WEEK OF: September 30th - October 4th, 2013

* In Spelling, our list words include vowel sounds that you hear in out and toy.  Our list words are: proud, shower, hour, amount, voyage, choice, avoid, thousand, prowl, employ, bounce, poison, annoy, appoint, broil, however, mountain, coward, turmoil, and chowder. You can practice your list words at the following Spelling City link: http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=305481

* In Grammar, we are focusing on “Compound Sentences”. A compound sentence contains two sentences joined by a comma and a word such as and, but, or or. The two sentences that are joined make sense together.

 

* In Reading, we will have a selection test on our story, “ Boomtown” on Wednesday 10/2.  Our story is about the discovery of gold in California and how it brought new settlers with dreams of striking it rich. Some prospectors brought their families and everything they owned. The new settlers needed food, clothes, banks, and schools. In one short year, a town would rise where there had been only a field of wildflowers. We will focus on Realism and Fantasy. Realistic stories tell about something that could happen. A fantasy is a story about something that could never happen.

 

* In Math, we will have a quiz on Monday 9/30.  It will cover Lessons 2-1 to 2-4. We will review before the quiz. We will then continue covering Topic 2 Lessons 2-5 through 2-8.  We will have a test next week on all of Topic 2.

***** IMPORTANT NEWS ON Reading and Math!!!  Please check out your child's Blue Math folder.  You can now access our Reading and Math books online using the username and password codes that were provided to your children. Click on the link at the left top corner.

 

* In Science, we will begin Investigation 2 (Hot and Cold) in our unit on Water.

 

 

Monday: (Day 4 Art)

Spelling – no homework

Grammar – no homework

Math – Quiz today / Fact HW sheet

Reading – Review vocabulary for quiz Tuesday; read story “Boomtown” and review study guide– Test Wed.

 

Tuesday: (Day 5 Music)

Spelling – no homework

Grammar – Review new topic “Compound Sentences”

Math – Lesson 2-5 wkst and Fact wkst

Reading – Review story “Boomtown” and review study guide – Test Wed.

 

Wednesday: (Day 1 Computers)

Spelling – Write 1^st ten list words / Pretest Friday

Grammar – Review Compound Sentences

Math – Lesson 2-6 wkst – Fact wkst

Reading – no homework

 

 

 

Thursday:  (Day 2 Library)

Spelling – Write 2^nd ten list words / Pretest Friday

Grammar – Review Compound Sentences

Math – Lesson 2-7 wkst – Fact wkst

 

Friday:

***Please remember to sign any papers marked “sign and Return” in Friday folders and return folder on Monday.