1. SANDERS’ SCOOP
FEBRUARY 11-15
In writing, we are continuing to improve our writing
pieces and make our readers want to read them
1. animal 11. natural
more and more! We are also working on revising our
2. brother 12. needle
own compositions. This is a critical step in the
writing process that we tend to skip the most. 3. calendar 13. oval
4. caterpillar 14. paddle
5. chicken 15. pitcher
Congratulations to Vanessa and Alana for “Beating 6. deliver 16. predict
the Facts” this week! Keep studying those facts!! 7. eleven 17. humble
8. frighten 18. aquatic
9. jungle 19. dedicate
Monday—Thursday—Math homework
Tuesday-Read Encantado
10. mumble 20. aquarium
Thursday—Writing assignment is due
Words for this week’s writing: there, their, they’re,
We will finish up Topic 12 and begin on Topic 13,
very
“Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Decimals on the
All week - Practice spelling and study mult facts
Number Line” this week! This can be a hard concept so
ask your students about number lines to help them at
home! Study your multiplication facts!!
My E-mail address : mistisanders@lorenaisd.net
Just a reminder that your child is writing a story My Conference Time : 2:00-3:05
each week. The words will be listed in the newslet- LES Phone Number : 254-857-4613
ter in the Homework Helper section. I have told the
students to be sure they have a catchy introduction
(Ba Da Bing, sound, etc.) and a conclusion. They also Story of the Week:
need to tell a story and use the words in context. Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon
I read some GREAT papers last week!!
Skill of the Week:
Cause and Effect
February 11 Progress Reports/Turn in canvas!! Vocabulary Words
February 11-15 Friendship Week aquarium—building used for showing collections of live
February 12 STAAR Family Night fish, water animals, & water plants.
February 14 Valentine’s Day Party @ 1:00 pm dolphins—sea mammals related to the whale, but
February 18 Bad Weather Day smaller; they have beaklike snouts & remarkable
February 20 & 21 Mock Math and Reading STAAR intelligence.
February 26 Six Flags Reading forms are due enchanted—delighted greatly; charmed.
March 11-15 Spring Break flexible—easily bent; not stiff; bending without
breaking.
glimpses —very quick looks.
Our Student Spotlight this week is Tyler Pauly! pulses—regular, measured beats.
Tyler has done a good job this week in and out of surface—the top of the ground or soil, or a body of
the classroom. water or other liquid.