Mach 25th-29th

Flowers! Who doesn’t love flowers? This week was all about plants. How do plants grow? What is the life cycle of a plant? What does a plant need to grow? These are all questions answered as we read and discussed Seed to Plant by Kristin Rattini.

Vocabulary from the book:

soil: the top layer of earth in which plants grow 

seedling: a young plant

pollination: the moving of pollen from one flower to another

germination: the sprouting of a new plant from a seed

Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this Spring Break:

• Have a fun and safe Spring Break with your family whether you are going on vacation or doing things at home!
• Plant a flower together and take care of it as a family.
• Draw a flower and label the parts of the flower together.
• Spell sight words and CVC words as you pretend to grow like a flower. Start at the ground and come up to the top.

Our counselor Mrs. Waite gave a lesson on Monday all about safety to go with our health standard for the 9 weeks of which is accident prevention strategies at home, at school and in an aquatic environment.  

For access to leveled books and their 20 minute reading time you could use:

Kids A-Z Login Instructions

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, jrodgers4

Step 3: Their student number is their username and password

ReadingEggs is great for both reading and math! It is often our technology piece on homework.
The students can access ReadingEggs or MathSeeds once they login using their student ID number for both their username and password: https://readingeggs.com/

Save any sight word books or practice pages that come home and go over them as well as using flash cards. 

Here are a couple websites to help with different strategies to use at home for sight words: 

https://www.k12reader.com/sight-word-teaching-strategies/

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/sight-words-101.html 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsAsYlJSSx-qcUr6D4i-LPBvkV2Suy0iV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYHDxmjqlQ&list=PLQK2XiUY9C2goAU9vFtgyRWAO-srC6iJf

Letters and Sight Words of the Week 2018-2019

Date	Letter/Blend/Digraph	Sight Words
August 1	FIRST WEEK
August 6
August 13		I, it, is
August 20		a, as, do
August 27	M and short A	am, and, an
September 4	S	so, see, me
September 10	T	to, the, my
September 17	N	not, on, no
September 24	FALL BREAK
October 1	Short I	at, in, will
October 8	F	he, she, we
October 15	P and Short O	said, saw, was
October 22	C (hard and soft)	can, came, come
October 29	H	his, help, her
November 5	B	big, by, be
November 12	Short U	but, up, us
November 19	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 26	R	ran, run, him
December 3	Short E	when, then, well
December 10	G (hard and soft)	go, give, get
December 17	D	did, had, has
January 7	W/Wh	what, were
January 14	L	like, let, look
January 22	J	put, out, now
January 28	K	must, into, all
February 4	Y	your, you, yes
February 11	V/Z	very, love, of
February 18	FEBRUARY BREAK
February 25	Q	want, went, who
March 4	X	little, have, with
March 11	Bossy R (ar, or, ir, ur, er)	are, for, from
March 18	Long A	ate, make, say
March 25	Long E	please, eat, here
April 1	APRIL BREAK
April 8	Long I	find, fly, why
April 15	Long O	home, going, this
April 22	Long U	new, some, they
April 29	OO	soon, good, too
May 6	OU/OW	down, our, how
May 13	Sh,Th,Ch	there, where
May 20	LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL

Refer to https://rodgersaddison.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-18th-22nd-explanation-of-quarter.html for detailed explanation of the Quarter 4 Standards. 

Due to testing in the upper grades, our schedule will change beginning April 8th until the end of the year. Our specials time will move from 1:25-2:10 pm to 8:00-8:45 am.

Currently our lunch time (10:48-11:18) will stay the same. 

Be on the look out for any other changes that could happen during the end of the school year.