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Hello! My name is Ms. Bigler. I am excited for our year of learning together!  Please feel free to contact me at any time.  Email: kbigler@dsdmail.net School Phone: 801-402-2000

Classroom News

Ms. Bigler’s Weekly Newsletter

April 28-May 2, 2025

I appreciate your support in helping get your student ready for the Acadience Math testing.

Please have your child read out loud for you and then tell you what they read. Please read, read, read, Monday and Tuesday Night. We have Testing on Wednesday. 

 This Week: 

-EOY Acadience Reading testing on Wednesday, April 30, 2025

-Please help your child be successful by reading the two passages (one minute for each passage every night), then doing a retell (for one minute for each passage). Start where you left off the night before. Work on Nonsense Words (one minute each night).  (Homework pages will help.)

-Get them to bed so they will get plenty of sleep.

-Have them eat breakfast.

Upcoming Events: 

-Wear Purple on Fridays this month to support the Military families at our school.

Homework: Unit 7 Lessons 4-8, Focus Two Reading Passage, Nonsense Words, Skills pages, Spelling Test.

Return: (Please write your name or student number on each page.)

• Read the Focus Page  (Spelling word for this Wednesday's assessment)
• Nonsense Words (one minute each night)
• Two Reading passages, "Rain, Rain, You Can Stay" and "The Play" (Read for one minute each night, then retell what you read for one minute )
• Complete the skills pages ( Spelling words, Read the stories, and do work pages).  

Birthday Week:

(Bring a favorite book to share with the class. Your parents can read the book, you can read the book, or I can read it. The best time to have the parents come in to read the book would be 3:10 Monday-Thursday and 1:10 on Fridays and any early out day.) If you would like to bring in a treat for the class, we have 22 students. We have a student who is allergic to red dye. If you need to change to a different week, please contact me.     

April and May  

Coraline     28-May 2nd   

Jordan         5-9

Bruno          12-16                                                                                           

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING!

Skills:  Unit 7, Lessons 4-8

Spelling test Words: hand, pitch, knocked, knitting, wrapper, by, fade, drinking 

Phonemic Awareness: Long o, Long e, Long a

Two-Syllable Words: sopping, dinner, outside, finished, summer, Spanish

Multisyllable Words: Mexican, foolish, tribute, September, British

Phonics: Vowel teams 

Long a spelled 

> a-e (cake, gate, safe, escape )                                                                                                                                   

> ai (pain, rain, hair, explain, mail, wait, Spain, holiday, pay)                                                                                                             

>ay (day, Kay, play, say, stray, today, display, way)                                                                                                                               

taught in 2nd grade  >ea (great), ey (hay), and eigh (eight)

Tricky Words: Mexico, your, talk, Hidalgo 

-Reading: "Dinner With Kay", "The Red Dish", "The Holiday", "In the Mail" 

Words in the stories: Read all word lists written under the Skills section.

• Phrases: 
  • "in charge", and "can't make out" 
• Vocabulary: brags, stuff, saying, brave, foolish, stuffs, tribute, British

Grammar: Proper Nouns (Name of person, place, or thing), Common Nouns (he, she, dog, cat, hat...), Noun-Verb Agreement, Conjunctions (and, but, or, so...), Inflectional Endings (ed or ing), Root Words, and Commas in a series.               

Writing: 

Knowledge: Unit 10, Lessons 9-12

 -Learning: We will learn about "A New Nation: American Independence." 

-Reading "Never Leave Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today", Building a Nation with Words and Ideas", "Liberty and Justice for All?" "What Do a Flag, a Bell, and an Eagle Have in Common?"

-Comprehension: During the next several days, your student will learn about the events that led
to the birth of the United States of America. They will learn about the thirteen original
colonies, the Boston Tea Party, the shot heard round the world, and the Declaration of Independence
Independence and the legend of Betsy Ross.

-Vocabulary: almanac, apprentice, invention, anniversary, architecture, domed, University, equally, justice, liberty, seal, and symbols.

Math: Chapter 12, Lessons 8-12 Two-Dimensional Geometry equal, not equal, fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8

Social Studies: Junior Achievement (goods and services, wants and needs...)

Science: 

Daily Schedule:

- School starts at 8:55

-Morning work and story 8:55-9:05

-Math 9:05-9:4

-Recess 9:45-10:00

-Phonics Skills 10:00-11:00

-Lunch and Recess 11:00-11:35

-Language Knowledge: 11:35-12:15

-Calendar and Haggerty 12:15-12:30

-Reading and math interventions 12:30- 1:45

**Fridays Early Out 1:30**

-Recess 1:45-2:00

-Prep 2:00-2:45 Mon. Library (2:00-2:30), Tues. Computers, Wed. STEAM, Thur. PE (wear good running shoes).

-Snack, Writing, Science, Social Studies, Social Skills, 2:45-3:15

-Clean up and go home: 3:15-3:30