Weekly Overview - May 14-18

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ROOM 14....MAY 14-18

Dear Parents:

The animal report is due this Wednesday!! Late reports will make the Behavior grade drop one level each day beyond the due date L- please help your child to be responsible.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Phonograms/DOL: We will work on our editing skills. There will be a phonogram quiz this week. 

Reading: This week we will also be listening to and working with a story called “The Caterpillar and the Polliwog”.

English: We will continue to work on sentence writing. We will also have our final English skills test on Friday. It will cover all the skills we have worked on this year.

Spelling:  This week our spelling looks quite different. We will study 35 core words (see attached). On Monday your child will have a practice test of the column 1 words. Monday’s homework will be to write any missed words 4 times each. On Tuesday your child will be tested on column 2 words. Again, any missed words should be written for homework 4 times each. On Wed. your child should write 5 sentences using 10 words from column 1. Each sentence should use two of the words from column 1- these words should be underlined. On Thursday your child should write 5 more sentences using words from column 2. Again, each of the five sentences should use two words from column 2 and these words should be underlined. On Friday there will be a test of all 35 words.

MATH: We will finish up our topic of subtraction and related facts and there will be a topic test on Wednesday. On Friday we will have a 50 pt. subtraction facts test.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be working on labeling the continents and oceans.

SCIENCE: Your child is finishing up his/her animal report. In class we will complete the introduction for the animal report from Tuesday’s homework. 

*********************SPECIAL NOTES**************************

All library books are due on Wednesday!!

We have earned our 100 marbles! This Thursday we will be taking our lunches to the park and then we will stay and play awhile. Please send a lunch and drink with your child that day. There will not be an opportunity for hot lunch/milk purchases that day.

Monday, May 21- Furlough day- no school

Tuesday – OPEN HOUSE!! 6:30 pm (PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION OF TIME) in Room 14- DON’T MISS IT!! J

Thursday, May 24 – SAN FRANCISCO ZOO TRIP- There will be a note going home with specific information about lunch and dress, etc. Please pay close attention to this note. Students will wear their tie-dye shirts.

May 25 – Minimum Day- 1:37 dismissal

May 28 – Memorial Day – no school

DON’T MISS OUR 1^ST GRADE MUSIC PERFORMANCE (duration about 20 min.) – TUESDAY, MAY 29 AT 9:00 AM IN THE CAFETERIA!! J

LOOKING MORE AHEAD:

May 31 - Play Day - Students will wear their tie-dye shirts - 1:37 dismissal

June 1  - Last Day  - Awards ceremony- 10:30…..12:30 dismissal

Sincerely,

Mrs. Pierce