Update February 18th

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Hello Wonderful Families,
Remember that there is NO SCHOOL this Monday, February 17th for President’s Day.
If you have not returned your January Assessment log, please do so as soon as possible.
 Please make sure your kiddo has selected a February poem and is practicing.  Poems will be recited starting Monday, February 24th.



The final day to take AR quizzes for this trimester is Friday, February 21st.  That  is only 4 school days away! Please make sure that kiddos are completing their nightly reading and are ready to quiz when they come to school! You can check your kiddos progress using the Renaissance link on the left hand side of this blog.
Parent Conferences will take place the week of March 16th.  If a conference is required, I will be contacting you via ParentSquare in the coming weeks.
Just a few updates for the coming week:
This week in Math:
Topic 8:
  • Topic 8 PBA
  • Topic 8 Online Assessment
  • Topics 1-8 Benchmark Assessment
  • End of Year Math Benchmark Assessment
This week in Language Arts:
Reading: Each Kindness (Analyzing Characters)
Grammar: Capitalizing Book Titles
Spelling: (-le ending) ankle, bundle, cattle, dimple, jumble, noble, pickle, puzzle, sparkle, whistle.
Vocabulary:
  • area: a piece of ground or space
  • benefit: to be useful to someone or something
  • soon: in a short time
  • shrugged: raise shoulders slightly
  • several: more than two, but not many
Writing: Narrative Writing Assessment: Favorite Field Trip

This week in Leadership:
8 Key Strategies for Success
Empathy
Homework:.  A fiction passage, and informational passage will go home on Tuesday and is due Friday.  Please remember to fill in your Reading Log nightly. There will be NO MATH HOMEWORK this week due to assessments. 
Looking forward to a great week!
Alison

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