Week of Jan. 23-27th

It is the start of the 3rd quarter already...how did that happen? Report cards will be coming home on Friday. I will also be sending home a report on how your child did on our LAFT and MAFT test for the 2nd quarter.

Reading:
focus story: Ant - we will be working on this story for 2 weeks!!!
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: antennae, colonies, cocoons, fungus, and larvae

Language:
grammar focus: quotation marks and possessive nouns
writing genre: expository writing

Math:
relating addition and subtraction

Social Studies:
Using Our Resouces

This week's spelling words:
1. king
2.thank
3.hand
4.sing
5.send
6.think
7.bring
8.bang
9.end
10. thing
11. and
12. long
13. drink
14. wink
15. skunk
16. grand
Challenge Words:
17. wrong
18. belong
19. second
20. young

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Quotation Mark test

Week of Jan. 9-13th

Reading:
focus story: Officer Buckle and Gloria
comprehension focus: problem and solution
vocabulary words: attention, accident, audience, commands, officer, safety

Language:
grammar: pronouns and quotation marks

Math:
Chapter 26 - 3 digit subtraction with regrouping
***Math test on THURSDAY!***

Science:
Using Our Resources

This week's spelling list:
1. car
2.smart
3.arm
4.yard
5.part
6.party
7.hard
8.barn
9.farm
10. park
11. carpet
12. march
13. target
14. market
15. large
16. harvest
Challenge Words:
17. barnyard
18. apartment
19. warm
20. cartwheel
Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Reading test - Officer Buckle and Gloria
Grammar - pronouns

Week of January 3-6th

Welcome back everyone! I hope that you had a wonderful Winter Break and enjoyed lots of time with your loved ones. :o)

Here is what we will be working on this week:

Reading:
focus story: Jamaica Louise James
vocabulary words: booth, plaque, station, subway, token
comprehension focus: problem and solution

Language:
genre: opinion
grammar: irregular plurals ex: man/men, mouse/mice, tooth/teeth

Math:
Chapter 26 - 3 digit subtraction

Science:
Using Resources

This week's spelling words:
1. clean
2.keep
3.please
4.feel
5.we
6.be
7.eat
8.tree
9.mean
10. read
11. beaver
12. beaker
13. between
14. least
15. stream
16. beehive
Challenge Words:
17. early
18. sneeze
19. creature
20. treasure

These are the tests your child will take this week:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Grammar - irregular plurals
Reading - Jamaica Louise James
Spelling