Happy Sunday families. Hope you all are loving this weather as much as I am. I hope it stays just like this through August, I know it won't but this temp sure is ideal. Throw in a summer monsoon storm and I would have the perfect day. Anyway, it sure is perfect for opening some windows in the classroom and getting outside. JT from Terra Birds has been in touch and we are trying to work out a schedule to get into the garden soon! Will let you know when that happens. Until then, here is what is happening in our rooms...

Math:  We will finish our unit on tens and ones this week. The kids learned how to draw quick tens on Friday and we will use them to help us identify 1 and 10 more and less than a two digit number. At the end of the week we will begin our unit on comparing two-digit numbers with > , <, and = signs. 

ELA:  We finished reading our Twister on Tuesday last week. We will wrap it up on Monday with a comprehension test. We will also begin our 7th Nat Geo Unit on Then and Now, which we will tie in with our social studies unit. 

Last week we practiced taking our spelling tests in person and on Nearpod. The practice was to see how it worked, and will not count as a grade. This week will be the real deal. However, I realized that part of the issue with not sending home spelling words and having them do spelling words only in class is that this eliminates the opportunity to study the words at home. Therefore I will be sending home a copy of the spelling words with the kids at the beginning of each week (this weeks words will go home on Tuesday instead on Monday due to some behind the scenes errors). This list is up to you to use how you see best for your child. We will still be writing the words everyday in class. If you feel they should do this at home as well, then go for it. If you want to use it as practice tests, then you can use it that way. If you would like for it just to be a study guide for Friday's tests, that is fine as well. I just want to make sure there was a hard copy for you all to have for the sake of studying before Friday.

Social Studies:  We will be comparing and contrasting life long ago and life today, looking at schools, homes, communication, entertainment, and transportation. We will be researching and writing all about these 5 areas in our own little books.

iPad Apps:  Please remember that these iPads are not for personal use, they were issued for school purposes and must be used as such. The only apps that should be downloaded are those that have been requested by your child's teacher this year. The kids may not be downloading games or you tube from the app store, as these are not needed for school use. The are taking up storage space, but even more concerning are the kids are trying to get on the apps and play with them during school time. We cannot go in and delete individual apps, our media specialist has to do a reset on the whole iPad, which wipes everything clean. Then we have to download everything we do want, which means Zoom, Google Classroom, etc....again. This is quite the process. If we are at a point where we are wiping your child's iPad and they return with games downloaded, and they are playing on those games during class time we may opt to just reset again and keep your child's iPad at school instead of sending it home. Here are the only apps we need downloaded at this point:

• Zoom
• Google Classroom
• Razz Kids (Kids A-Z)
• Lexia
• Dreambox (Both, apparently)
• Nearpod
• Some may have Google Slides and Zearn and Nat Geo (Reach for Reading)  - those are fine

Please note I will never ask them to download any type of game, and these things should not be put on there from home. Thank you for your understanding.

Tutoring at the FRC:  The FRC is once again offering free tutoring at the Family Resource Center. They are offering reading and math support for all grades. They are half hour slots and parents must transport their students.  Parents can register at https://fusd1.ce.eleyo.com/.

Short and sweet this week! Have a great rest of the week. -Ms. Shaw