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March 3, 2017
Upcoming Dates
Spelling Words for March 6-10
March 13-17 Spring Break- No School
1.
March 20-24 No School- Possible Snow Make Up
2. corn
7. learn
Days
3. core
8. sure
4. more
9. ?
5. roar
10. ?
Reading
This week was Seuss Week. We read many of Dr.
Seuss' books. Our comprehension skill for the
April 16- Early Dismissal- 1 Hour Early
week was problem and solution. We discussed the
/ir/and /ur/ vowel. We practiced adding the
inflectional endings –er and –est to words.
English
This week we continue to discuss what makes a
good sentence (capital at the beginning, end
mark, good spacing, and it makes sense). We
wrote responses to Seuss stories.
born
6. soar
-- Please study during the week for the test on
Friday.
High-Frequency Words for March 6-10
1.
began
5. right
2. better
6. sure
3. guess
7. idea
4. learn
8. unusual
Math
--Students will need to know how to read each of
the words above by Friday.
This week we began our unit on data
analysis/graphing.
School Website
Ear Buds
www.decaturco.k12.in.us/sdes
The bookstore is selling ear buds for $1.00.
AR
Please remember if someone reads a story to
your child, they may take an AR test over the
story. Many of your child’s library books and
Bookmobile books are AR books. If you are not
sure, you may check with the website below.
http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx
Spring Break Extra Credit Packet
If you would like for me to send a packet home,
please write a note to me BEFORE Wednesday. I
will make the copies on Wednesday. Students
must write their own answers in order to receive
credit. Packets will be due the day we come back
from break. Extra credit will go towards the 4th
nine weeks.
Website
Below is a website with many links to various
games for Math, Reading, Language Arts,
Science, and Social Studies. It requires flash, so
will not work on most tablets or iPads.
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/
Have a wonderful weekend!
-Please look on the back for more information.
Dear Families,
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.
Word Workout

Words to Know: prefixes You could will write two sets of words. Then you could take turns choosing a word and saying it
aloud while the other person finds the matching word in his or her set.

Spelling/Phonics: r-controlled vowels: or, ore, oar Help your child fill in grids with word pairs that cross at one letter.
This week’s phonic sound is the r-controlled vowel as in horn, store, and roar.
Comprehension: problem and solution
You could read stories with your child and then ask your child to identify the problem and the solution in each story.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Outside Recess
Whenever possible, we try to go outside for recess. Students need to bring jackets, gloves, hats, etc. to school. Also
remember that shorts may not be worn from Nov. 1 - March 31. We are outside for 30 minutes and we want to keep our
students healthy.
Absences
Per the school’s policy- if your child is absent, please call the school’s office or email me to report your child’s absence or
send in a note when yor child returns. If a note is not returned, if you do not call the office, or you did not send me an email,
the absence is marked unexcused. Once your child accumulates 10 absences ine one school year, a Doctor note must
accompany each absence in order for it to be excused. Thank you for your help!