March 8-12, 2010

What a busy week we had last week! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the wonderful weather this weekend!

SPELLING
The spelling words are listed below. Don’t forget to study spelling words on Thursday night for the test on Friday.

WORDS FOR MARCH 8-12
Words with long a and i with silent e. We call this the “bossy e.”
gate rake name bake fine bike hide mine cake Mike time space

READING
Our whole group sound for this week is /er/ as in sister and /oo/ as in book. Our writing job will be various family related topics.

Please take advantage of using the Renaissance at home program. You will be able to see the results of the AR tests and Math Facts in a Flash that your child takes. I’m strongly encouraging children to take a Math Facts in a Flash test immediately after taking an AR test.

MATH
We will not test on Chapter 19. We will begin Chapter 20 Tuesday. Homework for math will be lessons 20 in the Practice Math Workbook. Look for the review sheet to come home the night before we test.

LANGUAGE - (DOL)
We have covered rules 1-22 and continuing to practice these rules in sentences each week. I will introduce Rule 23 Monday. Friday’s DOL will be taken for a daily grade.

A Few Reminders:
*Please remind and encourage your child to listen carefully each day and be a kind friend to everyone.

*We have been asked to remind parents not to drop off students before 7:20 am.

Cucos is now a partner in education with us. Every Thursday is Blount Spirit Day. Save your ticket and turn it in to the office and they will give us 10% of the total. Thanks for all you do to support our school.

FUTURE DATES TO KEEP IN MIND

March 8 Picture Money is due.
March 9 Library Day. Please be sure to send books to school if they need to be returned. If you are still reading, they may be renewed.
March 10 Cookie dough pick-up in the lunchroom from 2:00-6:00.
March 10 Doughnuts for Dads 7:00-7:45 (A-L)
March 11 Doughnuts for Dads 7:00-7:45) (M-Z)
March 11 Zone Meeting with Superintendent Barbara Thompson at Blount 6:00
March 11 Spirit Night @ Chick-fil-A
March 15-19 Spring Break
March 22 Beginning of the 4th nine weeks WOW!!
March 22 Spirit Night @ Five Guys
March 25 Report Cards

Standardized Testing Dates: March 23, March 24, March 29, March 30Although First Grade will not be participating in the testing, parent volunteers are not allowed in the building during testing.

Have a wonderful week!!