Language Arts Spelling focus: C ontractions

1. I love the water cycle! Mrs. Glasschroeder’s Guppies Newsletter February 14-28, 2014 What We Are Doing: Language Arts Spelling focus: Contractions Comprehension Focus: Determining Importance (Main IDEA) Genre Focus: African American Literature Writing Expository Writing (We will be writing to explain WHY) Math Place Value to 1, 200. Social Studies/Science Patterns in the Sky & Water Cycle African American Unit Technology We are continuing the “Type to Learn” program. I will email directions if your child would like to practice “Type to Learn” at home  Account code: 102591 Username: id # with an “a” on the end Password: abc123 Important Dates: Feb. 24th - deadline for the Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading Log Feb. 26th – Report Cards come home – College T-shirt Day! Homework Spring and Class Picture See HW sheet in your child’s binder. **We are continuing our Patterns in the Sky Unit this week. Please allow your child to observe the moon each night. We will be discussing the changes in the moon in class each day. There is also an app called ‘Moon’, and the website http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml where you can go online and check the moon phase. Thanks for your support with this! Also, if your child hasn’t completed Popcorn Math, you still need to be working on that each night.  Conferences . My conference period is 1:50-2:40 each day. I’d be happy to meet with you. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Together we are a team! (940) 369-1429 or mglasschroeder@dentonisd.org