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We Are Learning
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Spelling Words
She’d
we’ll
haven’t
wasn’t
aren’t
Would’ve
doesn’t
that’s
page
cube
Moment
strike
basic
human
cellar
Challenge Words
o’clock
shouldn’t
For Worksheets and activities see planner. Test 9-16
Reading_ - realistic fiction
We will be identifying the genre, author’s purpose, sequencing and summarizing. We
will be learning to make connections, adjust reading speeds, and predicting. We will learn
about Author’s point of view and compare/contrast. We will be decoding long vowel
sound words this week. The Reading test will be on Friday on vocabulary words and
comprehension of the selection.
Your child may read any book from home or the library for take home reading unless I assign
a book. Your child should read at least 20 minutes each day.
Vocabulary
Enthusiastic
insisted
foreign
translation
peculiar
pastel
glum
assure
Writing
We will be working on writing a story about a time we spent with a friend. We will identify
nouns in our sentences and check to be sure all our sentences have the proper capitalization,
punctuation, spelling and grammar. We will also review cursive handwriting letters e , l , i and t.
Math
We will review adding, subtracting with and without regrouping, place value and writing and
recognizing numbers in standard form, expanded form, word form and model form. Homework
will be on probability and combinations. Test will be on Friday. We will be modeling numbers
with word, expanded, standard and model to 9,999. We will compare and order numbers this
week.
For worksheets and activities see planner.
Social Studies
We will be learning about geography. We will be learning geography terms. Please study these
words with your child in preparation for next weeks test.
Science/Health
We will be learning about plants and soils. We will be doing activities this week to learn about
seeds and leaves and the importance of them. There will be a seed project due at the end of this
month. Please be sure to start gathering seeds that your child comes in contact with daily. DO
NOT BUY ANY SEEDS PLEASE.
Please be sure you check your child’s planner for homework assignments. Please make sure your
child puts all assignments in the homework folder and in the book bag after they are completed.
Be sure to sign the planner daily and note your child’s behavior. My e-mail address is
[email protected] . Please schedule your PEP meeting for this week. Seed project
due 9/30/11
We Are Learning
September 19-23
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Spelling Words
if
fix
pin
his
rip
kiss
hid
tip
Challenge Words
dish
mitt
fish
rich
For Worksheets and activities see planner. Test 9-16
Reading_ - realistic fiction
mix
milk
wish
We will be identifying the genre, author’s purpose, sequencing and summarizing. We
will be learning to make connections, adjust reading speeds, and predicting. We will learn
about Author’s point of view and compare/contrast. We will be decoding long vowel
sound words this week. The Reading test will be on Friday on vocabulary words and
comprehension of the selection.
Your child may read any book from home or the library for take home reading unless I assign
a book. Your child should read at least 20 minutes each day.
Vocabulary
Enthusiastic
insisted
foreign
translation
peculiar
pastel
glum
assure
Writing
We will be working on writing a story about a time we spent with a friend. We will identify
nouns in our sentences and check to be sure all our sentences have the proper capitalization,
punctuation, spelling and grammar. We will also review cursive handwriting letters e , l , i and t.
Math
We will review adding, subtracting with and without regrouping, place value and writing and
recognizing numbers in standard form, expanded form, word form and model form. Homework
will be on probability and combinations. Test will be on Friday. We will be modeling numbers
with word, expanded, standard and model to 9,999. We will compare and order numbers this
week.
For worksheets and activities see planner.
Social Studies
We will be learning about geography. We will be learning geography terms. Please study these
words with your child in preparation for next weeks test.
Science/Health
We will be learning about plants and soils. We will be doing activities this week to learn about
seeds and leaves and the importance of them. There will be a seed project due at the end of this
month. Please be sure to start gathering seeds that your child comes in contact with daily. DO
NOT BUY ANY SEEDS PLEASE.
Please be sure you check your child’s planner for homework assignments. Please make sure your
child puts all assignments in the homework folder and in the book bag after they are completed.
Be sure to sign the planner daily and note your child’s behavior. My e-mail address is
[email protected] . Please schedule your PEP meeting for this week. Seed Project
due 9/30/11