Monday, May 18, 2015

M-Step Testing

Tomorrow we will be starting our M-Step testing. Please make sure your child gets a good nights rest, a healthy breakfast and has a positive start to their day. All of these will help contribute to your child doing the best they can on this important test.

Also, please make sure your child is at school on time. If they make it on time, they will receive a ticket to enter into a raffle for a chance to win a $5 gift card!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thank you,


Mr. Grzesik & Mr. Peri

Scholastic Book Orders 5/29

Scholastic book orders will be placed on Friday, May 29th. Please make sure to have those book orders in by that Friday. Don’t forget, the more books you and your child order help us get more books for our classroom. If you’re ordering online please use our classroom code, P34QC.

Thanks,


-Ian Grzesik

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

We will be continuing our research report reading workshop lessons. We will learn about using the lingo of experts. We will also write to think about nonfiction topics.

WRITING NEWS:

We will be continuing our research report unit by We will also start choosing what our subtopic headings will be for our very own nonfiction book.

SPELLING NEWS:

No spelling this week due to the 4 day week and our M-Step testing.


HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their May reading log. Those reading logs will be due June 1st.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

We will be continuing our research report reading workshop lessons. We will learn about becoming experts on shared nonfiction topics. We will also learn about pursuing collaborative inquiries with commitment.

WRITING NEWS:

We will be continuing our research report unit by creating some basic reports using graphic organizers to help get us used to imputing data and putting data in our own words. We will also start choosing what our subtopic headings will be for our very own nonfiction book.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is adding –er, -est. Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

larger
sadder
widest
sharper
closest
hotter
saddest
redder
reddest
wider
later
largest
closer
hottest
latest

Our spelling test will be on Friday.


HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their May reading log. Those reading logs will be due June 1st.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

We finished up our narrative nonfiction unit last week and this week we will be starting our research report reading workshop lessons. We will learn about becoming experts on shared nonfiction topics. We will also learn about pursuing collaborative inqui9ries with commitment.

WRITING NEWS:

We will be starting our research report unit by creating some basic reports using graphic organizers to help get us used to imputing data and putting data in our own words.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is adding -ing. Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

coming
skating
taking
giving
choosing
smiling
baking
sliding
changing
waving
leaving
making
hoping
trading
having

Our spelling test will be on Friday.


HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their April reading log. Those reading logs will be due May 1st

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Monday, April 20, 2015

April Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book orders will be placed on Thursday, April 30th. Please make sure to have those book orders in by that Thursday. Don’t forget, the more books you and your child order help us get more books for our classroom. If you’re ordering online please use our classroom code, JJQRM.

Thanks,


-Ian Grzesik