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

Week of December 10-14th

Reading
We do not have a focus story this week. We are taking a small break from our reading book to do a fun Holidays Around the World Unit.

Comprehension focus: main idea and details

Language
grammar: plural nouns
dividing words into syllables
writing genre: opinion

Math
2-3 digit subtraction with regrouping

This week's spelling words:

Frequently Misspelled Words
1. do
2.to
3.too
4.two
5.myself
6.name
7.time
8.went
9.been
10. little
11. how
12. who
13. what
14. where
15. when
16. why
 Challenge Words:
17. beautiful
18. great
19. people
20. please

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Math test - regrouping
Grammar test - plural nouns
Spelling test

Nov. 26-30th

Reading:story: Big Bushy Mustache
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary: bushy, costume, disguise, handsome, mirror, mustache

Language:
writing genre: opinion
grammar: commas in a series/list, dates, and in a friendly letter

Math:
Chapter 11: 2 digit subtraction

This week's spelling words:

Vowel Sound in “Cow”
1. town
2.house
3.sour
4.frown
5.cow
6.clown
7.found
8.how
9.mouse
10. brown
11. mount
12. pouch
13. tower
14. around
15. couch
16. outside
Challenge Words:
17. could
18. should
19. prowl
20. crowded

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Big Bushy Mustache

Nov. 12-16th

**Don't forget that Friday is our Bountiful Bash and pajama day! Also, all field trip permission slips are due!!**

Reading: story: A Trip to the Firehouse
comprehension focus: summarizing

Language Arts:
grammar: proper nouns and commas
writing genre: opinion

Math:
2 digit addition with regrouping

This week's spelling words:
1. train
2.way
3.mail
4.play
5.trail
6.pay
7.sail
8.hay
9.nail
10. rain
11. paid
12. braid
13. aim
14. wait
15. payday
16. subway
Challenge Words:
17. railroad
18. afraid
19. playground
20. straight

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
A Trip to the Firehouse test
Proper noun test

Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 2nd

Reading:story: Around the Pond
comprehension focus: summarize
vocabulary words: bank, crater, edge, moss, path, shallow

Language Arts:
genre: writing an opinion
grammar: exclammations and commas in dates, letters, and a series of things

Math:
Chapter 7: Counting Coins and Dollars

This week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. lost
2. these
3. glad
4. grass
5. hope
6. cute
7. trip
8. swim
9. off
10. egg
11. next
12. brave
13. bone
14. use
15. add
16. stone
17. little
18. really
19. goes
20. were
21. caught
22. climb
23. spell
24. write
25. wrote

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Around the Pond test
Chapter 7 math test
Spelling test