This week the children will learn about the sound of /gn/, /kn/, and /wr/.  Your child's spelling words will have these sounds in them.  The children will read several stories that have  words with these sounds.  They will identify the cause and effects within the story and the author's purpose for writing the story.  

       In math the children will continue to work on their math facts.  This week they will be working to learn their subtraction facts.  It is important that your child review their math facts at home as much as possible.  The children will continue to work on subtracting from a two-digit number.  

       I will be spending some time this week on reviewing handwriting.  Please encourage your child to always write their best and use correct letter formation and spacing.

      In science the children will begin a unit of study about space.  They will learn about the sun, moon, stars, and planets.

CLASSROOM REMINDERS:

• Monday will be field-day.  Your child may wear shorts to the knee.  They may wear any shirt.  They will change to their field-day shirt when they get to school.  I want to give a special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Duffey for designing our field-day shirts.  
• The field trip to the library has been rescheduled to Monday, May 4th.  Your child should bring a sack lunch on this day.  We will have lunch at the library.

Weekly Spelling Words:

gnaw      gnaw     write      know      knife      been      wrong     cause     dawn      their

Bonus Words:  Earth    planet