Mr. Martin/Mrs.

Pinkhams Class

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Week of February 23-27

Welcome back from vacation! Hopefully it was an enjoyable time for all Today is the
100th day of school!
Our school will be participating in the Clynk Bottle Redemption competition once again!
Please save your bottles and cans and be on the look out for the special green collection
bags.
Winter Fun Day will be on February 27. If your child has not returned his/her
permission form, please have him/her do it asap!
Also, on Winter Fun Day, please make sure that your child is dressed for a full day
outside! Thanks!
Do not hesitate to contact us with comments or questions. You can call the school
(778-3529), send in a note, or e-mail us (kmartin@mtbluersd.org or
dpinkham@mtbluersd.org).

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Math: This week we will continue reading and writing numbers within 1,000 while
representing them using quickdraw and number lines. We will spend more time with numbers
that have more than 9 ones or 9 tens. Students will be modeling them as well as solving
problems using them. For example: students will need to understand that 23 is 2 tens and 3
ones, or that it can be 23 ones. 152 can be 1 hundred, 5 tens, and 2 ones, 15 tens and 2
ones, or 152 ones. By the end of the week, we will start comparing the size of numbers.
Spelling: This weeks focus is on words with short u patterns and number words. Please
remind your child to study his/her circled words.
Reading: We are continuing to respond to books that we are reading! Some of the books
that we are using are: On My Way, Katy and the Big Snow, Jasper and the Bully, and The
Karate Mouse.
Writing: We will be writing about If I had $100 for the 100th day of school. Also, as a
class writing project, we will write 100 ways that we can be kind to others.
Science: We will complete our inventions unit by writing about our pasta car creations. We
will then start a new unit all about balance and motion. We will begin by learning what it
means if something is balanced. Well also conduct a balance experiment with our bodies.
Social Studies: None for now.
Vocabulary: Our new vocabulary words this week will be diagram, emphasize, and prove.

The following homework assignments

are due by Friday, February 27:!
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Reading: Reading Log - 20 minutes per

day!
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Math: Lesson 13 worksheet (Quickdraw

and number line)