Week of April 23-27th

Reading:

Focus Story: Social Studies: Unit 5: People in the Marketplace**We have finished all of the stories in our anthology…we will now be using a chapter from our social studies books as our focus for each week.
Vocabulary Words:Bank, factory, goods, services, trade, wants

Math:
Division
Vocabulary words:Divide, division sentence, remainder

This week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. cold
2. party
3. think
4. boat
5. thank
6. smart
7. road
8. sing
9. hand
10. load
11. farm
12. thing
13. blow
14. most
15. send
16. bring
17. snow
18. friend
19. anyone
20. barnyard
21. pillow
22. rainbow
23. wrong
24. belong
25. oatmeal

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Social Studies Unit 5
Spelling

Week of April 10-13th

Reading:
focus story: The School Mural
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary words: event, mural, pride, project, scene, sketches

Language:
writing genre: narrative
grammar focus: comparing adjectives examples: smaller, smallest, shorter, shortest, etc.

Math:
Chapter 20: multiplication

This week's spelling words:
1. liked
2. hoping
3. baked
4. using
5. chased
6. making
7. closed
8. hiding
9. named
10. riding
11. saved
12. joked
13. waving
14. taped
15. driving
16. pasted
Challenge Words:
17. teasing
18. decided
19. surprised
20. pleased

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Spelling Test
Daily Language
Daily Math
Reading test - The School Mural
Chapter 20 math test

Week of March 26-30th

Reading:
focus story: Moses Goes to a Concert
comprehension focus: author's purpose
vocabulary words: deaf, hearing, instruments, percussion, signs, vibration

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

Math:
Multiplication
vocabulary words: equal groups, multiply, array

This week's spelling words:
1. sky
2. find
3. night
4. high
5. fly
6. try
7. light
8. dry
9. right
10. mind
11. tiny
12. tiger
13. July
14. wild
15. eye
16. buy
Challenge Words:
17. firefly
18. flight
19. siren
20. tightrope

***Due to the Mutli-cutlural Food Faire we will take our READING TEST ON THURSDAY!!!!

Here are Friday's test:
Spelling
Daily language
Daily Math

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