March 31st-April 4th

Teachers Notes:

I hope this newsletter finds you doing well. Please make sure to check out the homework and Social studies sections of the newsletter as they contain information regarding next week. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to reach out through email and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I hope you have an amazing week and day today! 😁

Important Dates:

April-

2 – Dental Screenings

3 – Preschool Open House, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

8 –School Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

10 – Little Ike Storytime

11 – Family Picnic Day, 12:00

17 – AMS Band Tour; Seder Meal

18 – No School, Good Friday

21 – No School, Easter Monday

24 – Ms. Kohman’s Field Trip; Spring Program, 7:00 p.m. at High School Auditorium

May –

1 – Kindergarten Roundup

8 – Mrs. Whitehair’s Preschool Field Trip

9 – Field Day & Family Picnic Day

13 – School Council Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

15 – Reading Party

16 – K & First Grade Field Trip; Mrs. Hunter’s Field Trip; Fourth & Fifth Grade Field Trip

20 – Second Grade Field Trip

21 – Preschool Program, 10:00 and Last Day, Fifth Grade Promotion Mass, 6:30 p.m.

22 – Last Day, Transitional Kindergarten through Grade 5; Dismiss 1:00

Homework:

**From this Wednesday to next Wednesday please interview your family member and bring in the answer for them to begin sharing with the class next Thursday. Thank you!

Monday- Read for 10 minutes, Study spelling words, High-frequency words and math sheet, Choose an elderly family member you would like interview
Tuesday- Read for 10 minutes, Study spelling words, High-frequency words and math sheet, Create 3 questions you would like to ask the family member about what life was like when they were younger
Wednesday- Read for 10 minutes, Study spelling words, High-frequency words and math sheet
Thursday-Read for 10 minutes, Study spelling words, High-frequency words and math sheet
Friday-Read for 10 minutes

Spelling Words:

boil
boy
coin
join
joy
soil
spoil
toy
been
going
Bonus:
feats
eavesdrop
beagle
spreadsheet

High Frequency Words:

been
carry
does
going
words

UFLI:

In UFLI this week we will be reviewing words with the CVe pattern. We will also be learning about the grapheme C spells the /s/ sound when followed by E.

Reading:

In phonics we will be learning about words with the diphthongs oi and oy. Also we will be learning about the vowel digraph ea. The spelling rule for words with oi and oy is that oi can be at the beginning and middle of a word but oy can only come at the end of a word.

Essential Question: Our essential question this week is What can people from the past teach us about helping others?

We will be looking at Biographies and how they are organized.

We will be reviewing capitalization and when we capitalize a word and when we don't.

Lastly, we will be talking about future tense verbs and how to turn a verb into the future tense when writing.

Math:

In math this week we will be working on place value of tens and ones. We are going to be focusing on really understanding what each place stands for and how to quickly identify the number if we are given column of tens and ones.

Religion:

In Religion this week we will be talking about when Mary said yes to having baby Jesus and God's lasting love for us.

Science:

In science this week we will be continuing our discovery of the patterns of the sun and moon.

Social Studies:

In social studies we will be learning about Elanor Roosevelt. We will also be starting our project that is due next Friday where they are to interview an elderly family member and share what they learned from them to the class. They will be creating their own questions to ask and they can bring in a picture if they would like. Please help them get started on this before next week. Thank you!