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