Classroom News

Classroom News
January 23, 2009
Dear Parents and Students,
This week in reading we have been working on words with long o, with silent e spelling at the end. Next week we will be working on long u, with silent e spelling at the end. We have also been working hard on our reading fluency . Please help your child practice their fluency poems that come home each Monday.
On Tuesday the 27th we will have our second DIBELS testing for the year. Please help us by having your child here and on time. Thank you for your help with weekly reading homework and reading nightly with your child. The more your child is reading and being read to, the better they will get.
In math we are finishing up our chapter on basic place value and graphing. Next week we will be doing some class surveys and graphing our results in a book your child will be bringing home. Our next chapter in math is on money. Please help your child by reviewing their math papers and helping them practice counting money with you at home. Attached to today’s news is a “bonus” math paper. Your child may finish this and return it Monday for a reward.
We have a class full of amazing authors! I am so impressed with the stories that your child is writing. It is fun to see the progress that each student has made since the beginning of the school year. We are working on adding details to our stories. We are also working on making complete sentences that begin with capitalization and end with the correct punctuation.
I just wanted to remind you and encourage you to help your child with an entry for our school writing contest. There are some great prizes for the winners. The contest ends on February 3rd. Your child may enter a fiction or non-fiction story. The story needs to be submitted in the form of a bound book- stapled, spiral, folder, yarn, etc. Their entry should have a cover that includes: title, author, illustrator (first and last name), grade level, and teacher name. Illustrations can be included, but do not have to be. If illustrations are included they must be student work. The piece must be legible or can be typed on the computer. Please remember that this must be your child’s own work. For any questions about the contest please contact our literacy coach, Mrs. Richie.