This week, students were
fnishing testing for reportcards.
This included writing numbers to
100 and recognizing numbers to
100. Please practice these skills
at home if your child had any
difficulty. This week students
also learned about greater than,
less than, or equal to. Students
are learning about this concept
through using base ten blocks
and dominoes.
This week in Science,
students are continuing to learn
about weather. Students are
learning more about the four
seasons summer, fall, winter,
and spring. Tonight, ask your
child what season has the
shortest amount of daylight.

Please check your child’s STI accounts
weekly for your child’s progress.

Alice B. McGinty, children's author of
over 40 books will be coming to Iroquois
West Elementary on April 11. She will
be presenting her books in a school
assembly at 1:10 in the Gilman gym.
Parents are welcome to attend. Alice's
books are available on a pre-order basis
and can be signed on April 11. An order
form for her books will be available after
March 24.

Send in 20 Sunny D
Book Spree labels to your homeroom
teacher and win 20 free books for the
classroom.
March 28th
End of 3rd quarter
April 3rd
Kindergarten Open House 5:30-7:00
April 18th-21st
Easter Holiday
April 17th
Field Trip
April 25th
Midterms
Week of March 31 and April 1-4
way
try
such
part
glass
stuff
former
show
barnyard
sure
they
letter
four
many
so
over
all
before
off
our
right
come
by
high
find
kind
more
eyes
head
gone
room
everything
Mrs. Hamilton: [email protected]
In Phonics, your child reviewed suffixes
ly, less, ful, and ness. Students also
reviewed cedilla c. In the middle of the
week, students took a test over content
learned throughout the year along with
suffixes and cedilla c. Please look at STI
to see your childs progress on their
Phonics test. At the end of the week,
students learned more about placing
words in ABC order even when a word
starts witht the same beginning letter.
Practicing Phonics at Home:

Writing and spelling with the letters “c”,
“k” and “ck.”

Diagraphs”ck”, “sh”, “th”, and “ng”, “ee”,
“oo”, “ea”, “ch,” “ai,” “ay,” “ey.”

The 3 sounds of suffix ed (/t/, /d/, /ed/)

Sneaky e

Vowel y as long i, and long e

Identifying and Spelling with Final Stable
Syllables

Combinations and Suffixes

Trigraph igh and soft g
 Cedilla soft c
Mrs. Kurtenbach: [email protected]
Mrs. Basham: [email protected]
Academic Progress:
G+
G
GS+
S
SN
Excellent……………………100%
Very Good…………………99-92%
Good………………………..91-90%
Satisfactory…………………89-88%
Meets Expectations…………87-75%
Unsatisfactory………………74-70%
Needs Improvement...........69% below