Friday, March 16, 2012

Newsletter for Autrey, Brown, Henderson and Nelson for the week of March 19-March 23




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• ALL TESTS will be given on Thursday, March 22 because of our fieldtrip on Friday.

• Report cards for 3rd nine weeks will come home on THIS Thursday, March 22nd.

• Spring Pictures are THIS Wednesday, March 21st.

• Next Gotcha party will be this Thursday, March 22nd. Please remind your child that they must have 5 Gotchas for the party. These can be earned for good behavior.

• On Friday, March 23rd Coosada is having a balloon release to help raise money for Relay for Life. Each balloon will be released at 2:00 so we will be back in time from the field trip. Please send $2.00 if you would like to release a balloon.

• We are going on a fieldtrip Friday, March 23rd to see, “The Lorax.” Please send your permission form, lunch order and $13.00 by Monday, March 19th. All chaperones must provide their own transportation. We are not buying ANY concessions at the theater because we are eating lunch after the movie. Parents if you have not ordered a child’s lunch, you are responsible for getting your own lunch.

• Spring Break is March 26-30. Enjoy your break!

• Kindergarten registration will start on Tuesday, April 2nd at 9:00. This will also be the day you can request teachers for next year.

• April 6th will be a holiday.

• Spring Fling is Saturday, April 14th.

• PHONE NUMBER HAS TO BE WRITTEN ON ANY CHECK THAT COMES TO SCHOOL!!!

• There are new spelling words/sight words and a homework sheet for Unit 4 in your child’s notebook.



Spelling: The next spelling test will be March 22nd

Remember 3rd nine weeks dictation sentences will be graded. Practice!!!

Words are: slowly, quickly, careful, useful, painful, playful, sadly, gladly, nicely, wonderful, because, across

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework



Reading: Thursday, March 22nd, take a test on, Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House.

We will learn about /oo/ in moon. We will also learn about the suffixes –ly and –ful. We will learn that the suffix –ly means “in a ____way” and the suffix –ful means “full of.” Our reading skill will be cause and effect. Our grammar skill will be to learn about adjectives that compare.

High-Frequency words: told, because, only, dance, across, opened, shoes



Beginning, 3rd nine weeks, your child will have to read the test by themselves. We will also take some of the test online and some on paper.



Math: We will review adding and subtracting double digit numbers without regrouping (22+23=45) (34-13=21) and 3 numbers (2+3+1=6).





Social Science: We will be talking about spring. Please send any resources (books, pictures, magazines) about spring.

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