Ms. Melancon’s Overview Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2008 Language-This week, we will continue to study verbs. We will have Language homework on Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be a test on Wednesday. Spelling-This week, we will be doing Unit 8 words. As always, there will be a pretest on Monday, and any missed words will be the spelling words for the week (up to 10 words). If a student misses less than 10, he/she will be able to choose challenge words from a higher level list. If a student is absent or does not take the pretest, that student will have all 15 words from the original list. Homework will be 3 times each on Monday, and studying the words. There will be a test on Friday. Reading-This week, we will be reading a story from the text entitled “At Home With Whales”. The vocabulary words for this week are: 1. peered-to look intently or with difficulty 2. fins-one of the thin, flat parts that stick out from the body of fish and certain other water animals. Fins are used for moving and balancing. 3. pride-pleasure or satisfaction in accomplishments or possessions 4. locate-to find and show the position of 5. dove-a past tense of dive 6. overflowing-to flow over limits Math- This week, we will be using addition properties and the relationship between addition and subtraction. We will also be completing tables representing patterns. Homework will be any unfinished classwork, in addition to worksheets on Monday and Wednesday. There will be a test on Thursday. Science -This week, we continue to study the planet Earth. We will watch a BrainPop video about this, discussing it, and having a quiz Thursday.