. We will complete the writing portion tomorrow and begin Unit 2. Please remember that we have our Word Wall test on Wednesday, October 17. Please help your child study the spelling of the words. We are almost done with the second unit in Everyday Math! We will have a test next week. A study guide will come home Friday.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 2.10.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

October 9

Good evening! Keep studying those Word Wall words! Our test will be next Wednesday, October 17. For homework tonight, students should write their words in ABC order. We had an assembly today so there is no Math homework since the assembly was during that time.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

October 3

Good evening! Next week will be finished with our first Language Arts unit already! Time is really flying! The week of October 15 we will have our Unit 1 Language Arts Benchmark and Skills Tests along with our first Word Wall Test. Students will need to know how to spell each word wall word. A list will be sent home next week so the students have ample time to study.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and complete the Math Home Link 2.3.

Have a great night!

Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28

Good evening! Please don't forget to send in your child's September Reading Log on Monday, October 1! Also, don't forget to wear a blue shirt on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

September 26

Good evening! We will have our first Math test on Friday, September 28. Please look over the study guide with your child. The test is very similar to the guide. Also, in your child's folder are 2 order forms for Scholastic books. This is a great way to get free classroom materials because for each order received, our class gets bonus points and coupons towards future purchases! If you would like to order, please send in the order form by Friday, October 5.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and study their Math study guide.

Have a great night!

Monday, September 24, 2012

September 24

Good evening! The students have their first Math assignment tonight. Today we talked about comparing numbers using less than, greater than, or equal to. When your child reads the numbers to you, please be sure he/she is reading from left to right, not saying the bigger number first if it is the smaller number that comes first. Students should complete Home Link 1.11 for their Math homework. They do not have to complete numbers 1-3. For spelling homework, students should write their words three times each.

Have a great night!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

September 20

Good evening! Picture day is Monday, September 24! If you were unable to attend Back to School Night, there is a parent contact form in your child's folder. This is for me to keep on file if I need to reach you. Please send it back with your child as soon as possible.

For homework tonight, students should use each spelling word in sentence.

Have a great night!

Monday, September 17, 2012

September 17

Good evening! Just a reminder that tomorrow is Back to School Night. It begins at 6:00, and I am looking forward to meeting everyone. Next week is Picture Day. You will find an order form in your child's folder today.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each. Please make sure that their homework is completed in their spelling notebook that goes home. Also, please leave the spelling pretest in the book. We will begin having math homework on September 24. Our Unit 1 Math Test will be on Friday, September 28. We will review in class and a study guide will be sent home next week.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

September 12

Good evening! For tonight's homework, students should read their Phonics Reader to a parent or guardian. Please sign the form in their baggy next to the first story. Students should also read for 15 minutes.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

September 11

Good afternoon! The Scholastic Book Fair is tomorrow. If you would like your child to make a purchase, please send in the money tomorrow. Please make sure it is in an envelope labeled with his or her name on it.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words in ABC order. We practiced writing the first 5 words in class. Please write the other words on the same page, making sure your child skips a line between each word. The spelling notebook should be returned each day with your child's completed homework still attached to the book. Please do not rip it out.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

September 5

Good evening! The first day of school was a success and the students are excited to learn! Please check your child's folder for important forms that need to be returned to school as soon as possible. Our schedule for specials is:

Monday-Family Life
Tuesday and Wednesday-Gym
Thursday-Art
Friday-Music

Please make sure your child wears sneakers on days our class has Gym.


Have a great night!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Welcome Back!

I am looking forward to seeing all of the smiling faces the first day of school! The first day is Wednesday, September 5. Please make sure you have all of your supplies with you. You will need the following:

*One standard-sized pencil case. Anything bigger won't fit in your desk.
*10 Sharpened Pencils
*Scissors
*Crayons
*Washable markers
*Colored pencils
*A hand sharpener for colored pencils
*1 bottle Elmer's Glue
*3 Glue sticks
*4 Composition notebooks (no spiral bound notebooks)
*4 Folders

Please be sure to label all of your child's supplies with permanent marker.

Have a great Labor Day weekend, and I will see Wednesday!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

June 14

Happy Flag Day! Tomorrow is a 12:30 dismissal. We will have our pizza party starting at 11:30. Parents are welcome to attend.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

June 13

Tomorrow is Field Day! A note was sent home with the color that your child should wear. Please make sure your child wears the correct color. Friday will be our pizza party.

It has been a pleasure working with you and your child over the past school year.  Have a safe and happy summer!

Monday, June 4, 2012

June 4

Good evening! We have finished Scott Foresman and Everyday Math! We will have our Unit 6 Benchmark Test for Language Arts tomorrow and our End of the Year Math Assessment on June 7. Our culminating Word Wall Test will be June 11 and 12 while Unit 6 Word Wall Test will be June 6. We will continue to read our novels and practice basic math concepts for the next two weeks.

The only homework for tonight is to study Word Wall words and study for the Math test.

Have a great night!

Friday, June 1, 2012

June 1

Good evening! Our Unit 4 Social Studies test will be on Monday. Please go over the study guide with your child. Our Unit 6 Benchmark test for Language Arts will be on Tuesday, June 5. The Unit 6 Word Wall Test will be on Wednesday, June 6, and our End of the Year Math test will be on Thursday, June 7.

We will be having an end of the year pizza party. Please send in $3 with your child by June 11 to cover the pizza and drinks.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, May 31, 2012

May 31

Good evening! Please check your child's folder tonight. In it you will find their Social Studies study guide for their upcoming test and their study guide for the End of the Year Math Assessment. The Social Studies test will be on Monday, June 4 and the Math test will be on June 7.

Keep studying those Word Wall Words! Our Unit 6 test is June 6 and the culminating tests will be on June 11 and 12. Our Unit 6 Benchmark Test for Language Arts will be moved to Tuesday, June 5.

Tonight for homework, students should complete Home Link 12.7 and use each spelling word in a sentence.

Have a great night!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

May 24

Good evening! Don't forget, tonight is Ocean Night! Ms. Lunghi and I will be doing an experiment in my room from 6:00-6:45.

Next week we will be reading our last Scott Foresman story. We will be focusing on words that are spelled with -ear, -our, and -tion. We will also be focusing on writing a persuasive letter and using suffixes. Our Unit 6 Benchmark Test will be given on June 4. Our Unit 6 Word Wall Spelling Test will be on June 6.

We will also have a Word Wall Spelling Test that covers the words the students have learned throughout the year. This test will be given on June 11 and 12. A letter will be sent home tomorrow with all of the words.

In Math, we will finish Unit 12. Our Unit 12 Test will be used as a review and students will only take the End of the Year Assessment, not the Unit 12 Test. The End of Year Math Assessment will be given on June 7.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

May 22

Good afternoon! There is no homework this week due to the students taking Oxford's district assessment. Please make sure your child gets to school on time! Next week we will read our last story in Scott Foresman. Our Unit 6 Word Wall Test will be on June 6. A list of words will be sent home next week. Our Unit 6 Benchmark Test will be on June 4. Our End of the Year Math Assessment will be on June 7. A list of concepts to know will go home next week.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May 16

Good evening! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the concert tonight! Tomorrow is our field trip. Wear sneakers and bring a sweatshirt. Remember, no lunch boxes. Please bring a bag lunch.

Next week we start our district assessment. We will take the Language Arts and Math tests Monday-Friday. Please make sure your child eats a good, healthy breakfast, and he/she is on time to school.

For homework tonight, students should read for 15 minutes and complete  Home Link 12.2.

Have a great night!

Monday, May 14, 2012

May 14

Good evening! Boy do we have a busy week this week! The Book Fair is tomorrow. Please send in money with your child if you would like them to purchase something. They can also buy before or after the concert on Wednesday. Speaking of concerts, the concert is Wednesday night! We have our trip to the Sterling Mine on Thursday. Dress warm, it gets chilly in there!

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words 3 times each. There is not any Math homework since we took our test today.

Have a great night!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

May 10

Good evening! Our Unit 11 Math Test will be on Monday, May 14. A study guide will be sent home tomorrow.

Tonight for homework students should use each spelling word in a sentence and complete Home Link 11.9.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

May 8

Good evening! We have been working on multiplication facts in Math this week. Our Unit 11 Test will be on Monday. A study guide will be sent home Friday. In Language arts we are learning how to spell words with -dge, like bridge and judge. We will be completing our Shell ID boxes tomorrow. Make sure you stop by to "sea" them on Ocean Night!

For homework tonight students should write their spelling words in ABC order and complete Home Link 11.7.

Have a great night!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

May 3

Good evening! May is going to be a busy month! We will be completing our last round of DRA reading assessments on May 10. We will be taking our Unit 11 Math Test on Monday, May 14. Our field trip is May 17 and district testing will be the week of May 21.

For homework tonight students should complete Home Link 11.4 and use their spelling words in sentences. Please continue to practice writing multiplication number stories with your child.

Have a great night!

Monday, April 30, 2012

April 30

Good evening! Tomorrow is May 1 which means April Reading Logs are due! Tomorrow is also Spirit Day. It's Clash Day! Wear things that don't match.

This week we will be working on making words with the long e sound spelled ei.

For homework tonight, students should write spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 11.1.

Have a good night!

Friday, April 27, 2012

April 27

Good evening! Please check your child's folder this weekend. There is an important letter regarding our trip on May 17. We will be completing our Shell ID boxes with Mrs. Hahn on Thursday, May 3. Please bring in your shoe box by May 2, if you haven't done so already.

Our Unit 5 Word Wall Test is on Monday! Keep studying.

Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

April 24

Good evening! For homework tonight students should write their spelling words in ABC order and complete numbers 1-7 on their Math Test Review sheet.

Have a great night!

Monday, April 23, 2012

April 23

Good afternoon. Due to the Math test, Language Arts test, and Take Your Child to Work Day, our Unit 5 Word Wall spelling test will be next Monday, April 30. There is a copy of the words in your child's folder. Please study them with him/her.

Our field trip to Sterling Mine is May 17. Please remember to return the permission slip with payment by Friday, April 27.

This week in Language Arts we will be working on /f/ using lf, gh, and ph. We are finishing up Unit 10 in Math today. Using parenthesis in solving equations will be introduced today. Continue to have your child practice making change from $5 and $10.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 10.11.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 18

Good evening! Today in Math we worked on place value. Please practice with your child by telling them a number and asking how many thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. Due to Take Your Child to Work Day on April 26, our Unit 10 Math Test will be on Friday, April 27.

For homework tonight, please read the Phonics Reader and complete Home Link 10.8

Have a great night!

Monday, April 16, 2012

April 16

Good evening! It's nice to be back and getting in the swing of things. This week in Language Arts we will be working on words with ex and reviewing main idea. This is the last week in Unit 5 so our Benchmark Test will be April 23 and our Unit 5 Word Wall Test will be April 25. In Math, we are halfway through Unit 10. Our Unit 10 Test will be on Thursday, April 26. A study guide will be sent home on Tuesday.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 10.6.

Have a great night!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

April 5

Good evening! Our plant unit has come to an end, but your child should be able to describe the 4 basic parts of the plant and what they do. We put some radish and lima bean seeds into clear freezer bags to see the process a plant goes through. If your child's seed has not sprouted, please make sure the paper towel is damp and left in a sunny spot. If your child's seed has sprouted, they may plant it in soil if they would like. The seeds do not have to come back, but I can't wait to hear if any of the lima bean seeds sprout over break since only one set of those seeds did in class. Have a great break. See you Monday, April 16!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April 4

Good evening! For homework tonight students should complete Home Link 10.4 and write their spelling words 3 times each.

Have a great night!

Monday, April 2, 2012

April 2

Good evening! We will not be reading a story from Scott Foresman this week, but we do have spring themed spelling words! For homework tonight students should complete their word search and Home Link 10.2.

We will be going to the Used Book Sale tomorrow in the library. Each book is 50 cents. If you would like your child to make a purchase, please send the money in with him/her tomorrow.

Tomorrow is also Spirit Day. Don't forget to wear your hair in a crazy way! School colors work too.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

March 28

Good afternoon! The used book sale will be next week during our library time. If you would like to send in money for your child to buy a few books, please do so on Tuesday, April 3.

For homework tonight, students should look over their study guide for their math test and read their Phonics Reader.

Have a great night!

Monday, March 26, 2012

March 26

Good evening! Our Unit 9 Math Test is going to be on Thursday, March 29. Please help your child complete study guide numbers 7-16 for homework tonight. Students should also write their spelling words three times each.

Scholastic orders are due Friday, March 30.

Have a great night!

Friday, March 23, 2012

March 23

Good evening! Our Unit 9 Math test will be on Thursday, March 29. A study guide will be sent home on Monday. Please continue to discuss area and perimeter with your child. We will be reviewing it again on Monday and Tuesday.

Next week in Language Arts we will be working on the long a sound using eigh and ei. Students should continue practicing spelling words with more than one syllable. We have practiced clapping out the word into syllables and then spelling each syllable. Each syllable has a vowel sound.

We will be starting Unit 4 in Social Studies and our plant unit in Science.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

March 21

Good evening! Our Unit 3 Social Studies test will be tomorrow. Keep studying!

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and complete Home Link 9.6.

Have a great night!

Monday, March 19, 2012

March 19

Good evening! We have completed Unit 3 in Social Studies! A study guide was sent home last Wednesday, and we will have our test this Thursday, March 22. We are also almost done with Unit 9 in Math. We will have our Unit 9 test on Thursday, March 29. A study guide will be sent home on Monday, March 26.

For homework tonight, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete the subtraction practice sheet.

Have a great night!

Monday, March 12, 2012

March 12

Good evening! Since we are doing a Reader's Theater this week, we will not be working with Scott Foresman. We will be reviewing reading strategies we have worked on throughout the year.

There will be a Social Studies test on Unit 3 on Tuesday, March 20. A study guide will go home this Wednesday.

Students should complete Home Link 9.2 for homework tonight. Their Science Fair packet also needs to get signed and returned tomorrow.

Have a great night!

Friday, March 9, 2012

March 9

Good afternoon! Please check your child's folder. There is a very important letter regarding our Science Fair!

We will be having our Unit 3 Social Studies Test on March 21. A study guide will be sent home on Thursday, March 15.

Have a great weekend!

Monday, March 5, 2012

March 5

Good evening! The Family History projects came out beautifully. We all have a lot of interesting information about our families!

Our Unit 8 Math Test will be on Wednesday, March 7. Students should study tonight and tomorrow night for the test. Students should also write their spelling words three times each.

Keep practicing spelling those multisyllabic words! Remember, for each syllable (clap) you need a vowel!

Our class Tricky Tray theme is Spa Day! We appreciate all the donations that have come in. It's not too late if you'd like to donate to our basket!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

March 1

Good afternoon! Dont forget, Family History Projects are due tomorrow!

For homework tonight, students should use each spelling word in a sentence and complete Home Link 8.6. Students will have their Unit 8 Math Test on Wednesday, March 7. A study guide will be sent home Monday.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

February 29

Happy Leap Day! Please remember, our Social Studies project about our families is due this Friday, March 2. We will have a spelling test on Unit 4's Word Wall words on Monday, March 5. Make sure you are studying the words at home! If you are interested in ordering from the March Scholastic, orders are due Monday, March 5.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and complete Home Link 8.5.

Reading Logs are due tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Monday, February 27, 2012

February 27

Good evening! This week we are introducing spelling multisyllabic words. In class we practiced clapping words into syllables, and then spelling each individual syllable. Students should remember that each clap needs to have a vowel when they write it out.

We took the reading part of our Unit 4 Benchmark Test today, and we will take the writing portion tomorrow. Family Projects for Social Studies are due on Friday, March 2. On Monday, March 5 we will have a spelling test on Unit 4's Word Wall words. Make sure you are studying your words! On Wednesday, March 7 we will have our Unit 8 Math Test. A study guide will be sent home on Monday, March 5.

For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 8.3 and write their spelling words 3 times each.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

February 22

Good afternoon! I can't wait to see everyone's family projects on March 2! Keep working on them!

For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 8.1 and write their spelling words in ABC order.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February 21

Welcome back! We will be starting Unit 8 in Math tomorrow. In this unit, we will be focusing on fractions. We will be finishing our last story in Unit 4 in Language Arts this week. Our Benchmark Test will be on Monday, February 27. Our Unit 4 Word Wall spelling test will be on Monday, March 5. Finally, My Family's History Social Studies project is due on Friday, March 2.

For homework tonight, students should write their words three times each.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

February 15

Good evening! The following are a few important dates that will be coming up:

*We will be in school for a half day on Friday, February 17!

*We will have our Unit 7 Math test on Tuesday, February 21. A study guide will go home tomorrow.

*We will have our Unit 4 Benchmark test for Language Arts on Monday February 27.

*We will have a Word Wall test on Monday, March 5. The students must know how to spell the words. A list of words was sent home today.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and complete Home Link 7.8.

Have a great night!

Monday, February 13, 2012

February 13

Good evening! We are quickly approaching the end on Unit 7 in Math! We will be reviewing Thursday and Friday in class and the test will be on Tuesday, February 21. The study guide will be sent home on Thursday.

Tomorrow is the last day for our 100th Day of School Service Project. Thank you for all of the soup that was donated!

For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 7.6 and write their spelling words three times each.

Have a great night!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

February 9

Happy 100th Day! We have started Unit 3 in Social Studies this week. The theme is history. I will be sending home a note tomorrow that contains information about a project the students will be completing. For the project, students will need to interview family members to learn about their family's history.

For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 7.4 and use each spelling word in a sentence.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

February 7

Good evening! There is no homework tonight since we took our Math test. For Spelling, students should write their words in ABC order. Each word should be numbered, and a line should be skipped between words.

Have a great night!

Friday, February 3, 2012

February 3

Good evening! We are still collecting canned soup and bars of soap for the food pantry. We appreciate all that has been sent in so far!

Next week we will be working on words with the short e sound. The words will contain the vowels ea (ex: bread, breath, head, etc.). In Math, we will be working on complements of ten, doubles and halves, weights, and collecting data. We will also start Unit 3 in Social Studies. We will learn about history.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

February 2

Happy Groundhog Day! Today we discussed the body temperature of a mammal compared to that of a mammal that is hibernating. The normal temperature of a mammal is about 99 degrees. One that is hibernating is only 43 degrees! We then put ice into water until it was 43 degrees and wrote about if we would be comfortable sleeping in that temperature. The kids had a blast! Tomorrow we will continue talking about chemical reactions and how things change when introduced to the cold or heat. We will be doing a science experiment using pudding!

Pizza Hut reading certificates went out today. Please send your child's reading log in tomorrow if you have not do so already. On that note, I am sorry to say the Phillipsburg Pizza Hut has closed. Though you cannot eat-in at the one in Hackettstown, they will honor your certificate.

For homework tonight, students should use each spelling word in sentence.

Keep practicing those -oi- and -oy words!

Our mid-year math test is on Tuesday, February 7.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

January 31

Good evening! Students should complete their Unit 6 study guide for Math so we can go over the answers tomorrow in class. They should also write their spelling words in ABC order.

Thank you for those who have brought in soup for our 100th Day of School fundraiser. It's not too late to donate!

Have a great night!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Mid-Year Math Assessment

Our mid-year math assessment will be on Tuesday, February 7. A guide as to what students should know will be sent home tomorrow with the Unit 6 study guide.

January 30

Good evening! Our Unit 6 Math Test will be on Thursday, February 2. A study guide will go home tomorrow as homework. Reading Logs are due on Wednesday, February 1. February Scholastic orders are also due February 1.

For tonight's homework, students should write their spelling words three times each and complete Home Link 6.9.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

January 25

Good evening! We are half way through Unit 6 in Math! We will have our test on Thursday, February 2. A study guide will be sent home on Tuesday.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader and complete Home Link 6.6.

Have a great night!

Monday, January 23, 2012

January 23

Good afternoon! For homework tonight, students should complete Home Link 6.4 and write the spelling words three times each.

Have a great night!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

January 19

Good evening! For homework tonight, students should use each spelling word in a sentence. Please be sure that the sentences are numbered 1-11 and the spelling word is underlined. For Math, students should complete Home Link 6.2.

Our Unit 3 Reading Test will be on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

January 17

Good evening! Since we took our Math test today, there is no Math homework. However, students should write their spelling words three times each, and they should complete their Martin Luther King, Jr. writing. Students should come up with one dream they have for themselves, their family, their school, and their neighborhood. They should write their dream in the appropriate box and then illustrate it.

Have a great night!

Friday, January 13, 2012

January 13

Good evening! Our Unit 5 Math test will be on Tuesday, January 17. We reviewed in class, and a study guide has been sent home. Please go over this with your child.

During the week of January 17, we will be completing Unit 3 in Language Arts. Our Unit 3 Benchmark Test will be Monday and Tuesday, January 23 and 24.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

January 12

Good evening! For tonight's homework, students should complete Home Link 5.8 and use each spelling word in a sentence.

Please look over the Social Studies study guide with your child. The test is tomorrow.

Unit 5 Math Test is on Tuesday, January 17. A study guide will be sent home tomorrow so that the students can have the long weekend to study.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

January 11

Good afternoon! Students have a study guide for our Unit 2 Social Studies in their folders. Please keep this at home and go over it with your child so they are prepared for the test on Friday. We will be playing Jeopardy in class tomorrow for review! Our Unit 5 Math test will be on Tuesday, January 17. A study guide will go home Friday.

For homework tonight, students should read their Phonics Reader.

Have a great night!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

January 10

Good evening! Students should complete Home Link 5.6 and ABC order for homework tonight. There will be a Unit 2 Social Studies test on Friday. A study guide will be sent home tomorrow.

Have a great night!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

January 5

Good evening! We are almost finished with our second unit in Social Studies. The test will be next Friday! In Math next week, we will have our own Shape Museum. Please send in items from around the house that are cones, cubes, cylinders, or spheres. These could include soup cans, a party hat, a ball, dice, etc.

For homework tonight, students should use each spelling word in sentence and complete Home Link 5.3.

Have a great night!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

January 4

Good evening! There is not a Phonics Reader for tonight. Instead, students should write their spelling words 3 times each. Or, if they did that last night, write their words in ABC order. For Math, students should complete Home Link 5.2.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

January 3

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break. For homework tonight, students should write their words in ABC order. If they need more practice, they can always write their words 3 times each! For homework, students should complete Home Link 5.1. We will be working on geometry in Unit 5.

If your child did not bring in a Reading Log, it is due tomorrow.

Have a great night!