I can't believe it is the last week of September! Boy, time sure flies when you are having fun!

We are starting our first week of spelling word sorts with their words at their level. A letter will be coming home explaining what we would like your child to do each day with the sorts. We will take the test this week on Thursday, because we don't have school on Friday. Normally we will take the test on Friday. This is our practice run so they will have experience with the different groups. I will grade the tests, but very little weight will be put on this first test. Each week they will also have 4-5 high frequency words to learn. This week the words are: along, below, might, sound. 

In math, we are continuing to work on place value, proof drawings, rounding, word problems, and addition/subtraction with and without regrouping.

In reading, we are starting our Caring About Characters Unit. We are learning about character traits, setting of the story, and main idea and details this week. We are going to start getting into our small groups this week too. The students are very excited about being able to use their iPads for reading independently.

Because we don't have school on Friday, the district has "Equalization Days" so students don't always miss out on the Friday special classes. This week we will have a Friday schedule on Wednesday so that means my students have wellness on Wednesday and not art.

Thursday afternoon, we are planning on having Activity Day. Please send a labeled water bottle with your child. Many of the children have water bottles at school and can use those. It should be a fun filled afternoon!