March 19 - 23

 SPRING AND GROUP PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN MARCH 20.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  March 19 - 23


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/23.
talk              because        August         caught                   draw            walk
chalk            auto             taught          thaw            fault             launch
applause       audience       awkward      BONUS:  signmaker, townspeople, important, responsibility, apologize
 


**English
We will learn how to write contractions.

** Reading
  We will read the story “The Signmaker’s Assistant”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be realism and fantasy.

**Writing
We will write about signs and difficult decisions.


*Cursive
We have learned the entire lower and upper case cursive alphabet!  We will be focus on writing words and sentences.


**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 – MARCH GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 3/29.
MARCH GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE MARCH 29.
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. 


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 



WELLS' MATH

We will practice these new concepts:
*problem solving investigation with 2D and 3D shapes
*locate points on a number line
*coordinate graphs
*chapter 11 tests
*timed tests over 4's table