Mrs.
Wiscount’s Newsletter for the Week of September 26, 2016
Welcome back to another fun-filled week! I hope everyone
enjoyed the beautiful weather this past weekend. Our class is settling into a
nice routine and our learning is starting to pick up at this time. We just
finished our 1st reading and math assessments today. I decided to
extend some of the assessments until today to ensure that I received the best
results from the students. The results from these assessments will be sent home
in your child’s HORSE folder on Friday. Please check the back of the folder for
this information. Please review, sign, and send the assessments back to school.
Our reading books will continue to come home each evening. If
you haven’t done so already, please have your child cover their reading book. This
week in reading we will be starting our new reading story, Exploring Space.
This story will focus on main idea and details. Main idea is the most important
idea about the topic. Small pieces of information that tell about the main idea
are called details. Good readers look for the main ideas to help them
understand the story. We will have a reading assessment next week. Please look
for more information in next week’s newsletter.
Grammar – This
week in grammar we will be identifying the subject of a sentence. The subject
of a sentence tells who or what does something.
Example: The girl will be an astronaut.
The
girl is the subject because it tells who.
Phonics
& Spelling – We will be focusing on reading CVe words. These
are words that contain the sneaky e at the end. Examples of sneaky e words
would be: face, age, Pete, dime, etc. We will not have a test in phonics and
spelling until next week.
Science – We students
loved the two science experiments that we completed in class last week. This
week we will be focusing our attention on the sun and moon.
Math – Please
check your child’s HORSE folder for the addition flashcards that will be coming
home this evening. The students will have a timed assessment on Friday,
September 30th on the +3 math facts. Also, please continue to practice all
flashcards each evening in order to increase fluency.
We will be working on the following in class this week:
1.
Adding 0, 1, & 2
2.
Adding doubles
3.
Adding near doubles
4.
Adding in any order
5.
Adding three digit numbers
Reminders for the
upcoming week:
1.
We have one parent volunteer for our field trip.
If you are interesting in joining us on our field trip to Lake Tobias, please
let me know ASAP. Our field trip will take place on Thursday, October 6th.
2.
If interested in being a guest reader in our
classroom, please contact me ASAP.
3.
Please send home a little sweater/jacket for your
child to keep in their cubbie. Our classroom can be a bit cool at time.
4.
I will be making parent phone calls in the
upcoming weeks to inform you of your child’s progress so far in class. The
phone calls will be spread throughout this week and next week.
5.
If your child will be joining us on our field
trip, please send the signed permission form back to school by Friday,
September 30th.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Should you have any
questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email, jwiscount@northschuylkill.net, note,
or by calling 570-874-0466 ext. 3209.
Homework for the week of September 26, 2016
Monday (Day 9 – Gym)
Math – Please
practice +3 flashcards and addition worksheet
Reading –
Please cover book if you haven’t done so already. Thank you!
Tuesday (Day 10 – Music)
Math – Please
practice +3 flashcards and leveled HW
Spelling –
Practice spelling words
Phonics – Read
decodable reader (Ike and Ace)
Wednesday (Day 1 – Computers)
Math – Please
practice +3 flashcards
Phonics – DVD
worksheet 15
Thursday (Day 2 – Book Exchange)
Math – Please
practice +2. Test tomorrow
Spelling –
Please practice spelling words. Test tomorrow.
Reading –
Please review vocabulary words. Assessment tomorrow.
Friday (Day 3 – Art)
No homework! Have
a great weekend. Go Spartans!!
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