Monday, February 27, 2012

Week of Feb. 27- March 2nd

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 16: fractions

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
Math - Fractions

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Week of Feb. 21-24th

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 16: Fractions
vocabulary: whole, part, equal, fraction

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

Monday, February 6, 2012

Week of Feb. 6-10th

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

Language:
writing genre: expository
grammar skills: plural endings and plural possessives

Math:
Chapter 15: Solid shapes
vocabulary: faces, solid shape, vertex, edge

Social Studies:
Using our Resources

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