News from Mrs. Drudy's Class
"We exist so children can excel."
August 31, 2018
Next Week's Reading Focus
Weekly Concept: Animals Need Our Care
Essential Question: How do we care for animals?
Next week our class will be focusing on the ways in which people care for animals. We will be discussing the many ways that we care for all kinds of animals.
Phonics Words: Short a, long a
1. bag
2. cap
3. ham
4. bake
5. ate
6. mad
7. back
8. cape
9. made
10. rake
11. still
12. belt
13. into
14. done
15. your
Challenge Words
16. flames
17. clapping
18. making
Don't forget Spelling City as a great way to practice these words over the long Labor Day weekend.
IXL
I am pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive learning program offering unlimited math practice across thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to Indiana standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child's progress!
To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:
- 1. Go to https://www.ixl.com/signin/uccc
- 2. Enter your child's username and password and click "Sign in."
- (Information in today's folder)
- 3. Click on any skill to start learning!
IXL is designed to help your child learn at his or her own pace. The program is adaptive and will adjust based on your child's demonstrated understanding of the material. All of your child's results will be saved, so you can monitor his or her progress anytime by clicking on Analytics. For on-the-go practice, you can download IXL’s free tablet apps for iPad, Android, or Kindle and sign in with your child’s username and password.
I hope you'll encourage your son or daughter to use IXL regularly. Here's to a year of working together to make learning fun for your child!
Next Week's Share Topic:
School: Our Home Away From Home: Tell us about your school(s) before second grade. Did you go to Liberty Elementary? Who were your teachers? What are some of the cool things you’ve learned? (Remember... Monday share folks will share on Friday, the share make-up day, due to the Labor Day holiday)
Remember, the weekly share topics are an important part of our language arts curriculum and cover many academic standards. Please see that your child is participating and is adequately prepared. This time each day has quickly become the students' favorite... and their teacher's!
Coming Up
Labor Day (No School) Monday, Sept. 3
Title I Parent Meeting Sept. 12
Corner Market Sept. 12 @3:30-6:00 p.m.
PTO Meeting Thursday, Sept, 13 @ 6:30 p.m.
School Picture Day Sept. 20
Our Weekly Related Arts Schedule
Monday P.E.
Tuesday Music
Wednesday Art & Library
Thursday P.E. & Computer
Friday P.E.
**Remember...your child must wear gym shoes on the days we have P.E.