March 15th and 22nd Newsletter

I had this all ready to go last Friday, just forgot to print and post it. So I am combing it with this week's newsletter!!

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, March 15th - End of the Quarter
Saturday, March 16th - Auction
Friday, March 22nd - Report Cards go home
Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - NO SCHOOL Easter Break
Monday, April 1st - School resumes
Wednesday, April 3rd - 2 Hour Delay
Friday, April 19th - Midterms

This Week in Class:

Math - finished exploring plane and solid figures, lines of symmetry, congruent figures, slides, flips, and turns of figures, as well as finding patterns and ordered pairs. Next week we begin money!!
      - Began learning how to count money.... the kids are great at this!!


Reading / Phonics -  vowel patterns - aw, ough; silent consonants gn, wh, wr; adverbs; making judgments of reading
       - short u: ou; multisyllabic words; pronouns

Science - Finished learning about the solar system:  night and day 
and the moon

Health - Began learning about avoiding danger, such as staying safe from fires, weapons, and poisons.
      - staying Safe Around Strangers, Refuse, Responsibility

Spelling - Vowel sound with r

far          part

hard       started

dark       farm

arm        cart

march    bark

party       barn

http://www.spellingcity.com/ehovest

Summer Birthdays

If your child has a summer birthday and would like to celebrate it during the school year, we can do that at any time.  Just let me in know in advance and I will clear an afternoon for birthday fun!

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Keep collecting!

Substitute

I will not be here Thursday and Friday this week.  I will be in Columbus for State Basketball Tournaments as Ottawa-Glandorf has made the Elite Eight.  Report Cards will be finished before I leave and will be sent home on Friday like normal.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  emily.hovest@gmail.com

Easter

I hope everyone enjoys their Easter break and spends time with family and friends.  

March 8th Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

Monday, March 11th - Reading at Senior Center
Friday, March 15th - End of the Quarter
Saturday, March 16th - Auction
Friday, March 22nd - Report Cards go homeMonday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - NO SCHOOL Easter Break
Monday, April 1st - School resumes
Wednesday, April 3rd - 2 Hour Delay
Friday, April 19th - Midterms

This Week in Class:

Math - continued exploring plane and solid figures, lines of symmetry, congruent figures, slides, flips, and turns of figures, as well as finding patterns and ordered pairs.  I shared with the students a website involving these concepts:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_1_t_3.html


Reading / Phonics -  vowel patterns - a, al, au; silent consonants kn, mb; adjectives - comparative/superlative; story plot


Science - Began learning about the solar system:  night and day 
and the moon

Health - completed chapter on Keeping Fit 


Spelling - Vowel sound in out

out       about

our       found

now      down

mouse   round

sound    town

clown     how

http://www.spellingcity.com/ehovest

Summer Birthdays

If your child has a summer birthday and would like to celebrate it during the school year, we can do that at any time.  Just let me in know in advance and I will clear an afternoon for birthday fun!

Pop Tabs

Keep collecting!

March 1st Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, March 6th - 2 Hour Delay
Monday, March 11th - Reading at Senior Center
Friday, March 15th - End of the Quarter
Saturday, March 16th - AuctionFriday, March 22nd - Report Cards go home
Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - NO SCHOOL Easter Break

This Week in Class:

Math - Began exploring plane and solid figures, also learned lines of symmetry, congruent figures, slides, flips, and turns of figures

Reading / Phonics -  suffix -er; short e sounds made with "ea" (bread, thread); adjectives; realism vs. fantasy 

Social Studies - goods and services, producers and consumers, trade, making predictions, 

Health - Continued discussing  Keeping Fit and Active; also discussed getting enough sleep and fairness

Spelling - including all the letters

very    some    

you    their    

every    give

before   would  

favorite   really  

through   whole

http://www.spellingcity.com/ehovest

Auction:

We have been working on our items for the auction.   THANK YOU to all who have helped with this.  I did not know what to expect and am very thankful for all of the work you do, not only to help me, but to help your children as well.

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Always need more!