The week of September 6th through 9th, 2016

We are continuing with many of the things we started last week as we learn our pacing to complete work.  

Our first spelling test is this Friday, September 9th.  

Here are list #1 words:  (Focusing on long and short a)

mask     track     stamp     stage     grade     they     batch     chance     graph                   trade      raise  eight     safety     wrapped     laugh     ramp     crane     flame            

Challenge words:  magical     station

Assessments:  We are finishing up with our MAP assessments that will set our learning goals for the year.  We have completed the Math test and will take the Reading and Language tests this week.  The kids were amazing at signing on easily and quickly!  Great job listening!

Math:  Starting Multiplication and learning what "groups of" means. CCSS: Students will learn how to use multiplication to understand "groups of" and number of groups.

Math4Today:  working on rounding numbers to nearest 10 & nearest 100, addition and subtraction problems, gathering information from graph, story problems.  

Reading:  We are into our third chapter in Charlotte's Web!  We have been working on comprehension questions as well as vocabulary we are coming across in our reading.

Language:  Grammar lesson #1:  A sentence expresses a complete thought and every sentence has two parts- a subject and a predicate.

Word of the Day vocabulary:  impatient, appliance, appropriate, mumble.

DOL:  Daily Oral Language-fixing grammar, spelling and punctuation errors in sentences.

ART:  Piet Mondrian- Composition of red, blue, yellow and black:  Check out pictures of our own masterpieces on the school's facebook page!

Date to Remember:

Tuesday:  Pizza orders due for Wednesday lunch. (The senior class sells pizza every week to raise money for their class trip at the end of the year.  Students can purchase a slice of cheese or pepperoni for $1 each.  We collect the orders and money on Tuesdays and the students receive their pizza at their lunch time on Wednesday.  Students cannot purchase pizza on Wednesday.

Friday, September 9th:  First swimming lesson at the YMCA!  A representative from the YMCA will be coming to talk to the class about what they can expect. 

Reminder:  Please remind your child to bring a snack each day, especially those eating hot lunch as we eat very late in our day at 12:40 pm.  We stop each day at 10:20 am for a snack to keep ourselves fueled up for learning!