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

Week of Sept. 24-28th

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

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar: verbs

Math:
Chapter 3: Place Value
vocabulary: regroup, digit, place value

Social Studies:
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. win
2. inch
3. fabric
4. can
5. want
6. was
7. the
8. because
9. family
10. off
11. said
12. are
13. spot
14. help
15. went
16. nut
17. shrug
18. some
19. from
20. of
21. size
22. same
23. beside
24. flake
25. give

Here are the tests your child will have on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling test


***Don't forget...Jog-a-Thon pledges are due this FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!***

Week of Sept. 17-21st

 

Well, I should get an "F" for failure to update the blog last week! I am so sorry that the week went by and I completely forgot to update the information!!!!

Here is this week's info:

Reading:
story: Julius
comperehension focus: story structure
vocaulary words: crumbs, imitation, noise, slurped, spread

**The review that goes with this story isn't the best. If you would like your child to bring their book home so that they can review it...they are more than welcome!**

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar focus: nouns

Math:
Chapter 2: Data and Graphs
vocabulary words: bar graph, picture graph, range, and mode

Social Studies
Unit 6: People Make a Difference
-heroes
-inventors

This week's spelling words:

Long Vowels CVC “a” and “i”
1. bite
2.late
3.ate
4.size
5.made
6.same
7.hide
8.fine
9.side
10. beside
11. trace
12. stripe
13. state
14. flake
15. shake
16. sunshine
Challenge Words:
17. give
18. have
19. mistake
20. write

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling test
Julius test
Grammar test - identifying nouns in a sentence
Chapter 2 math test

Week of Sept. 4-7th

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

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories


Math:
We are finishing up Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families and will be starting Chapter 2: Graphs and Data

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

Here are this week's spelling words:


Frequently Misspelled Words
1. the
2.will
3.have
4.as
5.are
6.our
7.you
8.they
9.said
10. any
11. been
12. off
13. was
14. it
15. your
16. there
Challenge Words:
17. because
18. family
19. once
20. while

Here are the tests your child will have this Friday in class:
Daily Language quiz
Daily Math quiz
Dragon Gets By test
Grammar test - complete and incomplete sentences
Chapter 1 math test
Spelling test


**Don't forget that Scoops and Jazz is this THURSDAY! Be sure to order your tickets no later than Wednesday...HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!