The Week of April 3rd through 6th, 2018

Spelling: List #13:  Homophones

ant     aunt     there     their     they're     brake     break     

your     you're     beat     beet     sail     sale     bare     bear 

Review Words:  license     distance     yesterday

Challenge Words:  clothes     close

**The spelling words are a part of homework to practice writing and spelling them aloud.

Test for List #13 will be in two weeks on Thursday, April 12th.

Reading and Language Arts:

•  Article of the Day using Readworks reading program.  
• Continue reading our class chapter book, Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White.  We will use a comprehension and vocabulary packet to go with our reading.  
• Focusing on writing with details that stick to one topic.
• Book Study:  Students chose a book at their reading level and are completing a summary log daily concluding with a book poster and presentation to the class.  This assignment will start on Monday, March 5th and the poster and presentation will be due the week of April 3rd-6th.  

Math:

• Tuesday, 4/3/18:
• Going over geometric shapes and symmetry.

• Thursday, 4/5/18:
• Working on data and reading graphs for information.
• Homework listed under homework title below.

Science:  Sprout House:  Each table will create a "greenhouse" to observe the process of water evaporation as well as growing some plants from seeds!

Art:  Experiencing the art form of Texture and focusing on artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

Character Trait:  Caring

Homework:

• Math homework:  I will be sending home a page of multiplication problems to work on each night:  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• Practice Spelling words from List #13 each night.
• Flashcards: practice multiplication facts using flashcards or writing down all of the facts from the 1's family through the 12's for practice.
• 20 minutes of reading.

Dates to Remember: 

• No School:  Friday, April 13th for grading.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.

The Week of March 19th through 23rd, 2018

Spelling: List #12 Ending with -ed and -ing.

studying     joking     served     dropped     exciting     noticing     cared     beginning

dripping     changed     stopped    walking     sleeping     acting     trying

Review Words:  address     errand    collect

Challenge Words:  decorating     prepared

**The spelling words are a part of homework to practice writing and spelling them aloud.

Test for List #12 will be on this Friday, March 23rd.

Reading and Language Arts:

•  Article of the Day using Readworks reading program.  
• We have started our next novel, Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White.  We will use a comprehension and vocabulary packet to go with our reading.  
• Focusing on Main Idea.  
• Book Study:  Students chose a book at their reading level and are completing a summary log daily concluding with a book poster and presentation to the class.  This assignment will start on Monday, March 5th and the poster and presentation will be due the week of April 3rd-6th.  

Math:

• Monday, 3/19/18:
• Lesson 14:  Find areas by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.

• Homework on Lesson #14.

• Wednesday, 3/21/18:
• Apply knowledge of area to determine areas of rooms in a given floor plan. 
• Homework on Lesson #15.

Science:  How is a rainbow made?  We had to hold this lesson since it was so rainy last week.  

Art:  Experiencing the art form of Texture and focusing on artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

Character Trait:  Caring

Homework:

• Math homework:  1 page of homework on Monday night and 1 page on Wednesday night.
• Practice Spelling words from List #12 each night.
• Flashcards: practice multiplication facts using flashcards or writing down all of the facts from the 1's family through the 12's for practice.
• 20 minutes of reading.

Dates to Remember: 

• No School:  Spring Break March 26th through April 2nd, 2018.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.

The Week of March 12th through 16th, 2018

Spelling: List #12 Ending with -ed and -ing.

studying     joking     served     dropped     exciting     noticing     cared     beginning

dripping     changed     stopped    walking     sleeping     acting     trying

Review Words:  address     errand    collect

Challenge Words:  decorating     prepared

**The spelling words are a part of homework to practice writing and spelling them aloud.

Test for List #12 will be in two weeks on Friday, March 23rd.

Reading and Language Arts:

•  Article of the Day using Readworks reading program.  
• We have started our next novel, Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White.  We will use a comprehension and vocabulary packet to go with our reading.  
• Focusing on Main Idea.  
• Starting our Book Study:  Students chose a book at their reading level and are completing a summary log daily concluding with a book poster and presentation to the class.  This assignment will start on Monday, March 5th and the poster and presentation will be due the week of April 3rd-6th.  

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Math:

• Monday, 3/12/18:
• Lesson 12:  Solve word problems involving area.
• Homework on Lesson #12.
• Wednesday, 3/14/18: 
• Find areas by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.
• Homework on Lesson #13.

Science:  How is a rainbow made?

Art:  Experiencing the art form of Texture and focusing on artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

Character Trait:  Caring

Homework:

• Math homework:  1 page of homework on Monday night and 1 page on Wednesday night.
• Practice Spelling words from List #12 each night.
• Flashcards: practice multiplication facts using flashcards or writing down all of the facts from the 1's family through the 12's for practice.
• 20 minutes of reading.

Testing:  We will be doing a few more isat block tests this week to assess where students are in preparation for the ISATs coming up at the end of April. They are very quick and usually about 10 questions.

Dates to Remember: 

• No School:  Spring Break March 26th through April 2nd, 2018.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.

The Week of March 5th through 8th, 2018

Spelling: List #11 /s/ and /z/:

daisy     vase     plastic     zipper     reuse     sense    does     license 

closet    season    bicycle    distance    service    classes    yesterday    

Review Words:  fashion     photograph     enough

Challenge Words:  sincerely     citizen

**The spelling words are a part of homework to practice writing and spelling them aloud.

Test for List #11 will be this Thursday, March 8th.

Reading and Language Arts:

•  Article of the Day using Readworks reading program.  
• We have finished Ralph S. Mouse and will take a comprehension test using their reading packet as an open book test.
• We are starting our next novel, Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White.  We will use a comprehension and vocabulary packet to go with our reading.  
• Focusing on Main Idea.  
• Starting our Book Study:  Students will choose a book at their reading level and complete a summary log daily concluding with a book poster and presentation to the class.  This assignment will start on Monday, March 5th and the poster and presentation will be due the week of April 3rd-6th.  

Math:

• Area of a rectangle:  using unit squares to decipher the area of a rectangle.
• Homework on Monday evening.
• Using multiplication to find area.
• Homework on Tuesday evening.
• Standards units of measurement.  
• Homework on Wednesday evening.

Science:  Invisible Forces:  Forces and Motion, Magnetism.

Art:  Experiencing the art form of Texture and focusing on artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

Character Trait:  Caring

Homework:

• Math homework:  1 page of homework 3 days this week- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
• Practice Spelling words from List #11 /s/ and /z/.  Test Thursday.
• Flashcards: practice multiplication facts using flashcards or writing down all of the facts from the 1's family through the 12's for practice.
• 20 minutes of reading.

Testing:  We will be doing two isat block tests this week to assess where students are in preparation for the ISATs coming up at the end of April.

Dates to Remember: 

• End of third quarter is Friday, March 9th.  All work must be turned in by Thursday, March 8th.  
• No School:  Spring Break March 26th through 30th.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.