McIlvain’s “McNews & McNotes”

Welcome Back!!  I hope everyone enjoyed Fall Break!!  The students shared some excellent accounts of the adventures they had while on Fall Break.  Several had trips, birthday parties to attend, sleepovers, etc.  Now we are refreshed and ready to get back to work!!

Please keep in mind some upcoming events:  Picture Day – Friday, Oct. 21; Parent-Teacher conferences – Thursday, Oct. 20 (4-6 p.m.); Teacher Work Day (no school for students) – Monday, Oct. 24; Fall Harvest Day for 2nd grade – Friday, Oct. 28; Halloween Party – Monday, Oct. 31

Homework for tonight:  Reading – Reader's choice and decodable reader, Spelling – 2 times each, Math – 1 sheet

Spelling words for the week:  r-controlled vowel concept; ir, ur, er:  her, person, nurse, dirt, turn, birth, serve, curb, curl, skirt, purse, turtle challenge words:  hamburger, surface, perfect

Have a great evening!!

Thank you for your help with Camp Read A Lot!!!  The students had a great time!  We appreciate the donations of supplies and time.  Thanks again!  

The first 9 weeks is coming to an end.  Report cards will go out soon after Fall Break.

Homework for tonight:

1.  Read:  Tara and Tiree (fluency)

2.  Spelling:  2 sheets

3.  Math:  1 sheet

Have a great evening!!:-)

Camp Read A Lot!!!!  We are busy preparing our supplies for camp.  The students are super-excited and counting down the days.  WE CAN'T WAIT!!!

Homework:

Reading:  Anteaters 

Spelling:  1 sheet

Math:  1 sheet

Homework Assignment:

1.  Reading – Reader's choice 10 – 15 min.

2.  Spelling – 1 sheet (suffix -ed , -ing)

3.  Math – 2 sheets (place value, written form to standard form)

Don't forget to send your Camp Read A Lot forms back to school!!!  It is just around the corner!!

We want to thank Mrs. Mickey Raymond for coming to school and presenting us with another of her fabulous stories.  She can weave a story and captivate the students in a way like no other.  She will be visiting our building once a month.  Thanks again Mrs. Raymond.

Spelling words for the week:  Concept:  Inflected endings; -s, -ed, -ing

talked, talking, dropped, dropping, excited, exciting, lifted, lifting, hugged, hugging, smiled, smiling  Challenge Words:  dragging, amazed, bouncing

Reading Homework:  Clive's Big Box / Star Pictures in the Sky

Spelling:  2 times each

Math:  1 sheet

Don't forget to send in your child's Camp Read A lot form if they are planning to stay.  This will help us with a "head count".

Mid-term reports were sent home today.  The students are doing well.  

Homework for tonight:

1.  Reading – Leveled readers (Pup Camps Out, Camp at Crescent Lake, A Home in the Wilderness)

2.  Spelling – 1 sheet

3.  Math – 1 sheet

Spelling Words for the week:  Consonant Blends:  stop, clip, strap, stream, nest, mask, hand, twin, brave, breeze, ask, state  Challenge Words:  browse, straight, skeleton

We are working on the story; Exploring Space With An Astronaut.  We have read it twice as our take-home story.  We will have a selection test on Thursday to see how well the students have comprehended the material.  The reading skills we have been focusing on for this selection are identifying the Main Idea and details.

Since we will be at the Star Theater at Morehead Univ. on Friday our spelling test for this week will be on Thursday also.  Please study with your child.  The students who study are much better prepared!  Thanks for your assistance.

Homework for tonight:  Read:  Scholastic News (Astronauts), Spelling:  1 sheet, Grammar:  1 sheet

Mrs. McIlvain

Hope you had a fantastic weekend and are ready to roll!!  Today we had DIBELS testing which is a reading assessment that measures phonemic awareness, fluency and comprehension.  Our students did well.  I will share the results at parent-teacher conferences or sooner if you wish.  Tonight's homework includes:

Reading- Leveled reader, Spelling – 2 times each, Math – 1 sheet

Spelling Words:  Generalization:  When a word has a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern, the vowel usually stands for its long sound.  

Regular words:  tune, page, nose, space, size, fine, mice, late, cube, blaze, home, vote 

Challenge words:  erase, spice, confuse

We are rolling now!  Tomorrow we will take our first reading selection test.  It will be over the story; Iris and Walter.   Also, please work with the spelling words as our test will  be Friday.  

The spelling concept for the week is short vowels.  The words are:

drum, rock, list, desk, job, sad, chop, sack, tag, rib, mess, dust

Challenge words:  pocket, lettuce, engine (the challenge words are scored as bonus points, they cannot hurt the student's score)

Have a great evening!

Homework tonight:  Reading – 10 15 minutes, Spelling – 1 sheet, Math – 1 sheet

We will have a "test" over our names tomorrow.

Have a great evening !!!!