Homework

*Agendas should be signed and returned daily. Inside your child's agenda you will find homework assignments, daily conduct, and notes from me. You can send me notes in the agenda also.

*Parents, we are trying to teach your child to be responsible. Please help us with this by not filling in the log for your child. All you need to write on the log is your name.

*Vocabulary tests will have a matching part where they match the word with its definition and a fill in the blank part where I will read the sentence and they will have to put the correct word that makes sense.

*Spelling - Study your spelling words each night to prepare for the test on Friday. Here are some of ways you can study your words: write them over and over, spell them out loud, ask someone to call them out for you, and write sentences using them, triangle spelling, and rainbow write them.  Don't just memorize your words in order to pass the test.  You need to LEARN them!  These are words you will need to be able to spell in the future... not just this week.

*RED Folders go home on Tuesdays and should be signed and returned the following day. Please look at your child's work and talk to them about what they learned. Important papers from the office will also be sent home in this folder. 

*Please remember to sign & return all tests that are sent home. They will always be found on the return to school side of your child's red folder.

How can you help your child at home?

*Talk to your child about what he/she is learning

in school each day.

*Read to and with your child daily! Ask questions when you read. Here are some great questions to ask: Who are the characters in the story? Where is the story taking place? What happened in the begining, middle and end of the story? What was your favorite part and why? What was the problem in the story and how was it solved? What does this story make you think of? Is this book like another book you've read? What do you think is the author's purpose?

**PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE addition & subtraction facts up to 18. These facts are called "snap facts" in class because the students should be able to give the answer as fast as they can snap their fingers. You can practice these in the car if you're short on time! They will have a 1 min. timed test every Friday with 12 problems. 

                  February birthdays

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Shive Stinger Rules

* I am SAFE!
Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself
Walk everywhere we go
* I am RESPECTFUL!
Take care of yourself
Treat others the way you want to be treated
* I am a LEARNER!
Be an active participant
Listen and follow directions

12 Words

Trace-Means to outline

Analyze-to break it down

Infer-read between the lines

Evaluate-to judge

Formulate-build and create

Describe-tell me all about it

Support-back it up

Explain-tell me why

Summarize-the short version

Compare-is alike

Contrast-is different

Predict-think about the future

UNRAAVEL

1.Underline the title

2.  Now predict what the selection is about

3.  Run through and number the paragraphs

4.  Are you reading the questions?

5.  Are the important words circled?

6.  Venture through the selection--READ IT

7.  Eliminate/cross out the silly/wrong answers

8.  Let the questions be answered and write the paragraph number and line number where you found the answers next to the question

These are the words our school is learning to help us with reading comprehension and the EOG's. They love the dance and song. Please have them show it to you!