Friday, December 12, 2014

December 12

Good morning! We will working on the following skills next week:

Language Arts: Spelling words base words with endings -s and -es, writing compound sentences, using prefixes pre- and mis-, and drawing conclusions. We will continue our poetry unit in  writing. We will be starting Unit 3 on Monday. Please look for the list of word wall words that  your child  will  need to know how to spell at the end of the unit and continue to practice each week as the flash cards come home.

Math-We will continue to learn how to subtract and how to regroup.

Science-We will learn about the planets.

Important dates:
Winter concert is Wednesday, December 17. Please have  your child arrive at 5:30.

Our homework schedule is as follows:

Monday-3 times each, math worksheet 5.4
Tuesday-ABC order, math worksheet 5.5
Wednesday-Sentences, no math
Thursday-Study for spelling test, math worksheet 5.6

Please remember to fill out your child's reading log each night and to continue working on the monthly book report.

Have a great week!

Friday, December 5, 2014

December 5

Good afternoon! Next week in Language Arts we will not have spelling homework, a spelling test, or a story test since we will be taking our unit tests. Please continue to practice reading and spelling the word wall words for Unit 2.

In Math we will have our test on Monday. Please study over the weekend. We will start Chapter 5 (subtraction) on Tuesday.

In Science we will learn about the stars.

The following is our homework schedule for next week:

Monday-Read for 15 minutes
Tuesday-Read for 15 minutes, math worksheet 5.1
Wednesday-Read for 15 minutes. There's no math due to the concert.
Thursday-Read for 15 minutes, math worksheet 5.2
Friday-Sunday-Read for 15 minutes.

Remember to continue to fill out your Read at Home Log and work on your book report.

The concert is on Wednesday and we will go to Holiday Shoppe on Thursday.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

December 4

There is no Math worksheet for homework tonight. Please have your child study his/her review sheet for our test that will be on Monday.

Have a great night!

Monday, December 1, 2014

December 1

Good afternoon! We will be working on the following this week:

Language Arts- We will learn how to form contractions, words that compare using -er and -est, past tense and future tense verbs, we will write poems, and identify fact and opinion.

Math- We will add 3 and 4 numbers together and we will review for our unit test that we will have next Monday, December 8.

Science- We will learn about the sun.

Tomorrow is Spirit Day! Wear pink or school colors.


Next week we will take our Unit 2 Language Arts tests. We will take our reading tests on Monday and Tuesday. Due to concert practice, we will take our Word Wall spelling test on Thursday, December 11.

Have a great week!