Sanders' Sunflowers
Classroom Newsletter
Week of March 31-April 4,2014
Information and Reminders
- I was very proud of the class and their performance on Thursday night. They did a great job!
- We will not have a reader's response journal due this week.
- Our field trip to the Peace Center is this Friday. I am sending home a letter about the bag lunches. Please read, sign, and return it by Tuesday.
- We will have a spelling and sight word test on Thursday this week.
Important Dates
Apr. 4- Peace Center field trip
Apr. 14-18 - spring break
May 15- PE Rocks Day
May 26 - Memorial Day -students do not report
May 27, 28, 29, 30 - These will now be full days instead of half days
June 2,3,4 - half days for students (snow makeup days)
Important Connections and Links
This is a direct link to my email and my website. I have also included the school's phone number.
Email: sandersr@anderson1.k12.sc.us
Website: http://www.anderson1.k12.sc.us/Domain/658
Phone: 864-850-5950
Reading
This week's story: The New Friend
skills:
-describing characters
-writing and reading contractions
-using synonyms
Sight words:
1. buy 2. city 3. family 4.myself 5. party 6. please
7. school 8. seven 9. small 10. frien 11. try 12.happy
Math
We will continue practicing:
- fractions with one halfs and one fourths
- examining shapes to determine which other shapes are contained within the shape
- solid shapes (cone, pyramid, cube, rectangular prism, sphere, and triangular prism)
Homework
Mon. - homework sheet; spelling
Tues. -homework sheet;spelling
Thursday - spelling and sight word test
**No homework on Thursday night.**
No reading response journals this week.