WEEK OF: Feb. 25th - Mar. 1st, 2013

* In Spelling, we are working on suffixes:  beautiful, safely, kindness, finally, spotless, worthless, illness, helpful, daily, suddenly, wireless, quietly, fairness, cheerful, painful, anxiously, thoughtfully, cautiously, tardiness, and breathless

We will have our test on Tuesday 2/26.  Please practice your list words. 
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=551213
 

* In Grammar, we are working on Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs.  We will have a Grammar test on Wed. 2/27

 

Verbs can show action. They can also show when the action happens.

Different verb tenses have different forms.

Many present tense verbs end in -s.

You form the past tense of most verbs by adding -ed.

The future tense tells what will happen in the future. When you add the helping verb will to a verb, you make it a future tense verb. You also can use the future tense when you want to tell about what probably will happen.

* In Reading, our new story “A Symphony of Whales”.  Our test will be on Thurs. 2/28.  In this story, a young girl is gifted with the ability to hear whale songs. One night, she dreams that her sled dogs lead her to whales—and the next day they do. But the whales are in trouble! It is too late in the year for them to be this close to shore. They are trapped by ice, and each day they are in greater danger of either starving or suffocating. The girl and her people call for help from a Russian icebreaker ship. They break the ice, and they feed the whales their own food. With the help of the ship and a symphony of music, they save the whales from certain death. You can listen to the story at the following link: http://pesfroghall.org/symphony%20of%20whales.mp3

 * In Math, we will work on Lessons 85-87.  We will have a fact quiz (-7, -8. and -9 facts) on Monday.  We will have a written test on Tuesday. 

 

Monday (Day 5 - Music)

Math – Fact Quiz  today (-7, -8, and -9) ; Written test tomorrow (review previous hw sheets)
Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales” and review vocab; Vocab quiz Wed. and Story test on Thurs.
Spelling – Study list words (Test Tues.)
Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs – Quiz Wed. 2/27

Tuesday (Day 1 - Computers)

Math – Written test today – no homework
Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales” and review vocab; Vocab quiz Wed. and Story test on Thurs.
Spelling – Study list words (Test Tues.)
Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs – Quiz Wed. 2/27

Wednesday (Day 2 - Library)

Math – 86B worksheets
Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales” and review Scavenger hunt for test Thurs.
Spelling – no homework
Grammar – no homework

Thursday (Day 3 - Gym)

Math – 87B Worksheets
Reading – Test today - No homework
Spelling – No homework
Grammar – no homework

***Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss Day and Bloomsburg University students will be visiting our class. 

Friday (Day 4 - Art)

Dr. Seuss Day

 

*Please get Friday folders signed and returned on Monday

WEEK OF: Feb. 18th - 22nd, 2013

 

* In Spelling, we are working on suffixes:  beautiful, safely, kindness, finally, spotless, worthless, illness, helpful, daily, suddenly, wireless, quietly, fairness, cheerful, painful, anxiously, thoughtfully, cautiously, tardiness, and breathless

 

* In Grammar, we are working on Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs

Verbs can show action. They can also show when the action happens.

Different verb tenses have different forms.

Many present tense verbs end in -s.

You form the past tense of most verbs by adding -ed.

The future tense tells what will happen in the future. When you add the helping verb will to a verb, you make it a future tense verb. You also can use the future tense when you want to tell about what probably will happen.

 

* In Reading, our new story “A Symphony of Whales” In this story, a young girl is gifted with the ability to hear whale songs. One night, she dreams that her sled dogs lead her to whales—and the next day they do. But the whales

are in trouble! It is too late in the year for them to be this close to shore. They are trapped by ice, and each day they are in greater danger of either starving or suffocating. The girl and her people call for help from a Russian icebreaker

ship. They break the ice, and they feed the whales their own food. With the help of the ship and a symphony of music, they save the whales from certain death. You can listen to the story at the following link: http://pesfroghall.org/symphony%20of%20whales.mp3

 

 

* In Math, we will work on Lessons 81-84. 

 

Tuesday

Math – 81B worksheets; Fact Quiz Friday

Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales”; Review vocab

Spelling – Write 1^st 10 list words; Pretest Thurs.

Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs – Quiz Tues. 2/19

 

Wednesday

Math – 82B worksheets; Fact Quiz Friday

Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales”; Review vocab

Spelling – Write 2nd 10 list words; Pretest Thurs.

Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense of Verbs – Quiz Tues. 2/19

 

Thursday

Math – 83B Worksheets; Fact Quiz Friday

Reading – Read story “A Symphony of Whales”; Review vocab

Spelling – Write corrections – Test Tues.

Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs – Quiz Tues

 

Friday

Read story “A Symphony of Whales”

Spelling – Test Tues.

Grammar – Review Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs – Quiz Tues

 

*Please get Friday folders signed and returned on Monday

WEEK OF: Feb. 11th - 15th, 2013

Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday of this week.

This is Anti-Bully Week.  Please see each day's topic below.

Friday (2/15) - No School due to Teacher Inservice Day.

 

 



* In Reading, our new story “Night Letters” is a realistic fiction story.  The main character Lily enjoys the creatures in her backyard.  She feels they are talking to her in a secret code and she writes what she observes in her daily journal.  We will focus on Drawing Conclusion in this story. A conclusion is a decision you reach after thinking about facts and details you know. You can use what you have learned in the story and what you already knew before you began to read.  Our test will be Thursday 2/14/13. You can listen to the story at the following link: http://pesfroghall.org/night%20letters.mp3

* In Math, we will work on Lessons 78-80.  We will have a -5/-6 quiz on Wednesday and a Written test on Thursday.  

 

Monday (Day 3) - Crazy Sock Day

Math – 78B worksheets;  Fact Quiz Wed. – Written test Thurs.

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” ; Review vocab (quiz Wed.)  – Test Thurs.

Science - Review vocab and content

 

 Tuesday (Day 4) - Crazy Hat or Crazy Hair Day

Math – 79B worksheets;  Fact Quiz Wed. – Written test Thurs.

Reading – Read story “Night Letters”; Review vocab (quiz Wed.) – Test Thurs.

Science - Review vocab and content

 

Wednesday (Day 5) - NS day ~ Wear your NSE shirts

Math – Written test tomorrow, Review packet

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” and study vocab – Test tomorrow

Science - Review vocab and content

**Valentines Parties tomorrow afternoon

 

 

 

Thursday (Day 1) - Wear Red

*No School Tomorrow – Teacher Inservice Day

 

Friday

*Please get Friday folders signed and returned on Monday

WEEK OF: Feb, 4th - 8th, 2013

* In Spelling, we are working on /j/ and /k/ words spelled ge, dge, ck, and k.

Spelling list words are kitten, mark, pocket, freckles, kingdom, badge, pledge, change, crack, orange, large, judge, edge, jacket, advantage, page, brake, ridge, clock, and Kentucky .  Final test will be Tues. 2/5/13.  You can practice your words on Spelling City at the following link: http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=551210

 

* In Grammar, we are working on Subject / Verb Agreement.  Our test will be Wed. 2/6/13

The subject and verb in a sentence must work together, or agree. To

make most present tense verbs agree with singular subjects, add -s. If the

subject is a plural noun or pronoun, the present tense verb does not end in -s.

 

* In Reading, our new story “Night Letters” is a realistic fiction story.  The main character Lily enjoys the creatures in her backyard.  She feels they are talking to her in a secret code and she writes what she observes in her daily journal.  We will focus on Drawing Conclusion in this story. A conclusion is a decision you reach after thinking about facts and details you know. You can use what you have learned in the story and what you already knew before you began to read.  You can listen to the story at the following link: http://pesfroghall.org/night%20letters.mp3

 

* In Math, we will work on Lessons 74-77.  We will have a x2 facts on Tuesday this week.

 

Monday

Math – 74B worksheets

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” ; Review vocab (

Spelling – Write corrections – Test Tuesday

Grammar – Review Subject / Verb agreement – Test Wed.

 

 

 

 Tuesday–

Math – Review for Written test on Wed.

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” and study vocab.

Spelling – Test today; no homework 

Grammar – Review Subject / Verb agreement – Test Wed.

 

Wednesday

Math – Written test; No homework

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” and study vocab

Spelling – No Spelling HW

Grammar – Grammar Test today – no homework

 

Thursday

Math – 76B worksheets

Reading – Read story “Night Letters” and study vocab

Spelling – Write 1^st ten list words 

Grammar – Review new Grammar – Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs

 

Friday

*Please get Friday folders signed and returned on Monday