Dear Parents,

This week we covered the following work:

English

• Revise Your Story – editing
• Proofread Your Story
• Publish Your Story
• We wrote a story about Frogs

Reading

• Vowel Pairs ai and ay
• Words to know:
• Rain Forest Adventures – Story Vocabulary
• Whose on the Menu – Comprehension Check
• What Happens Next? – Making Predications
• Vocabulary – Parts of the Body
• Grammar – Naming Words for One or More

Math

• Lesson 11.1 – Order Numbers
• Lesson 11.2 – Ordinal Numbers
• Lesson 11.3 – Use Ten to Estimate
• Lesson 11.4 – Algebra Readiness: Greater Than, Less Than
• Lesson 11.5 – Using Symbols to Compare Numbers
• Lesson 11.6 – Problem Solving: Reasonable Answers
• Chapter Review/Test

Science

• What Do Living Things Need? – Categorize and Classify
• Review and Test Prep

Important Dates for this week

• Monday, 7 March – Please bring to school a book that you have read so that we can write a book report.
• Wednesday, 9 March – Sports Day practice; please ensure that your child wears closed shoes that they can run in as we will be going to the track. Please ensure that your child has a water bottle.
• Thursday, 10 March – Math Test Chapter 11
• Friday, 11 March – Spelling Test
• Friday, 11 March – Science Test

Work for next week:

Spelling words – Test, 11 March

Home, nose, joke, spoke, own, so, also, coat, boat, goal, float, goes

Dictation:

I put on a coat, left my home and went for a hike. I got in a boat and floated down the river as I spoke and told jokes to my friend.

Words for sentences:

Glide, greedy, grin, hairy, hard, heal, hide, hike

Sports Day:

As you know our annual Sports Day is coming up on Saturday 12 April. Students have been divided into three teams (RED, BLUE and GREEN). They have to wear their team color (RED, BLUE or GREEN t-shirt) on Sports Day.

Please could you look at the list below and make sure that your child has that color t-shirt for sports day.

Red Team – Masatoshi, Finn, Imogen, Evelyn, Victoria

Blue Team – Michael, Wilson, Makoto, Allyson, Yvette

Green Team – Richard, Aoi, Clément, Mami, Ayane

The day will start at 8:00, but we will send you more details before the big day.

Thank you

Thank you for helping your child with their Research Projects. There were a number of great posters. It was good to see that a number of parents assisted their children. However please remember that this is your child’s poster. When helping them, please keep the work child and age appropriate.

SPIRIT WEEK:

We will be celebrating Spirit Week from March 14 – 18. Please dress your child appropriately each day, (see below). Although this is not a compulsory event, in the past the children have enjoyed dressing up.

Monday: Funky Hair/Most Colorful Clothes

Tuesday: Nerd Day

Wednesday: Students be your teacher/Teachers be your student

Thursday: Green Day (St. Patrick’s Day)

Friday: Favorite Character – from book, movie, your hero… you choose

HEALTH SNACK

As part of our class routine, we have a healthy snack break at 10:15 am daily. Please help to promote good eating habits by providing your child healthy snacks such as fresh fruit or vegetables, crackers, cheese, seaweed snacks, sandwiches, or granola bars.

MR HARRIS’ BLOG

I have added Mr Harris blog address to the “useful links” in the top right hand corner of this blog. On Mr Harris blog your child will be able to access the websites that they use during computer class.


Regards,
Robyn Wood