Week of August 27-31st

Welcome! Here is a look at what the students in room 9 will be learning about this week:

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

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories
grammar: complete and incomplete sentences

Math:
Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families

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

Here are this week's spelling words:

1. hat
2. bag
3. as
4. am
5. has
6. pig
7. win
8. is
9. six
10. his
11. fabric
12. mask
13. plant
14. visit
15. picnic
16. inch
Challenge Words:
17. was
18. want
19. been
20. I

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


***Please do not forget to attend Back to School Night on Thursday, August 30th! Mrs. Wiens will have a welcome back at 5:30. Classroom presentations will be 5:45-6:15 and 6:30-7:15. Hope to see you there!!!!

***I am working on the volunteer schedule...it will be coming to you soon!

Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful first week of school! I know that we are going to have a wonderful year filled with lots of fun, learning, and so much more. Thank you for all of the supplies that were sent in and for returning all of the emergency/contact forms so quickly. Our class will be receiving popcicles next week for having 100% turned in. YIPEE!!! Don't forget that Back to School Night is coming up on August 30th. Classroom presentations start at 5:45. Remember, this evening is really for the parents only. Be sure to check back on Monday to see what we will be working on this wek in class. Enjoy your weekend! :o)

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