Curriculum News

    This newsletter will be abbreviated, somewhat, because of the lack of time available to prepare it.  I did want to get a few bits of information out, however, to help everyone prepare for our first full week of school for this brand new year!  Hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday with family and friends and that students are well rested and ready for the second half of our school year!  The first half certainly flew by and I am certain that the second half will also go very quickly!

During our Reading/Literacy block we will be taking a closer look at a Magic Tree House adventure titled, Blizzard of the Blue Moon.  This will allow us to work on some writing and comprehension skills as we also enjoy the many joys (and sometimes headaches) of winter.  We will be reviewing 2-digit subtraction for a few days before we move on to working with 3-D shapes.  Please continue to work on memorizing those addition facts as we need to move on with subtraction facts very soon!

There are several other skills and topics to be covered this week, but we will also be working on our benchmark tests this first full week back.  Please remind students to come to school well-rested and ready to do their best, as they always do!

 

Spelling Words

bend   send   mind   offend   sand    land    bland   stand   island   mend   depend   attend

Challenge Words (Extra Credit)     legend         command

 

Reminders/Announcements: 

*Reading Logs will be starting up once again this next week!  Keep reading everyone!  I look forward to a fantastic second half of the school year!

 

Mrs. Johnson