Volume 6, Issue 9
West Elementary School
Upcoming Events
5/5 – Class Pictures
5/5 – Cinco de Mayo rotation
5/6-5/15 – Buy One Get One
Free Book Fair
5/8 – West Winner Day
5/8 - April Reading Reward
Recess
5/11 – 2nd Grade Visit
5/13 – Market 1:30-3:05
5/15 – West Winner Day
5/15 – Auction @ 12:40
5/15 – Spring Fling Party @ 2:30
5/19 – Book It Celebration @
9:15
5/19 – Play Day in p.m.
5/20 – Birthday Dinner @ 11:45
5/20 – Safety Speakers 12:45-
2:15
5/21 – Safety Speakers 10:00-
11:30
5/21 – Last Day of School
Thank You!!!
I want to thank everyone
for a great year. Your sup-
port is illustrated by every-
thing our class has accom-
plished this year. Thanks
again and have a wonder-
ful summer!
May
Wamego, KS
McCune Monthly
Contact Info
Please remember that I am always
willing to answer questions or listen
to any other feedback you have.
Please feel free to call (456-8333
ext. 3116) me or email
(mccunea@usd320.com) me any
time.
Class Blog
You can visit our blog at: http://
mccune3rdgrade.blogspot.com/
I hope that you have found this use-
ful. If you have any suggestions for
how I could utilize this next year,
please let me know.
Book It Celebration
The second grade classes will be
coming to visit West on May 11th.
The second graders will be intro-
duced to the building and will also
be joining us for lunch.
We will be having our Book It cele-
bration on May 19. This celebration
will be for students who turned in
their calendar for at least 5 of the 6
Homework
Please remember to supervise your
child during homework time. Each
student should be completing the
following as part of their homework
routine:
 Reading (20 minutes mini-
mum)
 Math facts (5 minutes mini-
mum)
 Study spelling words
Please remember to record the
number of minutes practiced and
sign your child’s reading and math
calendars.
Library Books
All students need to have their li-
brary books turned in no later than
May 8th. We have several books in
our classroom library that students
may read during the day.
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Reading
Each group is going to be
working on finishing up
their current reading group
books soon. We will also
be taking the Rigby Reads
post test as well as an end
of the year fluency check
in the next couple of
weeks.
Language Arts
Our current word study
theme includes consonant
doubling when adding a
suffix and syllables.
Science
We are finishing our study of
soil and the Earth during the
first week of the month. We
will be covering a variety of
material this month. Time
will be spent learning about
personal safety. Members of
the community will be
speaking to us about topics
including bike safety, water
safety, being home alone,
appropriate touch, and per-
sonal hygiene. Our speakers
are planning to present on
May 20th & 21st.
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Social Studies
We will wrap up our Mini
Society unit this month.
Students are currently
working on finalizing their
business plans and prepar-
ing for market. Market is
scheduled for May 13th.
Students will have an op-
portunity to spend the
money they have earned
at our auction which is
scheduled for May 15th.
Spelling
Our final two spelling tests
will be on May 8th and May
15th.
Summer Practice
I hope that you have a fun
and safe summer! Your
children have worked hard
and gained a lot of new in-
formation this year. Please
give your child opportuni-
ties to read and practice
their math facts over the
summer.
Math
Our current unit focuses
on viewing and drawing 3D
shapes. Our next unit will
build on what the students
have learned about multi-
plication and division. We
will continue to practice
this on our DPPs and in re-
view activities.
Please focus on practicing
addition and subtraction
facts if your child has not
passed these timed tests.
Learning these basic facts
will help in later units.
Spending time practicing
counting money and telling
time would also be benefi-
cial! These are lifelong
skills that some students
struggle with.
Second Grade
Visit
The second grade classes
will be coming to visit
West on May 11th. The
second graders will be in-
troduced to the building
and will also be joining us
for lunch.
Please call or email me if
you have any questions
about the content of this
newsletter. Thanks!