McKuras Memos
3-15-24
A Peek at Our Week
Writing: This week, students continued writing about their opinion. They know that writers need to state their opinion with the words "I think" and give lots of reasons for their opinion. We finished up our writing about our collections, then moved on to learning how to be review writers!
Math: This week, students worked on perfecting the tape diagram. They used the Read, Draw, Write method for solving problems. First, we read the problem. Then, we drew a tape diagram with labels. Finally, we wrote a number sentence and a statement that answered the question.
Word Study: This week, we continued to work with long vowels teams. Our focus was on oa and ow. Students practiced words such as snow, grow, coat, soap, etc. Next week, our focus will be long u with eu and ew.
Using real tape helped us better understand a tape diagram!
5 Essentials Survey
Hello Grand Prairie Families and Friends!
We invite all families to take a few minutes to complete the Illinois 5 Essentials Parent Survey for our school. Your feedback is very important, and we need at least 20% of our families to participate to receive results. Currently, we are only at 11% family participation. The link to the survey can be found below.
We greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT!
Yearbooks-Online ordering closes 4/2/24
Dates to Remember
3/18/24-LWSRA Wheelchair Basketball assembly for students
3/21/24-LWSRA Wheelchair Basketball at Hickory Creek, Time TBA/Hot lunch (Aurelio's pizza)
3/22/24-Early dismissal (1:50...just ONE hour early. Students still need a lunch and a snack!)
3/23/24-4/1/24-Spring Break
4/2/24-School resumes
4/4/24-StarLab in the Tigers Den!
4/5/24-Smoothie Day/End of 3rd Quarter
4/12/24-Report cards go home
Save the Date
Math Lessons
Module 4 Lessons 17-21
Upcoming lessons: Module 4
Monday-No lesson
Tuesday-Lesson 23
Wednesday-Lesson 24
Thursday-Lesson 25
Friday-Lesson 26
Feel free to work along with us at home using the Succeed math workbook!
Guest Readers
Please use the link below to sign up for Guest Reader.
Birthdays
Star Students
The following students will share their Star Student poster with the class on Fridays:
3/15-Mariam
4/5-Ava Swiercz (poster comes home 3/22)
4/12-Viktor (poster comes home 4/5)
Specials Schedule
Tuesday-Music
Wednesday-STEM
Thursday-
Friday-Art
P.E. is daily!
Recess 11:15-11:35/Lunch 11:35-11:55
Things to do at home (3rd Quarter)
*3rd Quarter Sight Words (read them "in a snap" and write them correctly): didn't, does, every, friend, little, know, many, new, were, when, up, get, may
*Short vowel words with digraphs/blends (read them and write them)...words like chip, shed, thin, grill, spot, flip, etc.
*Long vowel words with a silent e (read them and write them)...words like bone, cute, shine, cake, hope, etc.
*Addition facts to 20 (any addition in which the sum is less than or equal to 20)
*Subtraction facts to 20 (any subtraction in which the starting number is 20 or less)
*Finish any problems on the daily problem set that are not yet completed.
*Complete the homework page for the daily math lesson.
*Go over the exit ticket and application problem.
E-Learning
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96193387219?pwd=ejUxREpaZmw2VWFJMDBPWU8wV2FBUT09
Meeting ID: 961 9338 7219
Passcode: 367225
E-Learning Daily Schedule (if needed)
Allergy Awareness
Contact me
Email: kmckuras@fsd157.org
Website: https://www.fsd157c.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1670573&type=u&pREC_ID=2143454
Phone: 815-468-3366