Classroom News Peek into the week Spelling Pattern Homework Week of January 7, 2019 Parent signature: Mrs. Dasher 912-754-5522 cdasher@effingham.k12.ga.us Peek into the week Spelling Pattern Students will: Reading/Phonics:/Writing - read and spell words with base words with inflectional endings; words with vowel consonant e read Bear Snores On and answer questions about key ideas and details, make predictions and inferences; identify who is telling the story, identify words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses Read Let’s Learn About Brown Bears and other informational texts; use facts to write an informational book about brown bears Math: solve addition and subtraction word problems including finding how many more and how many fewer (when adding- we join groups; when subtracting –we separate groups) add 3 numbers find missing addends and minuends (4+__=7 and __-2=8) solve word problems Social Studies: learn that Theodore Roosevelt was one of our presidents. His nickname was Teddy. He loved plants and animals and cared about conservation. He started 5 national parks. Inflectional endings -ed, -ing, -s (played, jumping, pencils) Vowel consonant e (cake, bike, hose, mule) Homework Reading passages- read and answer questions Math practice sheets- time for 4 minutes read and record the books on your log- even during the holidays! I don’t want students to lose any of what they’ve gained. They need to read aloud daily! Parents please sign the newsletter (indicating that you’ve read the info) on the line below the date. Special notes Reminders Ice cream every Wednesday- $1 If you need appropriate leveled books for your child to read at home, let me know and I’ll send some. The math challenge is January 16. The goal is to get 54 out of 60 correct in 4 minutes. Yearbooks on sale for $27. Make checks payable to EES. Deadline is Feb 8. January 7- report cards available on Parent Portal 10- STEM night- 6:00-7:30 11- movie and snacks for reading logs 15- National Hat Day- students may wear a hat for $1 16- Math Challenge; 100th day of school; students may dress like a 100 year old person 18-National Popcorn Day- popcorn and coke $1 21- MLK holiday- no school 24-1st grade performing at PTSO 31- PBIS cookie celebration