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