Greetings Families,
Lucas Phung will be our star student for this week. Looking ahead, Beck Pamperin will be our Star Student for the week of March 15.
Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:
Please check your child’s Homework Assignment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any overdue assignments under the notes section. If you see assignments listed under the yellow line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Students will be asked to give up some of their recess/lunch time until all assignments are accounted for. It seems it’s the same students that continue to fall below the yellow line. Your support to reinforce accountability is much appreciated.
In Math; We continue to take Lightning Rods tests on Tuesdays and Thursdays. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for parent initials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the current test results.
We will be completing Unit 5, Multiplication and Division with 6, 7, and 8 and Problem Solving. In this unit, students learned multiplication and divisions for the factors 6, 7, and 8, while continuing to practice with the factors covered in Unit 4. This unit also focused on word problems. Students were intro0duced to multiplication comparison word problems, wrote their own word problems of various types, and solved word problems involving several steps. It is anticipated that our test will be given on Wednesday of this week.
In Language Arts we finished our core-literature book, Indians of the Oaks by Milicent Lee. After reading a chapter, various tasks were assigned such as writing a chapter summary and writing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indians and learns their way of living. This week we will be working on a book project.
Word Study: We will take our post test this Frioday, March 12. Our spelling feature for this unit is changing “y” to “i” before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. During word study, we explore various spelling features of our current word list. Students are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the current word study spelling list. There is also a page with suggestions for activities that might be helpful in studying the words.
In Social Studies: While we have finished the unit, California Indians, Past and Present, we will work on a class project using the information we have gained is this unit of study.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. If you have suggestions on how I can make this blog better for you, PLEASE let me know. The purpose for this blog is to connect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.
Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

