3B’s Classroom Newsletter,

September 21, 2018

West Lyon email address   kdewandel@wlwildcats.org

msdewandelsclass.blogspot.com/

Math and Reading book website-www.thinkcentral.com and the old website was www.eduplace.com (both great resources and practice)

Xtra Math-www.xtramath.com

SumDog-www.sumdog.com

www.iowaaeaonline.org username 6983wlel, password nwaea (bookmark and save and you won’t need to put it in again.)

1XL.com (kids know their passwords)

www.prodigygame.com/play  (kids know their passwords)

Reading

This week read Pop’s Bridge.  We worked on adding s, es, ing, and ed endings.  We worked on the skill of comparing and contrasting, long o spelled ow, oa, and common and proper nouns.  1XL has some great extra practice in the Language Arts section.

Writing

We are working on several items for the Grandparent’s Day program, on October 19, at 1:15.  Invitations will come home next week. Please send the names of the grandparents that will be attending the program for your child so we can write introductions.  Also, please notify me if your chlld won’t have any grandparent here for the program, and we will find an “honorary” grandparent for them.

Social Science

We will be finishing up Chapter 1 Living things next week.  We are learning about plants and their structures, and types of animals.  

Math

We are still working on rounding and estimating to nearest 10 and 100.  Please practice this at home. We worked on rounding and adding, and next we will be rounding and subtracting.  It is important that they know their basic math facts. We should be finishing up Chapter 1 sometime next week also.  

Miscellaneous

Friday half way through the first quarter.  Please send me who will be attending the Grandparents’ Program on Friday, October 19 at 1:15 PM.

Book orders due October 5.  Next week, Tuesday is Dig Pink day, and on Oct. 4 we will be going out and watching the band perform at 8:45, please make sure you child has a jacket that day, it is always chilly when they play for us.  

Spelling Words

Slight, mild, sight, pie, mind, tie, pilot, might, lie, tight, blind, fight, die, midnight

Challenge-silent, frightening

Snacks

Mon-Nick, Wed.-Josiah,  Fri-Matthew