Monday, March 30, 2009

March 30-April 3, #7258

Spelling
Easter Words
1. basket 7. bonnet
2. rabbit 8. flower
3. egg 9. spring
4. hunt 10. chick
5. grass
6. Easter

Monday- write the words 2x’s each in the notebook and study
Tuesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 1-5
Wednesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 6-10
Thursday-Pre-test-corrections must be written 5x’s each on the back of the test paper.
Friday-Final Test

Phonics
We will work on the Dropping Rule and Ghost Letter Digraphs this week. We will have a Phonics Reader on Wednesday and Friday this week.

Reading
We will work on the story “Little Bear’s Friend” this week. The Key Word and Comprehension Tests will be given on Friday. Read the story and practice the Key Words nightly.

Math
We will take the test on counting pennies, nickels and dimes on Tuesday. We will review on Monday. We will work on counting quarters and “Using Money” for the rest of the week. The following week, we will start “Time.”

We will work on Weather in FOSS science this week! We will use bubbles on Thursday!!

Monday, March 23, 2009

March 23-27;#7258

Spelling
Lesson 22
1. chain 7. those
2. chase 8. that
3. chop 9. this
4. chin 10. then
5. chat 11. July
6. these 12. August

Monday- write the words 2x’s each in the notebook and study
Tuesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 1-6
Wednesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 7-12
Thursday-Pre-test-corrections must be written 5x’s each on the back of the test paper.
Friday-Final Test

Phonics
We will work on the digraph ph and the soft sound of g this week. We will have a Phonics Reader on Monday and Wednesday this week.

Reading
We will work on the story “Tumbleweed Stew” this week. The Key Word and Comprehension Tests will be given on Friday. Read the story and practice the Key Words nightly. We will make Tumbleweed Snack on Friday. If you would like to send something to add to our snack, we need pretzels, popcorn, goldfish, M&Ms, raisins, cheerios or chex cereal.

Math
We will continue to work on counting pennies, nickels and dimes to $1.00 this week.


We will work on FOSS science this week!



Notes
-We will have a Virtual Field Trip to the Bronx Zoo on Thursday morning at 10:00. It is a Long Distance Learning program that Mrs. Groody has set up for us!!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

March 16-20, #7258

No Spelling this week!! We will have a review Spelling Bee on Thursday!!


Phonics
We will work on digraphs oa and ey, and the vc’/v pattern this week. We will have a Phonics Reader on Thursday.


Reading
We will work on the story “The Absent-Minded Toad” this week. The Key Word and Comprehension Tests will be given on Friday. Read the story and practice the Key Words nightly.


Math
We will review “Fractions” on Tuesday. And we will take the Chapter 21 Test on Wednesday. We will begin Chapter 22 “Counting Pennies, Nickels and Dimes” on Thursday. Please practice counting the coins at home!!




We will work on FOSS science this week! We will discuss weather.



Notes
-We worked on St. Patrick’s Day activities and had a green snack today!!

Friday, March 6, 2009

March 9-13, #7258

Spelling
Lesson 21

1. red 7.brown
2. blue 8. black
3. yellow 9. white
4. orange 10. pink
5. purple 11. May
6. green 12. June

Monday- write the words 2x’s each in the notebook and study
Tuesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 1-6
Wednesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 7-12
Thursday-Pre-test-corrections must be written 5x’s each on the back of the test paper.
Friday-Final Test

Phonics
We will work on digraphs au and aw, and Wild Colt words this week.

Reading
We will work on the story “My Robot” this week. The Key Word and Comprehension Tests will be given on Friday. Read the story and practice the Key Words nightly.
If you would like to construct a robot at home and write a little description about it, we will have a presentation on Friday for each child to discuss his or her robot!! This is not a mandatory assignment, just something for fun!!


Math
We will work on Fractions this week.

We will work on FOSS science this week!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

March 2-6, #7258

Spelling
Lesson 20
1. nail 7. play
2. paint 8. day
3. rain 9. stay
4. wait 10. clay
5. tail 11. March
6. gray 12. April

Monday- write the words 2x’s each in the notebook and study
Tuesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 1-6
Wednesday- write a sentence for each of the words numbered 7-12
Thursday-Pre-test-corrections must be written 5x’s each on the back of the test paper.
Friday-Final Test

Phonics
We will work on suffix –es, diphthongs ou and ow, and the vc/ccv and vcc/cv patterns this week.

Reading
We will work on the story “Splash” this week. The Key Word and Comprehension Tests will be given on Friday. Read the story and practice the Key Words nightly.

Math
We will take the Chapter 14 Test on Wednesday and the Unit 3 Test on Thursday. We will begin Chapter 21 “Fractions” on Friday.

We will work on FOSS science this week!

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