Monday Memo
(Tuesday) September 2, 2014
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We made it through our first entire week! I
appreciate the students hanging in there and doing their best this first long
week!
Our spelling words this week are words with the short and
long i and o sound. I have attached the list to this memo. We are working on
subjects and predicates in grammar. Last week we talked about the different
kinds of sentences: Command, Statement,
Question, and Exclamatory. Our reading story this week is entitled
“Grandfather’s Journey”. We will be working on the skills of: Comprehension, Vocabulary, the suffixes ly
and y, and creating a word web. Last week we had the SRA kits which were great
independent stories that involve a lot of comprehension and skills activities.
We are able to use the kits every three weeks. As this story takes place both
in Japan and the United States, I am going to try to fit in some time to write
some haiku poems.
In Science this week, we will be finishing our
classification unit. Today we worked on the questions in the book. We will be
reviewing the chapter and I will be sending home a study guide on Wednesday
night. Their first test over the Classification unit will be on Thursday. I
appreciate you taking the time to go over the study guide with the students
Wednesday night.
Our math this week will involve reading and writing
multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
We are also working on daily multiplication sheets. Thank-you for working with
them every night on them for at least 5 minutes. That will really help them
master this important math skill!! We also do a daily review every day
reviewing previously learned concepts. This will help them enormously on their
Iowa Assessments.
I sent a book order home with the students last week. It
will be due the 15th of September. Thank-you for taking the time to
complete those information sheets! If you haven’t had a chance, please do that.
It is important for me to know what to do with your child in the event of an
early out… If you have an email, I have emailed you at some point to test if it
works. If you didn’t receive my email, please email me at the email address
below and then I will have it. I use the email as one form of communication.
As always, please feel free to call with any questions or
concerns!!
Chris Mallen
Phone: 444-3093
(Home) 444-4300 ext. 336 (School)
Email:
chris.mallen@bkcsd.org
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