Weekly Newsletter- volume 30

-   Team Time- Last week we worked on contractions. This is where the first word stays that same and the second word gets shorten and an apostrophe is added. For example, if we had the words we and have- we stays the same and the “ha” get taken out and the apostrophe gets added to give us the contraction we’ve. We have worked on recognizing, reading, and spelling contractions.

-   Math- Last week we worked on finding 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, or 10 less of a given number. The number to the left would be 1 less. The number to the right would be 1 more. The number above would be 10 less and the number below would be 10 more. We also worked on solving word problems were we used ten sticks to add decade numbers to a given amount.

-   Science- Last week our plants and animals came in and that began our Living Organisms unit. We made our aquariums for our male and female guppies, snails, and the plants elodea and cabomba. Then we made our terrariums for our millipedes, pill bugs, moss, and conifer seedlings. Ask your child what they did to make these for our classroom.

-   Wilson Fundations- We have been working on closed syllable words. Words have parts that go together called syllables. A syllable is part of a word that can be pushed out in one breath. Closed syllables have only one vowel and must be followed by or closed in by a consonant and it can be more than one consonant. A closed syllable gives the vowel the short sound. Examples include: bath, bat, it. Me is not a closed syllable word because it does not have a consonant after the vowel AND because it is a long vowel. 

-   Important Information:

-   Scholastic- March and April Scholastic book orders this Friday, April 12^th.

-   Conferences- Thank you to everyone who has already come to our Student-Led Conferences. The kids are so excited to share with you what they have learned this year. I can’t wait to meet with everyone else in the next few weeks. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything between now and the end of the school year.