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Sunday, March 18, 2018

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.
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      • 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.

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