3B’s Classroom Newsletter,

October 5, 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 Roberto Clemente. We worked on cause and effect, long i, prefix mis-, and plural nouns.  Next week we will be reviewing for the Unit 1 test and then taking the test on Wednesday and Thursday.  I have been reading the weekly tests on Friday. After the unit test, the students will be reading the test on Fridays themselves.  Please review the vocabulary words for the test. Your child will need to read the words and understand the meaning of each word and how it can be used in a sentence.  Please review these words: principal, fans, foggy, strolled, stretch, guilty, figure, honest, raise, proud, pronounced, contacted, soared, jury, convinced, slammed, block, crew, disappears.  The students will be tested on story structure, infer/predicting, drawing conclusions, analyze & evaluating, characters, compare & contrast, antonyms, multiple meaning words, and base words with endings.  

Writing

We are still working on several items for the Grandparent’s Day program, on October 19, at 1:15.   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.  The test is on Monday. Your child should have brought the packets home and Science book along with a study guide.  Your child will need to study. Please send back the book and the signed note that your child studied on Monday for an extra  credit point and $$$.

Math

We are finishing up chapter 1 and will be reviewing next week.  We will be taking the Math test on Wed. Please practice the basic math facts, rounding, and regrouping in addition and subtraction.  

Miscellaneous

You should be getting notified soon if you are on the Halloween party planning.  If you are on the schedule and don’t get notified soon, please let me know. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the midterm grades.  Grandparents’ Program is Friday, October 19, 1:15 PM. I still need to hear from many of you who is coming. Please send a note or email me so we can write introductions.

Spelling Words

No spelling please study for reading test.  See reading section.

Snacks

Mon-Jenna, Wed.-Joeli,  Fri-Lloyd