November 6, 2009
Reminders:
•We are out Wednesday November 11th for Veteran’s Day.
•Remind your veteran about the assembly Monday 9 a.m.
•Week of November 16th begins our dress up week. Start looking for
clothes this next week to join in on the fun.
Our Schedule:
Reading:
•Vocabulary – Our story this week is An Extraordinary Egg. Vocabulary
words are attached. Study nightly.
•Phonics – Long and short spellings of o and e, suffixes.
•Comprehension – Quiz on a comprehension passage Tuesday because we
are out Wednesday.
We will be using Veteran Day and Government
books to practice questioning skills.
English: We will classify new sentences, look at common/proper nouns, review
synonyms/antonyms and pick out subjects and predicates. Please go over
sheets sent home on Monday. Quiz will be on Tuesday.
Math: We will be reading graphs and finding range, median, and mode of
groups of numbers. Go over sheets nightly that are sent home. Quiz will be
Tuesday or Thursday because we started this chapter this week and it is an
easy chapter if they will listen and watch what I do as examples.
Social Science: We will finish our balance and weighing unit. We will also
be talking about our country's History. (Mayflower, pilgrims, Indians)
An Extraordinary Egg
Vocabulary
1. extraordinary – not at all ordinary
2. impressed – thinking something is great
3. doubt – to be unsure
4. triumphant – feeling like a winner
5. inseparable – always together
6. misunderstanding – a mistake in thinking
7. responsibility – something that you should do
8. taxes – money that the government collects from businesses and citizens
9. leader – someone who leads others
10. vote – to show or make a choice for a leader or law
Spelling
Unit 13
1.lady
2.ladies
3.surprise
4.surprises
5.toys
6.shoes
7.shy
8.cry
9.cried
10. study
11. studies
12. story
13. only
14. finally
15. family
16. happened
17. started
18. having
19. coming
20. getting
