6-4-18 I'm a little sad as I realize this week brings us to our last phonics target skills! This year has flown by but will definitely go down as one of my favorites! We had a great Field Day on Friday even though it rained in the afternoon. The morning was filled with fun activities and we really didn't miss out on much. Our phonics target skills this week are prefixes mis, mid, commas, prepositions, and prepositional phrases. We started true multiplication today and the children didn't want to stop! They were surprised at how much of the Times Table they already know! At this rate we will definitely end the year with division. A few brochures have already been turned in and they are great. Don't forget they are due tomorrow! We have had two practices so far for our Authors' Tea and the children are SO excited. I think you will be impressed!
Have a great week!
Mary Ann McKenney
EMAIL: mamckenney@saintkevinschool.org
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With all due respect ... “Let’s not direct our judgment at the hand that grades the papers. Let’s look more critically at the hand that rocks the cradle.”
https://www.moultrienews.com/opinion/teacher-to-parent---a-child-must-be-a/article_d6f11c06-698a-11e8-b017-53c8296979a0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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I LOVE this article!
http://www.moultrienews.com/opinion/teacher-to-parent---positive-reinforcement-doesn-t-work/article_cf5c0206-2522-11e7-98ed-b3a9b0e7d4f6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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Some Cape Cod schools drop homework for younger students
http://capecodtimes.com/news/
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School bans homework and assigns reading and playing instead
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/27/1638352/-After-a-school-bans-homework-and-assigns-reading-and-playing-instead-they-re-seeing-great-results?detail=facebook
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Second grade reading list from Goodreads website
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/2nd-grade-reading-list
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I find the success of schools in Finland fascinating!
Michael Moore and the Finnish Education System - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com.
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Very interesting and frightening article. A bit dramatic but worth taking another look at how much screen time your child has.
http://abc7news.com/1664438/ How Screens Turn Kids into Psychotic Junkies
MONDAY Our only homework is Book Club for the rest of the year.
*Spelling: Spelling Packet. BOOK CLUB ONLY
Complete the spelling packet and return by Friday. Our new spelling words this week are: talk, because, August, caught, draw, walk, chalk, auto, taught, thaw.
*Book Club
*RETURN LIBRARY BOOK IF IT WAS NOT RETURNED ON FRIDAY!
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TUESDAY BOOK CLUB ONLY
*Making Words: CUT OUT THE LETTERS on the top of your homework paper. DO THIS STEP FIRST. See how many words you can make. What word uses all of the letters? List the words by Word Families on the back of the paper. (e,e,l,p,r,s,t,z). This is due on Wednesday.
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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WEDNESDAY BOOK CLUB ONLY
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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THURSDAY BOOK CLUB ONLY
*Study Spelling
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
*RETURN RED BOOK CLUB FOLDER ON FRIDAY
*RETURN LIBRARY BOOK ON FRIDAY (they are returned to the library on Monday)
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*RETURN YELLOW FRIDAY FOLDER ON MONDAY!
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6/5 Social Studies project due
6/6 Dress Down Day, no fee
6/7 Authors' Tea
6/15 Last day of school, half day, no extended day care
PLEASE CHECK SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR ADDITIONAL DATES AND SCHOOL EVENTS
www.ABCYa.com - reading, math
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
www.planetesme.com - How To Get Your Child To Love Reading
www.robertmunsch.com - reading
www.starfall.com - reading
www.xtramath.org - math
www.storylineonline.net**