Mrs. Flick's Facts
February 16, 2017
Important Dates
February
NO SCHOOL (In-service Day) - February 17
NO SCHOOL - February 20
February 22- Celebrity Scoop Night at the Mall ( I scoop 6:30-7)
Upcoming Specials
Tuesday: Day 4 Music
Wednesday: Day 5 Gym
Thursday: Day 1 Library
Friday: Day 2 Art
General Classroom Reminders
-Please send a snack with your child each day. Please do not send any drinks other than water- juices are sticky when they spill! Thank you!
- Please check and sign your child's planner every night.
-Please make sure your child is reading every night and recording his/her reading on the nightly reading log.
-Word Study practice nights (sort and study nights) can be done orally, on whiteboards, or on scrap paper.
Math Updates
This week in Math we finished unit 6. We took our Unit 6 Assessment today, and will complete the Cumulative Assessment on Wednesday (after a review day on Tuesday).
Building a READING LIFE
This week we began our next read aloud...
BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE!The students are already in love with this story about friendship. We will be talking about character traits.
Word Study
Monday nights- Students are to sort their words and record them in their notebooks. They are to also record their discovery or rule for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday nights- Students should sort their words and read them as they sort. They can practice writing them on paper, whiteboards, or typing them. NO WRITTEN homework is required on these nights.
Thursday nights- Students are to ask an adult to quiz them on their words. They write the headers and then record the words as they are called out. The adult should use the notebook to correct the sort and ask the student to practice any words that were spelled incorrectly. This can be done on the back of the homework sheet. This paper should then be returned to school Friday morning.
Friday- there will be a test given
Writing long & strong
This week we continued Persuasive writing unit. Our focus was on choosing a topic to discuss, and strategies to be as persuasive as possible.
Social Studies
This week the children learned about William Penn, Ben Franklin, and Betsy Ross.
Giant Bonus Cards
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Cursive
We keep practicing!
Technology
This week we used online books to learn about important people in PA history.
We also used the ipads to find the main idea of science articles.