Students are doing a fine job of getting into the swing of things and adjusting to our regular school schedule. There still might be some rather warm days but we are well on our way towards Fall! The first week of school in the month of September will find us quite busy as we will be taking our first set of benchmark tests. Students will not be tested every day and the tests are quite short. These will be given at 3 different times throughout the school year to help give us an idea of where students stand and which areas we need to work on. So students, show up ready to show us how smart you really are! I have already seen some wonderful things from this group!
Curriculum News
During our Reading/Literacy Block time in the morning, we will continue with our Cynthia Rylant author study. She has written many beloved children’s books such as the Henry and Mudge Series and has written numerous other amazing books which students have enjoyed. During Math, we will be looking at many different strategies for improving our addition and subtraction skills. We will be taking a closer look at maps and map skills during our Social Studies time. We will also have some time to look at writing better sentences as we explore the different types of sentences during our English/Grammar time. There is so much to cover this week! This week’s spelling words are given below. Remember that the test is given on Friday!
Spelling
rain mail wait paid bait sail aim pain main paint train aid
Reminders
* Just a reminder, if your child comes home with their things in a garbage bag it is just to help prevent the spread of lice. We have not had any cases at all this year so far and have found that it is something that does truly help keep this from being spread among belongings that are brought to school. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause! Thank you for your help with this matter!
*There is no school on Monday, September 2nd because of Labor Day. Have a wonderful holiday weekend and enjoy the last “unofficial” weekend of summer!
Mrs. Johnson