Week of March 12-16th

Reading:
focus story: The Art Lesson
comprehension focus: author's purpose
vocabulary words: chalk, copy, crayons, powders, practice, ruin, smock

Language:
grammar focus: prefixes: pre-, dis-, un-, and re-
writing genre: expository

Math:
Chapter 18: Measurement
vocabulary words: inches, centimeters, hour, longer, shorter, minute, second, hour, quarter-hour, half-hour

This week's spelling words:
1. zoo
2. tooth
3. hook
4. moon
5. book
6. soon
7. took
8. good
9. room
10. cartoon
11. rooster
12. crook
13. look
14. who
15. you
16. hoof
Challenge Words:
17. choose
18. moose
19. cookbook
20. balloon

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
The Art Lesson test
Spelling test

***Next week we will be taking the LAFT and MAFT tests for the 3rd quarter! Please try and make sure that your child gets plenty of sleep and rest so that they are ready to do their personal best. :o)

Week of March 6-9th

Reading:
focus story: Thunder Cake
comprehension focus: author's purpose
vocabulary words: bolt, horizon, lightning, rumbled, thunder, weather

Language:
writing genre: expository text
grammar focus: prefixes and suffixes

Math:
Chapter 17: More About Fractions

This week's spelling words:
1.batted
2. running
3. clapped
4. stopped
5. getting
6. shopping
7. stepped
8. hugging
9. pinned
10. sitting
11. telling
12. missed
13. jogging
14. cutting
15. rubbed
16. dipped
Challenge Words:
17. snapped
18. strapped
19. skipping
20. wrapping
Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Reading test: Thunder Cake
Grammar: when to use is/are or was/were

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

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

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

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