Week of Oct. 7-11th

Well, to say that I have been bad at keeping you all updated is an UNDERSTATEMENT! I am so sorry...the last few weeks have been a bit hectic. Hopefully I can get us back on track. :)

READING
focus story: Babu's Song
comprehension focus: characters, setting, and plot
vocabulary words: collection, concern, exclaimed, figure, vendors

LANGUAGE
genre: narrative - using a tpoic sentence, details, and closing sentence
grammar: nouns

MATH
Chapter 2: Numbers to 1,000
**test on Wednesday**

This week's spelling words:
1. jay
2. may
3. wait
4. sail
5. train
6. hay
7. main
8. tail
9. pay
10. stay
11. raid
12. plain
13. staying
14. haystack
15. whale
16. wrote
17. nose
18. island
19. special
20. though

 These are the tests your child will take on Friday:

Spelling test

Daily Language

Daily Math

Reading test

 

 

Week of Sept. 16-20th

READING
story: Their Native Tongue
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary words: ancestors, heritage, local, native, reclaim, traditions

LANGUAGE
grammar focus: identifying the subject in a sentence
genre: narrative writing

MATH
Chapter 2: Numbers to 1,000
vocabulary: compare, hundred, greater than, less than, equal to, thousand

Here are this week's spelling words:
Their Native Tongue1. ate
2. cape
3. bake
4. back
5. mad
6. cap
7. bag
8. ham
9. rake
10. made
11. safety
12. flames
13. male
14. clapping
15. backed
16. making
17. rake
18. brake
19. understand
20. language

Your child will have the following tests on Friday:
Spelling
Daily Language
Daily Math
Reading test: Their Native Tongue

 

 

 

Week of Sept. 9-13th

Hello...welcome to the online home of "all things Room 9." :) Sorry for the late update...I am normally much more on top of things. Yikes!!!

Here is what our week is going to look like:

READING:
story: Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea
comprehension focus: story plot: characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem, and solution
vocabulary words: company, delighted, enjoyed, share, thinning, wonderful

LANGUAGE:
grammar focus: types of sentences - periods, question marks, exclamation points
writing genre: narrative - using a story starter/topic sentence

MATH:
Chapter 1: Numbers to 1,000
vocabulary words: even, odd, digit, ones, tens, place value

Here are this week's spelling words:

1. pet
2. tell
3. hut
4. job
5. bun
6. fog
7. tug
8. not
9. went
10. telling
11. peppy
12. sock
13. foggy
14. crops
15. tugged
16. fluffy
17. muffin
18. bathtub
19. another
20. unwrap
Your child will have the following tests on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Reading - Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea

 

 

Feb. 25-March 1st

Reading:focus story: Carousel
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: angry, fussed, grumbled, grumpily, moaned, promised

Language:
grammar focus: past tense verbs
writing genre: expository writing

Math:
Chapter 19: Telling Time

This week's spelling words:
1. puppy
2. baby
3. lucky
4. happy
5. very
6. lady
7. funny
8. silly
9. many
10. only
11. hobby
12. study
13. sticky
14. city
15. sorry
16. angry
Challenge Words:
17. heavy
18. dirty
19. noisy
20. cookie
Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Reading - Carousel
Grammar - past tense verbs

Feb. 19-22nd

Reading:focus story: Jalapeno Bagels
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: bakery, customer, culture, dough, ingredients, recipe

Language:
writing genre: expository
grammar focus: past tense verbs and contractions

Math:
Chapter 18: Measurement
Chapter 19: Telling time


This week's spelling words:


1. I’ll
2. we’ve
3. I’m
4. you’re
5. isn’t
6. didn’t
7. you’ll
8. I’ve
9. it’s
10. we’ll
11. can’t
12. that’s
13. she’ll
14. wasn’t
15. doesn’t
16. aren’t
Challenge Words:
17. weren’t
18. couldn’t
19. won’t
20. shouldn’t
Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Grammar - past tense verbs
Spelling test
Reading test - Jalapeno Bagels

Feb. 4-9th

Readingstory: The Great Ball Game
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: accept, advantage, argument, penalty, quarrel

Language:
writing genre: expository
grammar skills: plural possessives

Math:
Chapter 17: fractions
vocabulary: fraction, whole, equal parts

This week's spelling words:
1. boat
2.cold
3.road
4.blow
5.gold
6.old
7.load
8.snow
9.hold
10. most
11. toe
12. do
13. soap
14. most
15. rainbow
16. coast
Challenge Words:
17. oatmeal
18. rowboat
19. pillow
20. yellow

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
The Great Ball Game test
Grammar test - plural possessives
Spelling test

Week of Jan. 7-11th

I hope everyone had a wonderful Winter Break! We are diving right back into our routine this week. Just a friendly reminder that next week is the end of the 2nd quarter. We will be taking our LAFT and MAFT tests next week!!! Please make sure that your child gets lots of rest and eats a good breakfast...they will be working hard!

Reading:focus story: Officer Buckle and Gloria
**We will be working on this story for 2 weeks!**
comprehension focus: problem and solution
vocabulary words: attention, accident, audience, commands, officer, safety

Language:
grammar: pronouns, plural nouns, and syllables
writing genre: opinion

Math:
Chapter 15: 3D Shapes

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
Grammar - pronouns