Weekly News: Ms. Lyon’s Class
Week of April 16 – 20, 2012
Spelling Pattern: multisyllabic words
leadership
gracefully
refreshment
uncomfortable
overdoing
remarkable
carefully
unbearably
ownership
unacceptable
impossible
reappeared
unprepared
oncoming
misbehaving
Challenge Words: (extra points)
outrageous
incomprehensible
undoubtedly
independence
disadvantage
Math: We are finishing working with multiplication and division bar models with two step word problems this week, our test is THURSDAY. The chapter wrap up can be found on page 260 and 261 in the student text on Think Central. We are also continuing the eXceller’s club.
Reading: This week we are reading Talking Walls: Art for the People. We will be using the illustrations to help us find the meaning of the story.
Writing: Poetry should be coming home this week. We began the great letter race this morning and will be writing friendly letters to all 50 states. If you would like us to write to a particular school or city in a state, please let me know!
Social Studies: We are beginning our unit on economics.
Science: Social Studies Unit
Class News:
· Check out our website http://www.mslyonspride.blogspot.com/
· Try out our spelling words this week on spelling city: http://www.spellingcity.com/LyonsPride/ - This week’s spelling is week 33
· Math help will be offered every Tuesday from 3-5pm. The last Math Help will be Tuesday, April 24th due to KPREP.
· KPREP April 30-May 7
· http://www.khanacademy.org/ - This site was featured on 60 minutes last night. It is designed to assist students in school through online videos, powerpoints and online assessments. It has a lot of 3rd grade Singapore Math tutorials on the site, which is our math series. This may be a good resource during the summer months!
· The library is in its last week of fundraising with Ice Cream for Books and more! Please see the attachment for more details!
School News:
Apr. 17 Health Fair
Apr. 20 Mid-Term
Apr. 23 Yearbooks Go On Sale
Apr. 26 Progress Reports Go Home
Apr. 30-May 7 K-PREP
May 4 Parent-Teacher Conferences
May 9 Art Fair 7:00 p.m.
May 14 Spring Band Concert 7:00 p.m.
May 16 Lazer Craze Reward (Reading Counts) (Date May Change) – This will be a trip that students can win with reading counts points.
May 17 Awards Day
K-2 - 8:30
3-8 - 9:45
Lunch Schedule will Follow
May 17 Field Day 12:15ish
May 17 Last Day for Students
J As always, thank you for being so supportive!
