January 16-20

I hope you enjoy your Monday off!!  This is the last week of the nine weeks.  Report cards go home the 26th!

We will be reading The Quilt Story this week!

Spelling Words (Test Friday)

ankle    title    apple   cable  purple    able    bugle   bundle  

bubble    giggle    sparkle    tickle   mumble    scramble   twinkle  

Skills for this week:

Reading: Syllables; Compare & Contrast/Story Structure; Reading and Vocabulary Test will be Friday!

Language: Adjectives

Math: Subtraction

Social Studies:  Martin Luther King

Science: Dinosaurs; Test Thursday

Week of November 28

SO sorry I have not posted in a while!! I hope that you all had a good and restful Thanksgiving!!!  Things are going well in the class....just staying busy!!  I will be back on track next week for sure!!!

Week of November 4

It's a short week!! YEAH!!!


We will be reviewing Unit 2 this week.  There will not be a selection test or vocabulary test this week.  There WILL be a test on the high-frequency words though. 

**Please take note that there are several children who have been / are sick.  I ask that you please keep them home until they are well!  I don’t want other children, as well as myself and family, to get sick.  It is MPS policy that if your child has a fever, they must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.**

 

Due to the fact that students are sick, we are in need to Clorox wipes and Lysol in the class to help reduce germs as much as possible!

Reading- Review Unit 2

Spelling- NONE

Grammar/Language - Review Unit 2

Math

Subtraction

Science

Sound

Social Studies

Indians- Test Thursday

 

Oops!

Okay, so it appears that I did not post last weeks blog! I worked on it and THOUGHT I published it.....Sorry!!!

Week of October 31st

Happy Halloween!! Thursday and Friday of last week were crazy!  I am sure everyone will be in full force Monday and Tuesday with lots of energy, and then will come off the sugar high by Wednesday!  Remember, we still have work to do!!

Reading
We will be reading A Turkey for Thanksgiving with the question of the week being about celebrations.  The focus this week is on drawing conclusions.  Feel free to offer examples to your child and assist them in drawing conclusions.  The Reading and Vocabulary/Amazing Words test will be Thursday!

Spelling
We will be discussing long a: a, ai, ay.

tail    main    wait    say    away    play    raise    brain    paint

stay    today    tray   holiday   daily   raisin

Grammer
The skill is possessive nouns.  We are going to be practicing this a lot!

Math


Science
Sound will be the focus this week.

Social Studies
We will continue our discussion on Indians. This week we will be focusing on The Sioux and The Intuit.

Reminders:

• I am in DESPERATE need of white copy paper! If you are able to donate some, that would be great!
• Read those AR books!
• Nancy's Italian Ice- $1 (Tuesday)
• Slush- $1 (Thursday)
• I will be sending a Scholastic Book Order form home later on this month!  Books make WONDERFUL gifts!

Week of October 24th

We have started the 2nd Nine Weeks!  WOW...time has already flown by!! 

Reading
This week we will be reading Bremen Town Musicians, with our question of the week being "When should we work together? When should we work alone?"  We will be discussing the Author's Purpose in writing.  The Reading and Vocabulary Tests will be Thursday.

Spelling
The words this week deal with plurals (-s, -es, -ies).  Please study the words with your child!

note   notes   lunch   lunches   story   stories   tune   tunes

switch   switches   baby   babies   crumbs   supplies   centuries

Grammer

The skill is plural nouns that change spelling.   This can be a little tricky!

Math

We start subtraction and fact families.  The homework packet has LOTS of subtraction sheets to do because this skill is VERY important!

Science

TEST TUESDAY!  I gave the students the Study Guide back when they turned in their homework packet if it was not torn out already!  We will review on Monday!

Social Studies

We start our study of Indians.  This study will last until Thanksgiving!  We will discuss different Indian tribes!  You will be receiving information about the Timeline Project.

Reminders

• Report Cards go home Thursday!
• Fall Festival is Thursday (5:30-7:30).  It should be lots of fun!
• Nancy's Italian Ice- Tuesday $1
• Slush- Thursday $1

Sorry

I had a meeting this afternoon that I was not aware of, therefore signed papers will go home tomorrow (Wednesday 10/19).  I am sorry!