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Saturday, September 22, 2012

HW 9/24-9/28



Weekly Homework Assignments:

Monday-
Math- Practice Page 1-5
Writing- Book Report #2 Due Friday
Reading- Write the Spelling Words 3 times each on looseleaf
Read: 15 minutes
Social Studies-
Science-
Other- Gym tomorrow

Tuesday-
Math-Practice Page 1-6
Writing- Book Report #2
Reading-
Read 15 minutes
Social Studies-
Science-
Other- Math Test Tomorrow and Gym Clothes Tomorrow

Wednesday-
Math- Practice Page 1-7
Writing- Book Report #2
Reading- Vocabulary Paragraph- Make up a story and use all 5 vocabulary words in a sentence.
Social Studies-
Science-
Other- Gym tomorrow

Thursday-
Math- Review Page- Test Tomorrow
Writing- Book Report #2 Due Tomorrow
Reading-  5 Textbook Comprehension questions for the story "For the Love of Our Earth"Reread the weekly story/Study for spelling test

Preview Spelling and Vocab words
Social Studies-
Science-
Other-

Friday-
Math- None
Writing-Book Report #3 Due 10/5
Reading-  Read 15 mins.
Preview Spelling and Vocab words
Social Studies-
Science-
Other-

Spelling and Vocab Words for "Because of You"

Our Reading Story This Week is "Because of You." The students will have a vocabulary and comprehension test about this story on Friday. We will read the story multiple times in class and do lots of comprehension, reading strategy lessons, and extension activities in whole and small groups throughout the week. Please have your child read this story aloud to you on Thursday night before the assessment and review all spelling words and vocab definitions. This will be the procedure for Thursday nights before test days.

Also, please have your child do a practice spelling test to review for Friday's spelling test. There will be a spelling pattern or two every week that we work on in class and their spelling words match the weekly patterns.  This week's patterns are Long "i" and "a".
The Spelling Words of the Week Are:
mild
care
pilot
lady
bake
time
sale
ride
able
kind
apron
final
quite
quiet
share

The Vocabulary Words of the Week Are:

feelings
share
precious
care
kind

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

First Week of School

The first week of school is going really well. We are focusing on reading strategies, practicing fluency, reviewing consonants and vowels as well as their sounds, beginning fluency tests, beginning addition and subtraction strategies, and will soon begin the writing process through journaling and writing reader's responses.

Updates:
Gym will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays this year. Please make sure your child wears gym shoes and the RAB gym uniform to school. If they don't have a uniform yet, have them wear a white tee shirt and black shorts or pants until the uniform is purchased.

The only homework this week is the Summer Souvenir project, which came home in your child' yellow folder. This folder is of UTMOST importance in 202. All homework and notes will come home in this folder everyday. Beginning next week, our class will have reading and math homework Monday-Thursday and a Book Report on Friday. The book report can be turned in early.

Students will receive a book report every Friday that will be due the bext Friday. The first quarter will focus on Fictional text and next quarter will focus on Non-fiction.

I look forward to meeting you all at Open House-DETAILS TO COME SOON!

-Megan Morrissey