Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 2nd

Reading:story: Around the Pond
comprehension focus: summarize
vocabulary words: bank, crater, edge, moss, path, shallow

Language Arts:
genre: writing an opinion
grammar: exclammations and commas in dates, letters, and a series of things

Math:
Chapter 7: Counting Coins and Dollars

This week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. lost
2. these
3. glad
4. grass
5. hope
6. cute
7. trip
8. swim
9. off
10. egg
11. next
12. brave
13. bone
14. use
15. add
16. stone
17. little
18. really
19. goes
20. were
21. caught
22. climb
23. spell
24. write
25. wrote

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Around the Pond test
Chapter 7 math test
Spelling test

Week of Oct. 22-25th

**Don't forget...NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY!!!**

Reading:
story: Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett
*As of this week...we will only be studying each story for 1 week!*
comprehension focus: summarize
vocabulary: exploring, habitat, protect, ranger, tours, urban

Language:
grammar: command sentences
writing genre: narrative
Math:
Chapter 7: Counting Dollars and Coins

Science:
Chapter 3: Rocks, Soil, and Fossils

This week's spelling words:

Words With Double Consonants
1. bell
2.off
3.all
4.mess
5.add
6.hill
7.well
8.egg
9.will
10. grass
11. brass
12. skill
13. cliff
14. pull
15. sniff
16. spell
Challenge Words:
17. address
18. guess
19. across
20. little

Here are the tests your child will take this THURSDAY:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett
spelling

Week of October 15-19th

Reading:story: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
comprehension focus: compare and contrast
vocabulary words: backpack, campfire, camping, hike, lanterns, tents

Math:
Chapter 6: Counting Coins
vocabulary: cent sign, quarter, half dollar, dime, nickel, penny

***This week we are taking our end of the quarter assessments, LAFT (language arts) and MAFT (math.) I will have these results to share with you during conferences.***

Here are this week's spelling words:
Consonant Clusters
1. trip
2.swim
3.step
4.nest
5.club
6.stone
7.next
8.brave
9.glad
10. frog
11. stop
12. flower
13. glove
14. bride
15. stamp
16. storm
Challenge Words:
17. branches
18. insect
19. trumpet
20. climb
These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Henry and Mudge reading test
Grammar test - statements and questions
Spelling test

***Don't forget...this week is the last week of the 1st quarter! Friday is the deadline for AR...your child needs to have 8 points in order to earn Rockin' Ram Reader for the 1st quarter.

***Thank you for all of your hard work planning the Riverfest Carnival! Don't forget to come out and celebrate with us on Friday 4:00-8:30 p.m.

Week of Oct. 8-12th

Reading
story: Henry and Mudge: The Starry Night
comprehension focus: compare and contrast
vocabulary words: backpack, campfire, camping, hike, lanterns, tents

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar - sentence or question
*question words: who, what, where, when, why, how, does, did, can, will, should, could, would, may, is, are, etc.

Math:
Chapter 6: Coins
vocabulary: cent sign, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar
**The more practice you give your child to count money...the better!
-count their allowance
-count pocket change
-count coins found in the car, sofa, laundry, etc.
-figure out which coins/dollars they will need to buy a treat at the store
-make their age and relatives' age in coins

Social Studies:
Life Then and Now

This week's spelling words:
1. am
2.on
3.come
4.does
5.goes
6.from
7.want
8.her
9.their
10. there
11. here
12. hear
13. play
14. huge
15. write
16. right
Challenge Words:
17. really
18. caught
19. urban
20. protect

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling

Week of Oct. 1-5th

Reading
story: Mrs. Brown Went to Town
comprehension focus: compare/contrast
vocabulary: commotion, delivered, feathers, released, tire, wearing

Language:
grammar: verbs
genre: personal narrative

Math:
We are finishing up Chapter 3 and starting Chapter 4 this week!
We will have our Chapter 3 test on WEDNESDAY!!!

Chapter 4: Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 200
vocabulary: greater than, less than, equal to, before, after, between, round

Social Studies:
Unit 6: People Make a Difference
This week's spelling words:

Long Vowel sounds VCV “o”, “e”, and “u”
1. bone
2.use
3.these
4.close
5.those
6.rope
7.cute
8.mule
9.drove
10. nose
11. globe
12. joke
13. alone
14. wrote
15. cube
16. stove
Challenge Words:
17. one
18. goes
19. refuse
20. were

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Mrs. Brown Goes to Town
Spelling test
Grammar test - verbs