Monday, August 29, 2011

Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2nd

Welcome! Here is a look at what the students in room 9 will be learning about this week:

Reading:
story: Dragon Gets By
skill focus: story structure
vocabulary words: vegetables, shopping, shopper, balanced, diet, dairy and hungry

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories
grammar: complete and incomplete sentences

Math:
Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families

Social Studies:
Character Counts!
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:

1. hat
2. bag
3. as
4. am
5. has
6. pig
7. win
8. is
9. six
10. his
11. fabric
12. mask
13. plant
14. visit
15. picnic
16. inch
Challenge Words:
17. was
18. want
19. been
20. I


Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language quiz
Daily Math quiz
Reading comprehension - not based on Dragon Gets By
Spelling test
Grammar test - complete/incomplete sentences

***Please do not forget to attend Back to School Night on Thursday, Sept. 1st! Mrs. Wiens will have a welcome back at 6:00. Classroom presentations will be 6:30-7:00 and 7:15-7:45. Hope to see you there!!!!

***I am working on the volunteer schedule...it will be coming to you soon!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of the parents in room 9 for your EXTREME generosity!!!! All of these supplies were brought in on the very first day of school!!!