May 09

Volume 6, Issue 9 May
West Elementary School

Wamego, KS
McCune Monthly
Upcoming Events Contact Info Homework
5/5 – Class Pictures
5/5 – Cinco de Mayo rotation Please remember that I am always Please remember to supervise your
5/6-5/15 – Buy One Get One willing to answer questions or listen child during homework time. Each
Free Book Fair to any other feedback you have. student should be completing the
5/8 – West Winner Day
Please feel free to call (456-8333 following as part of their homework
5/8 - April Reading Reward
Recess ext. 3116) me or email routine:
5/11 – 2nd Grade Visit (mccunea@usd320.com) me any
5/13 – Market 1:30-3:05 time.  Reading (20 minutes mini-
5/15 – West Winner Day mum)
5/15 – Auction @ 12:40
5/15 – Spring Fling Party @ 2:30 Class Blog  Math facts (5 minutes mini-
5/19 – Book It Celebration @
9:15 mum)
You can visit our blog at: http://
5/19 – Play Day in p.m.
5/20 – Birthday Dinner @ 11:45 mccune3rdgrade.blogspot.com/  Study spelling words
5/20 – Safety Speakers 12:45-
2:15 I hope that you have found this use- Please remember to record the
5/21 – Safety Speakers 10:00- ful. If you have any suggestions for number of minutes practiced and
11:30
how I could utilize this next year, sign your child’s reading and math
5/21 – Last Day of School
please let me know. calendars.
Thank You!!!
Book It Celebration
I want to thank everyone
for a great year. Your sup-
port is illustrated by every- The second grade classes will be
thing our class has accom- coming to visit West on May 11th.
plished this year. Thanks The second graders will be intro-
Library Books
again and have a wonder-
ful summer! duced to the building and will also
be joining us for lunch.
All students need to have their li-
We will be having our Book It cele- brary books turned in no later than
bration on May 19. This celebration May 8th. We have several books in
will be for students who turned in our classroom library that students
their calendar for at least 5 of the 6 may read during the day.
Volume 6, Issue 9
Reading Social Studies Math

Each group is going to be We will wrap up our Mini Our current unit focuses
working on finishing up Society unit this month. on viewing and drawing 3D
their current reading group Students are currently shapes. Our next unit will
books soon. We will also working on finalizing their build on what the students
be taking the Rigby Reads business plans and prepar- have learned about multi-
post test as well as an end ing for market. Market is plication and division. We
of the year fluency check scheduled for May 13th. will continue to practice
in the next couple of Students will have an op- this on our DPPs and in re-
weeks. portunity to spend the view activities.
money they have earned
at our auction which is Please focus on practicing
Language Arts scheduled for May 15th.
addition and subtraction
facts if your child has not
Our current word study passed these timed tests.
theme includes consonant Learning these basic facts
doubling when adding a will help in later units.
suffix and syllables.
Spending time practicing
counting money and telling
time would also be benefi-
Science cial! These are lifelong
skills that some students
We are finishing our study of struggle with.
soil and the Earth during the
first week of the month. We
will be covering a variety of Second Grade
material this month. Time
will be spent learning about Spelling Visit
personal safety. Members of
the community will be Our final two spelling tests The second grade classes
speaking to us about topics will be on May 8th and May will be coming to visit
including bike safety, water 15th. West on May 11th. The
safety, being home alone, second graders will be in-
appropriate touch, and per- troduced to the building
sonal hygiene. Our speakers Summer Practice and will also be joining us
are planning to present on for lunch.
May 20th & 21st. I hope that you have a fun
and safe summer! Your
children have worked hard
Please call or email me if
and gained a lot of new in-
you have any questions
formation this year. Please
about the content of this
give your child opportuni-
newsletter. Thanks!
ties to read and practice
their math facts over the
summer.
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