Mallen's Monday Memo March 9, 2015

Monday Memo

March 9, 2015

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break!!  

This week we will be reading a version of the classic Cinderella tale. This story is entitled “Cedrillion”. It is an interesting take on the story. We will be reading a variety of other Cinderella versions this week also. We will be working with the following skills this week:  Comprehension, Vocabulary, using a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the characters, using the suffix –able, and the difference between fantasy and realism. We will be identifying verbs during our grammar this week. Our spelling words are attached to this memo. The students were to read The Jacket for their first November book. That was due by Friday. As I told the kids and explained in an email, I know that not all of the kids are able to read at this level, so having you read some to them, a sibling, they read a page of it… is absolutely fine with me! I just want them to be exposed to good literature. In the meantime, I have them reading some short readers during the day that they can quiz on. Our next book is a nice book that takes place during the holidays, so it is perfect for this time of year. It is called Lucky Charms and Birthday Wishes. If they finish this book by the last day of the month, they can pick out another library book of their choice and read that. I will be giving them another book at the end of the month. Thanks for having them read at least 15 minutes a night!!

During Math this week, we are going to be talking about expressing metric mass measurements in terms of a smaller unit, and expressing metric capacity measurements in terms of a smaller unit. We will keep working on our daily reviews and multiplication/division sheets as well. Thanks for helping them with their facts at home!! It is working!!

This week we will be starting a new unit in social studies. We will be starting on a new region. I will let your children tell you about the region. If you have ever visited that region and have anything to share, we would love to see it!!

Thanks for all you do to help me with your child’s education! As always, please call with any questions or concerns!!

Sincerely,

Chris Mallen

Phone:  Home:  444-3093   School:  444-4300 ext 336

Email:  chris.mallen@bkcsd.org