WEEK OF: January 13th - 17th, 2014

*In Reading, our story this week is “Pushing Up the Sky”.  “Pushing Up the Sky” is a an example of play and a myth.  A myth is an old story that tries to explain something in nature.  In our story the Snowhomish are Native Americans who are having an issue because they believe that the sky is too close.  They develop a plan together to solve their problem. We will focus on our vocabulary skill using a Glossary and comprehension skill Author’s Purpose. We will present our play on Tuesday and Wednesday for Kindergarten and 1^st grade. Our vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday 1/14/14. Our Written test will be on Wednesday 1/15/14. You can listen and read along with our story by clicking on the link below:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30012488/READING%20STORIES/UNIT%203%20STORIES/7-09%20Pushing%20Up%20The%20Sky.mp3

 

 

 

*In Grammar we are working on Possessive Plural Nouns.  When you want to show that more than one person, place, or thing owns something you use a Possessive Plural Noun.  Add an (‘) after the s to show ownership.  We will have a Grammar Test on Wednesday 1/15/14.  We will then begin working on Action / Linking Verbs and Main / Helping Verbs on Thursday.

 

* We will begin our new Spelling List on Thursday this week.  Our new list will focus on contractions. You can practice and view your list words at the following site: http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=551204

 

 

 

Monday – Day 5 Music

Math –6-1 to 6-4 Review wkst (Quiz tomorrow on 6-1 to 6-4); 2x’s Fact sheet (Quiz Fri)

Reading – Read story “Pushing Up the Sky”; study vocabulary (Vocab Quiz Tues. – Test Wed.)

Grammar – Review Possessive Plural Nouns– quiz Wed. 1/15/14

 

Tuesday – Day 1 Computers

Math –2 x’s Fact sheet (Fact Quiz Fri.)

Reading – Read story “Pushing Up the Sky”; Test Wed.

Grammar – Review Possessive Plural Nouns– quiz Wed. 1/15/14

 

Wednesday – Day 2 Library

Math – Lesson 6-5 and 2x’s  Fact sheet (Fact Quiz Fri.)

 

Thursday – Day 3 Gym

Math – Lesson 6-6 and 2x’s fact wkst; (Fact Quiz Fri.)

Reading – Listen to new story “The Gardner”

Spelling – Spelling Choice board assigned – 2 activities completed and due back Monday

Grammar – Review Action / Linking Verbs and Main / Helping Verbs

 

 

Friday – Day 4 Art

*Read story “the Gardener”

*Practice X Math facts covered (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) – flash cards in blue folder