NewsFlash

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PEEK of the WEEK! 

November 9-13,2009

Wonderful Word Wall

WORD WORK

  • Phonics: Controlled R words
  • Spelling words: farm turn shirt horn car mother first born her fur curtain Dorothy

*****Spelling Tests  are now being given in Sentence Dictation format, so remind your child to remember how sentences must begin and end.

Language Arts

RADIANT READING

  • Reading: Cinderella Unit :  We are reading several different versions of Cinderella and comparing and contrasting them.  We are also asking questions before, during and after reading.
  • Focus skills:
  • story elements
  • Asking questions

Marvelous Math

Marvelous Math

  • Graphing skills
  • Probability
  • Review graphing skills, probability, story problems
  • 2 digit addition with or without regrouping
Your child should be coming home with flash cards each week that correspond with the number tub they are working on.  Please review those flash cards daily to help increase their speed and accuracy.  They must complete their time test within 2 minutes with less than 4 mistakes in order to move to the next level.


      

Splendid Science/Super Social Studies

                    Science

  • Unit B Chapter 1  Animal Habitats
  • Science Vocabulary words: environment habitat desert rain forest woodland forest arctic pond food chain

 

Wish List

If you would like to donate to our classroom we are in need of:

  • brown paper bags
  • small plastic staplers from the dollar store
 
 
  • Reminders:
  • Study for spelling test on Friday
  • Return leveled readers everyday
  • Return library books by Thursday
Math Fact Tests on Friday.