Monday, August 27, 2012

Week of August 27-31st

Welcome! Here is a look at what the students in room 9 will be learning about this week:

Reading:
story: Dragon Gets By
skill focus: story structure
vocabulary words: vegetables, shopping, shopper, balanced, diet, dairy and hungry

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories
grammar: complete and incomplete sentences

Math:
Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families

Social Studies:
Character Counts!
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:

1. hat
2. bag
3. as
4. am
5. has
6. pig
7. win
8. is
9. six
10. his
11. fabric
12. mask
13. plant
14. visit
15. picnic
16. inch
Challenge Words:
17. was
18. want
19. been
20. I


Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language quiz
Daily Math quiz
Spelling test


***Please do not forget to attend Back to School Night on Thursday, August 30th! Mrs. Wiens will have a welcome back at 5:30. Classroom presentations will be 5:45-6:15 and 6:30-7:15. Hope to see you there!!!!

***I am working on the volunteer schedule...it will be coming to you soon!

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful first week of school! I know that we are going to have a wonderful year filled with lots of fun, learning, and so much more. Thank you for all of the supplies that were sent in and for returning all of the emergency/contact forms so quickly. Our class will be receiving popcicles next week for having 100% turned in. YIPEE!!! Don't forget that Back to School Night is coming up on August 30th. Classroom presentations start at 5:45. Remember, this evening is really for the parents only. Be sure to check back on Monday to see what we will be working on this wek in class. Enjoy your weekend! :o)