Spelling Words for the Week of April 19th

Dear parents,
Following is the spelling list for the test on Thursday, April 22nd. Remember, there is no school on Friday, April 23rd. We have used part of this week to begin practicing the spelling words in advance. Because of the testing we did not have a spelling test for this week, but we went on with practicing for next week.
The list is as follows:
Spelling words:
public
music
picnic
friends
friend
during
police
until
truly
true
whole
hole
address
request
raise
August
struck
getting
get
don't
Thursday
Saturday
admission
canoe
captain
Phonograms:
ay er ear wh ed
ai ir ng au
oy ur ea or
oi wor aw ck

April 15th,2010 Class Update

Dear parents,
Thank you again for helping your students with their Social Studies projects. They did a wonderful job! We all enjoyed sharing our new knowledge and talents with each other. Our grand finale was a trio of reports on the state of Hawaii. We ate some foods from the islands, did the limbo, danced a little, and hammed it up for the camera. Mrs. Marlatt got lots of pictures of posters, maps, and the students enjoying themselves on our Hawaiian day. What fun! Thank you to the parents and administrators for showing interest and support by joining us to see the completed projects.
We completed our Terra Nova/Stanford 10 tests and next week we will be back on our regular schedule. The students will have regular reading classes, regular specialist times, and spelling words. The rest of the year will go by quickly. I am going to allow the students to do a week of Science Experiments the last week of May and I will send home information soon. It will not be graded and it is not mandatory. It's something they really want to do and since they did such a great job on the Social Studies projects they have proven that they are capable of exceeding the second grade standards. Also, they earned a pizza party and will enjoy that next week....on Thursday. It will not replace their regular lunch. It will be around 1:30 in the afternoon. Good job! A spelling list for next week will go home tomorrow and I will post it here as well.
Thank you,
Mrs. Marlatt

Classroom update for Week of April 5th, 2010

Dear Parents,
The most important news this week is that it is our last regular week of class before the state Stanford 10 test. It is very important that your student is in class before the bell rings each day next week. Please do not schedule appointments (if possible) so that your student will be present for the testing periods. Each student should arrive well-rested and ready to test. Healthy snacks are welcome on test days. Thank you, in advance, for your support.
Speaking of support...a big thank you goes out to all of the parents who have helped their student with their Social Studies project. This has been a big success! The students have enjoyed it as much as I have. Many parents have shared the fun stories of creating posters and maps with their child. Keep up the good work! The remaining reports will be given the rest of this week . Please bring in your maps and posters a day in advance.
We are testing for spelling words this week. Please have the student study each day for at least 15 minutes, in addition to the practice at school. Practice creates mastery. The words are listed below.
Spelling words for the test on April 9th:
intend
company
quite
quit
quiet
none
knew
know
remain
direction
direct
appear
liberty
enough
fact
board
September
station
attend
public
Phonograms:
p
r
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
sh
ee
th
ow
ou
oo
ch
ar

Thank you,
Mrs. Marlatt