Fri., Dec. 18
We had a wonderful party. We got lots of new games for our classroom and
ate till we almost popped. Thank you for all of the help with food,
games, and crafts. Have a wonderful holiday and we'll see you on
Jan. 6.
Thurs., Dec. 17
Math - We did some work with calculators and played Multiplication
Baseball.
No Homework
Reading - We didn't have reading today.
Spelling - pp. 55-56 and test
Social Studies - We learned about Israel and Hanukkah
Reminder - Don't forget the party at 7:30 tomorrow morning.
Tues., Dec. 15
Math - pp. 56-58 - Rounding Money
No Homework
Reading - We took the selection test for "Symphony of the Whales".
Spelling - p. 90
English - We wrote Friendly Letters.
Social Studies - We checked a mid-year exam.
Fri., Dec. 11
Math - pp. 52-54 - Comparing Money Amounts
No Homework
Reading - We started reading "Symphony of the Whales".
Spelling - Test
English - Test
Social Studies - Test
Thurs., Dec. 10
Math - pp. 50-51 - Making Change
No Homework
Reading - We finished reading The War with Grandpa and took the AR
test over the book. We also took the selection test over
"Night Letters".
Spelling - Worksheet
English - We reviewed Chapter 3.
Science - See Mrs. Key's site.
NO SCIENCE TEST TOMORROW - Sorry for the confusion.
The test will be next Wed.
Social Studies - We went over imports and exports.
Social Studies test tomorrow.
Tues., Dec. 8
We had a good time at the play today. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
Social Studies - We read pp. 116-119 and went over the vocabulary
words.
No Homework
Mon., Dec. 7
Reading - We read the story "Night Letters". We also read 3 chapters in
"The War with Grandpa".
Math - pp. 46-47 - Counting and Writing Money
Homework - Worksheet
Spelling - We wrote the words in cursive
English - pp. 178-179 - Review of Verbs
Fri., Dec. 4
We had our Christmas Concert this morning, so we didn't have Reading
or Math.
Spelling - Test
English - pp. 176-177 - Commas in Dates and Addresses
Social Studies - Test and workbook pp. 47-48
Thurs., Dec. 3
Reading - We did workbook pp. 125-126 and 129-130.
Math - We went over a progress test.
No Homework
Spelling - workbook pp. 50-51
English - p. 232
Social Studies - We reviewed and did workbook pp. 43-44.
Wed., Dec. 2
Reading - We didn't have reading today because of practicing for the
Christmas Concert.
Math - Test over chapter 10.
No Homework
Spelling - p. 50
English - pp. 174-175 - Combining Sentences with Verbs
Social Studies - We finished reading and discussing chapter 5
Tues., Dec. 1
Reading - We did a listening lesson and workbook pp. 143-144.
We read Chapter 22-23 in The War with Grandpa.
Math - pp. 278-280 - Dividing with 1 and 0
Homework - p. 282
English - p. 231 - Future Tense Verbs
Spelling - p. 49
Social Studies - We read pp. 102-109 and discussed the vocabulary words.
Mon., Nov. 30
Reading - We took a Unit 2 Benchmark test.
Math - pp. 274-276 - Problem Solving
Homework - workbook pp. 71-72
English - pp. 172-173 - Future Tense Verbs
Spelling - We wrote the words in cursive
Social Studies - We read pp. 94-101.
We learned the vocabulary words economy, goods, services, and
budget.
Fri., Nov. 20
Reading - We did workbook pp. 119-120. We performed our play and read
from The War with Grandpa.
Math - pp. 272-273 - Dividing with 10's
No Homework
Spelling - Test
Social Studies - Review and test
We also showed our import and export items.
Thurs., Nov. 19
Reading - We reviewed the story for this week and took the selection
test. We also did some silent reading and practiced our
play for tomorrow.
Math - pp. 269-271 - Dividing by 5's
Homework - workbook p. 69
Spelling - workbook p. 48
English - p. 230 - Past Tense Verbs
Social Studies - We read and discussed the vocabulary words on
pp. 130-133. We did workbook pp. 55-56.
Wed., Nov. 18
Reading - We did the scavenger hunt with "Pushing Up the Sky". We did
some silent reading and practiced doing the play.
Math - pp. 266-268 - Dividing
Homework - workbook pp. 67-68
English - pp. 270-271 - Past Tense Verbs
Spelling - workbook p. 47
Social Studies - We read and discussed pp. 120-125 over Making Products.
Tues., Nov. 17
Reading - We did workbook p. 114 and read the story "Pushing Up the
Sky".
Math - pp. 264-265 - Relating Multiplication and Division
Homework - workbook pp. 65-66
English - We checked yesterday's work and did p. 229 over greetings
and closings.
Spelling - p. 46
Social Studies - We reviewed pp. 116-119 and did workbook pp. 51-52.
Mon., Nov. 16
Reading - We discussed myths, author's purpose, and this week's vocab
words. We did workbook pp. 113-114.
Math - pp. 260-263 - Introduction to division
HW - workbook p. 64
Spelling - workbook p. 45
English - pp. 166-167 - Letter Writing
Social Studies - We read and discussed pp. 116-119 about supply and
demand.
Thurs., Nov. 12
Reading - We reviewed the story "The Gardener" and took the selection
test. We also reviewed cause and effect and did workbook
pp. 107-108. We started reading chapters 7-8 in The War
with Grandpa.
Math - We took the test over chapter 8.
No Homework
English - p. 228 - Subject-Verb Agreement
Spelling - workbook p. 44
Social Studies - We reviewed the vocabulary words and did workbook p.48.
Wed., Nov. 11
Reading - We listened to the story "The Gardener", did a scavenger hunt
with the story, and a vocabulary worksheet. We read chapters
5 & 6 in The War with Grandpa.
Math - pp. 228 and review of chapter 8
No Homework - Students can review chapter 8
English - pp. 164-165 - Subject-Verb Agreement
Spelling - p. 43
Social Studies - We read pp. 108-109 over Making Choices with Money.
workbook p. 47
Mon., Nov. 9
Reading - We did a listening story, talked about cause and effect, and
went over the vocabulary words. We did some practice
activities.
Math - pp. 220-222 - Making an Organized List
Homework - workbook pp. 53-54
Spelling - We wrote the words in cursive.
English - p. 226 - Action Verbs
Social Studies - We discussed the vocabulary words on pp. 98-99.
We are learning about the economy this week.
Fri., Nov. 6
Reading - We finished up the workbook pages for this week. We also read
2 chapters from War with Grandpa.
Math - We did multiplication review and multiplying by 10's.
English - pp. 160-161 - Action Verbs
Spelling - Worksheet and Test
Science - Review and Test
Social Studies - Review and Test
Thurs., Nov. 5
Reading - We reread the story "William's House" and took the selection
test.
Math - pp. 215-216 - Multiplication over 5's
HW - workbook p. 51
English - Test over unit 2
Spelling - p. 40
Science - Study vocabulary words for test tomorrow.
Social Studies for Mrs. Key's class - pp. 84-87 and workbook p. 39
Homework - Study chapter 4 - Concentrate on vocabulary
words and latitude and longitude.
Wed., Nov. 4
Reading - We read the story "William's House" and did a scavenger
hunt with the story. We started reading The War with Grandpa.
Math - pp. 212-214 - Multiplying with 4's
Homework - workbook p. 50
English - We reviewed Unit 2. We will have a test over Unit 2
tomorrow. Your child should have his English book
in his backpack. There should be a notecard with the page
to study for Unit 2. Review pp. 142-154 for the test.
Spelling - p. 39
Science - See Mrs. Key's site.
Social Studies for Ms. Key's class - We finished workbook pp. 35-36.
Tues., Nov. 3
Reading - We discussed characters and finding meaning in context. We
did workbook pp. 95-96 and started reading the story "William's
House".
Math - pp. 210-212 - Multiplying by 2's
Homework - workbook p. 49
English - We wrote a sequencing paragraph.
Spelling - workbook p. 38
Social Studies for Ms. Key's class - We finished reading pp. 80-82 on
Ecosystems and started doing workbook p. 35.
Mon., Nov. 2
Reading - We did a listening activity. We also discussed drawing
conclusions and did workbook pp. 93-94.
Math - pp. 206-209 - Multiplication
Homework - workbook pp. 47-48
English - We reviewed compound words and card catalogs. We did workbook
pp. 28-29.
Spelling - Workbook p. 37
Science - See Ms. Key's site.
Social Studies for Ms. Key's class - We read pp. 80-82 and started
working on a graph of the 3 ecosystems in our book.
Thurs., Oct. 28
Reading - We took the selection test over "Tops and Bottoms".
Math - We had a catch-up day. Some people had make-up tests and work to
do. We tried to get caught up. No Homework.
Englsih - pp. 110-111 - Card Catalog
Spelling - pp. 35-36 in the workbook
Science - See Ms. Key's site
Social Studies for Ms. Key's class - We worked on latitude and longitude
and did workbook p. 31.
Tues., Oct. 27
Reading - We reviewed main idea and did workbook pp. 85-86.
We read the story "Tops and Bottoms".
Math - We worked on regrouping one more day.
Test over chapter 4 tomorrow.
English - pp. 100-101 - Review
Science - My class see Ms. Key's site.
Social Studies for Mrs. Key's class - We reviewed pp. 72-75 and finished
workbook p. 31.
Mon., Oct. 26
Reading - We did some silent reading. We also discussed finding the
Author's Purpose and our vocabulary words. We did workbook
pp. 83-84.
Math - We reviewed Chapter 5 by doing p. 133.
Homework - p. 132
English - Abbreviations - pp. 98-99, 157
Spelling - We wrote the words in cursive.
Science - See Mrs. Key's site.
Social Studies for Mrs. Key's Class - We read and discussed pp. 72-75
and started wroking on p. 31 in the workbook.
Fri., Oct. 23
Reading - We shared the collections that were brought in. We also did
some silent reading.
Math - p. 131 - Quick Check of Subtracting
Spelling Test
Social Studies - We reviewed, did workbook pp. 39-41, and took the test
over Chapter 4.
Thurs., Oct. 22
English - pp. 96-97 - Combining Sentences
Spelling - p. 32
Social Studies - We reviewed pp.84-87 and did workbook p. 37-38.
Wed., Oct. 21
Reading - We reread the story "Prudy's Problem" and did a scavenger
hunt with the story. We discussed main idea and details and
did workbook pp. 77-78.
Math - We learned the rules for subtracting with zero. Homework is
a subtraction worksheet.
English - pp. 96-97 - Combining Sentences
Spelling - p. 31
Social Studies - We read pp. 84-87 and made a chart describing urban,
suburb, and rural areas.
Tues., Oct. 20
Reading - We read the story "Prudy's Problem" and looked for sentences.
We did workbook pp. 75-76.
Math - We reviewed regrouping and did w worksheet in class.
Homework - Workbook p. 32
English - We did workbook pp. 23-24 over possessives and combining
sentences.
Spelling - workbook p. 30
Social Studies - We reviewed pp. 80-83 and did workbook pp. 34-35.
We also reviewed this week's vocabulary.
Mon., Oct. 19
Reading - We read pp. 198-199 and discussed finding the main idea.
We did workbook pp. 74-75.
Math - pp. 120-121 - Subtracting with Regrouping.
Homework - workbook p. 31 #1 - 18.
English - We reviewed Plurals and Possessives.
We did workbook pp. 21-22.
Spelling - Workbook p. 29
Social Studies - We pp. 80-83 over Ecosystems and did workbook p.35.
Fri., Oct. 2
Reading - We took the selection test over "ADay's Work".
Math - We reviewed subtraction and multiplication.
Spelling - Test
English - Test