FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 2

*YEARBOOK - $20 DUE BY FRIDAY!!!!

*READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK – 2/27 – 3/2……
2/27 – Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book –  pajama day
2/28 – The Cat in the Hat – hat day
2/29 – My Many Colored Days – wear lots of different colors
3/1 – Fox in Socks – mismatched sock day
3/2 – guest readers will visit classrooms


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  Feb. 27 – Mar. 2


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/2.
unsafe          preheat         rerun            disappear      unlock          retie
rewind         unpack         unplug          regroup        preschool     disagree
prehistoric    unfortunate   reunion        BONUS:  lightning, thunder, sequence, veterinarian, protect
 


**English
We will learn about pronouns for one and more than one.

** Reading
  We will read the story “One Dark Night”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be sequence and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write about weather and animals.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  F, G, D, and V.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 



WELLS' MATH

We will learn the following concepts this week:
*problem solving investigation
*compare numbers
*order numbers
*number patterns
*chapter 10 tests

FEBRUARY 20 - 24

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AT HIGHLAND!  WE RAISED OVER $7,000 FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION!

*NO SCHOOL MONDAY, 2/20!!

*YEARBOOK - $20 DUE BY 2/27. 

*READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK – 2/27 – 3/2……
2/27 – Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book –  pajama day
2/28 – The Cat in the Hat – hat day
2/29 – My Many Colored Days – wear lots of different colors
3/1 – Fox in Socks – mismatched sock day
3/2 – guest readers will visit classrooms


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 20 - 24


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/24.
cheerful                visitor          slowly weekly         yearly         
teacher                 helper          hardly          graceful        quickly
fighter                   sailor            gardener       competitor    extremely
BONUS:  station, tightly, building, responsible, roar  
 


**English
We will learn about pronouns.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Fire Fighter”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be main idea/supporting details and text structure.

**Writing
We will write about firefighters and being responsible.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  S, K, T, and F.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade


WELLS' MATH
This week we will learn:
*hundreds, tens, and ones
*problem solving strategy
*place value to 1,000
*read and write numbers to 1,000

FEBRUARY 13 - 17

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY DUE TOMORROW!

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART -2/14…….WEAR TENNIS SHOES…….WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHES…….MAY BRING WATER BOTTLE LABELED WITH NAME

*VALENTINE DELIVERIES…….NO BALLOONS OR FLOWERS CAN BE TAKEN ON SCHOOL BUS.
DELIVERIES TO STUDENTS WILL BE MADE AFTER 2:00.

*CONTINUE TO WORK ON FITNESS LOGS FOR COACH WITCHER.

*SCHOOL SUPPLIES…..PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE NEEDS PENCILS, CRAYONS, SCISSORS, GLUE, ETC.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 13 - 17


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/17.
too               new             fruit             blue             true              cool   
suit              spoon           clue            juice            drew            flew
cruise           nephew        shampoo      BONUS:  patterns, conditions, predict, forecast, meteorologist         
 


**English
We will learn about adverbs that tell how.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Helen Keller and the Big Storm”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be fact/opinion and asking questions.

**Writing
We will write about weather.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  P, J, and I.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


WELLS' MATH
We will learn these new concepts:
*problem solving investigation with fractions
*chapter 9 test over fractions
*hundreds
*addition and subtraction with regrouping - review
*telling time/elapsed time - review
*multiplication 2, 3, 5, 10 - review

FEBRUARY 6 - 10

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY IS DUE BEFORE MONDAY, 2/13.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 6 - 10


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 210.
joy               noise            royal            moist           broil             cowboy
spoil             joint             foil               enjoy           destroy         loyal
employee     corduroy      turquoise      BONUS WORDS: trouble, memories,
unexpected, landmark, giant       
 


**English
We will learn about adverbs that tell when and where.

** Reading
  We will read the narrative poem “I Like Where I Am”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be compare/contrast and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write about things that make us chuckle and about something unexpected.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  Y, Z, U, and H.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 



WELLS MATH

This week we will learn the following concepts:
*other fractions
*problem solving strategy
*fractions equal to 1
*compare fractions
*unit fractions of a group