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Spelling- Unit #28

High frequency words: run, book, gave, order, open

Words of the Week: hangar (Not the one you hang your clothes on!)

Cursive writing- Uppercase letters A and C

Reading- Language! Reading Program
AR tests on Dr. Seuss books
Idioms (The straw that broke the camel’s back)
Palindromes (Words that are spelled the same
frontward and backward….dad, kayak

Math: Fractions: Adding and subtracting, reducing to simplest
form.
Changing mixed numbers to fractions and
fractions to mixed numbers.

A few suggestions:
If your child says he/she has no homework……check the red folder for a spelling packet to see if it is completed, look for timed math tests in the red folder and work/drill facts that are being missed, practice spelling words, high frequency words, and dictation sentences, have your child write a short paragraph using the high frequency words, use Thursday graded papers returned to you and have your child practice/correct anything missed.

Donna1.Long@cobbk12.org

Spelling- Lesson 25 (Lesson 24 was a review and unnecessary)

Writing- Cursive practice-q- Next week we begin capital letter instruction.
Groundhog stories

Words of the Week: factory, atlas

English- Homophones (to, two, too and their, they’re, there)

Reading- AR books and tests
Completion of literature groups (oral reading and comprehension questions answered using text)

Math- Fractions- Vocabulary: numerator, denominator
Timed fact tests (multiplication and division)
Long division strategies and practice (two-steps)
Interpreting line graphs

Small group Social Studies and Science: Thirteen Colonies (Soc. St.)
Sound and Light (Science)

Parents,
A few of our needs in our small group class include sanitized wipes (such as Lysol) and boxes of tissues.
Thanks!

Geometry

Parents,

   A great website for practicing measuring angles with a protractor:

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

Spelling- No spelling this week!

Words of the Week:  citrus, author   

                                      The Words of the Week packet is due Friday. 

English- Adjectives,  Review of nouns and verbs

Reading-  Language!  Short a words with beginning and ending consonant combinations (st-, cl-, -st, -mp)

                   Vocabulary includes: clasp, grasp, labs, stamp, blast, etc.

                    AR books and tests

                    Literature books- Theme:  The Mayflower (explorers)

Math-  Geometry:  lines, line segments, rays, point, plane

              Angles:  acute, obtuse, right, straight

              Timed fact tests ( multiplication and division)

               Continuing long division strategies and practice

 Small group Social Studies and Science:  Explorers completion (Soc. St.)

                                                               Sound and Light (Science)

 

Spelling- Unit #16

High frequency words:  best, across, during, today, however

 Word of the Week:  ballot

 English-  Verbs:  Helping verbs and main verbs,

                We are continuing to practice the Helping Verb song to                                 

                 help us identify helping verbs in sentences.

                 We wrote paragraphs to tell about our holiday week off

                 from school.

 Reading- Language! Reading Program

                  Fables:  Reader’s Theatre-  The Tortoise and the Hare

                                                              The Naughty Dog

                 Accelerated Reader books and tests

 Math-  Division with remainders

             Timed fact tests

             Pictograph review

 

Spelling- Unit 15
Word of the Week (W.O.W.)- #15- archer

English- Plural noun rules: -s, -es, change y to i and add-es, some don’t change such as salmon, some change totally such as foot to feet. We are making Turkey Plural Booklets using the rules.

Writing- lower case cursive letters

Reading- Language! Subjects, predicates, nouns, verbs, short a words.
Accelerated Reader books and tests
Next book study- Magic Tree House book series- Thanksgiving on Thursday

Math- Basic Division facts
How multiplication and division relate
Word problems (add, multiply)
Two and three-digits x one-digit with regrouping practice
Fact tests

Social Studies/Science/Health small group- Science- Force and Motion (gravity, acceleration, etc.)

Parents,
Congratulations to Shannon and Jared for passing all of their multiplication fact tests! 100 problems in 10 minutes! GREAT!
Thank you to Mrs. Reeves for the snacks and to Mrs. Boynton for the Lysol sanitizing wipes!
Everyone have a wonderful, relaxing, and safe Thanksgiving!

Resource Report-             November 3, 2011             Mrs. Long

 

Spelling-  Unit 13

 Words of the Week- orthodontist and conceal

English-  Plural noun rules

              Action Verbs

               Paragraph Writing (topic sentence, details, closing)

Reading-  We have completed Cam Jansen and The Lion and the Stoat,

                   Our next stories are Thanksgiving on Thursday  and

                   If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.

 Math-  Math reasoning problems (word problems)

             Timed multiplication fact tests,

             Multiplying two-digits x two-digit with regrouping

             Using t-charts to solve math problems

 Social Studies Small group- Native Americans dioramas

  Parents,

    The mystery book reports were fantastic!  We all enjoyed hearing each other sharing, and learned a lot from watching others.  I had several students say they would definitely like to read another mystery soon!  That’s what this is all about!

     The final part of our book report is to take an Accelerated Reader test on the book we read.  Unfortunately, our AR is down this week, so we will take these maybe next week.

     Our small class is in desperate need of disinfecting wipes (such as Clorox) and glue sticks.  If you’d like to donate, we’d love to have them!  Also, I’ll be glad to take any leftover or unwanted candy for our “classroom store.”  We spend those Eagle tickets each Friday and the students love the variety.

 

Donna1.Long@cobbk12.org

               

Conference Week!  Early Dismissal!

Spelling-  Unit 11-  Daily work and assessments continue as usual this week.

Words of the Week #1-10-  The students were given a W.O.W. Vocabulary packet today which is due on Friday of this week. 

English- Using plural nouns

Reading- Cam Jansen

              The Lion and the Stoat

               Introduction to tall tales, folktales, and legends

Math- Multi-digit multiplication with and without regrouping

         Graphs, tables, charts

I look forward to seeing you at our parent/teacher conferences this week!

You will receive report cards and IEP Progress Updates.

 

Spelling-  Unit 7 (Unit 6 was a review list and unnecessary)

                High frequency list #7:  until, form, food, keep, children

 Words of the Week- tripod , leprechaun

 English-  Types of sentences:  declarative and interrogative,

                 DOL (Daily Oral Language) sentences reviewing capital letters,

                 punctuation, proofreading marks.

 Reading- Language! Reading Program: 

                Multiple Meanings (cast)

                Word fluency

                Blends st-, sc-, -st, -ct

                AR  books and tests

   Math- Math reasoning problems (word problems)

            Timed multiplication fact tests,

            Interpreting line graphs

            Adding and subtracting large numbers with regrouping

            Multiplying two-digits x one-digit with and without regrouping

                                                               HAPPY FALL!     

                                                   

Spelling-  Unit 5

              High frequency list 5:    world, going, want, school, important

Word of the Week- silo

 English-  Singular and plural nouns.

               Types of sentences- declarative

                 Daily Oral Language sentences (correcting sentences using                           

                 proofreading marks and locating mistakes in capitalization,                                          

                 punctuation and spelling)

  Reading- Language! Reading Program:  short a words

                 Nonfiction books

                 Stellaluna- vocabulary,  wh-type questions,   AR tests

   Math-  Decimals- understanding and reading tenths and hundredths

            Rounding to tens place

            Timed multiplication fact tests,

            Interpreting charts, graphs, tables (finding points on a coordinate           

            Grid)

            Vocabulary:  sum, difference, product, coordinate grid

  Parents,

     This is the rhyme we use to know how to round our numbers. 

                      “5 or above, give it a shove

                       4 or below, just don’t go!”