Week of: January 26th - 30th, 2015

**Reading — Next week we will be starting Unit 3 which contains stories about how people and nature are connected.  The first story is an example of Expository Text called How Do You Raise a Raisin?   The comprehension skill we will be working on with this story is Drawing Conclusions while the Vocabulary skill will be Homophones. 

**Spelling – Our new spelling list is made up of Contractions.  We will take a PreTest on Wed. 1/28 and the Final Test on Friday 1/30. 

**Grammar – Verbs will be our focus for this Unit.  We will start with identifying Action and Linking Verbs.  We will have a Quiz on Friday 1/30.

**Math – We are continuing with Topic 11 Two-Dimensional Shapes and Their Attributes.  We will be working on Lessons 8 and 9 followed by some review of this Topic.  We will be having a Matching Picture/Vocab Test on Friday 1/30   

**Science—We will be investigating animal traits and behaviors inherited from parents  in Lesson 2. Please continue to review vocab.    

Monday (Day 1 Computers)
Math - Fact Sheet (7x's) - Quiz Friday / Topic 11 Review WS
Spelling - Write list words / Pretest Wed.
Grammar - Review Action and Linking verbs
Reading - Review new vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, and story

Tuesday (Day 2 - Library)
Math - Fact Sheet (7x's) - Quiz Friday / Topic 11 Review WS
Spelling - Write list words / Pretest Wed.
Grammar - Review Action and Linking verbs
Reading - Review new vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, and story
Wednesday (Day 3 Gym)
Math - Fact Sheet (7x's) - Quiz Friday / Topic 11 Review WS
Spelling -  Pretest corrections ~ final test Friday
Grammar - Review Action and Linking verbs
Reading - Review new vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, and story

 Thursday (Day 4 Art)
Math - Fact Sheet (7x's) - Quiz Friday / Topic 11 Review WS
Spelling - Final test Friday on Contractions
Grammar - Review Action and Linking verbs
Reading - Review new vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, and story
 
Friday (Day 5 Music)
 Grammar - Review Action and Linking verbs
Reading - Review new vocabulary, Drawing Conclusions, and story

 

 

 

January 12th - 16th, 2015

*Math - Topic 10 Test will be Monday

*Math - 4x's Fact Assessment will be Monday

*Spelling -  Final Test will be Monday

*** Please check homework book daily for changes

Monday (Day 3 - Gym)
Math - Topic 10 test and 4x's Quiz today
Spelling - Amazing Birds' nest final test today
Grammar - Review Plural Possessive Nouns ~ Quiz Wed.
Reading - Review vocabulary, Main Idea, and story ~ Story test Wed. / Skills Test Thurs.


Tuesday (Day 4 - Art)
Math - 6 x's WS / 11-1 WS
Spelling - Review Unit 2 List ~ Unit 2 test Friday
Grammar - Review Plural Possessive Nouns ~ Quiz Wed.
Reading - Review vocabulary, Main Idea, and story ~ Story test Wed. / Skills Test Thurs 

Wednesday (Day 5 - Music)
Math - 6x's WS / 11-3 WS
Spelling - Review Unit 2 List - Unit 2 test Friday
Grammar - Plural Possessive Nouns  Quiz today
Reading - Review vocabulary, Main Idea, and story ~ Story test today. / Skills Test Thurs


Thursday (Day 1 - Computers)
Math - 6x's WS / 11-4 WS
Spelling - Review Unit 2 List - Unit 2 test Friday
Grammar - Review Unit 2 Skills - see red folder for study guide
Reading - Skills Test Today  

Friday (Day 2 - Library)
Spelling - Unit 2 test today
Grammar - Review Unit 2 skills - see red folder for study guide
  

WEEK OF: January 5th - 9th, 2015

Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays with family and friends. 

 

**Reading: We will begin our next story called “Amazing Bird Nests”.  This is an example of Expository text.  Expository text tells about real people, things, or events.  We will be working on Main Idea and Details this week.

 

**Spelling: The new list is made up of Consonant Digraphs: /s/, /th/, /f, /ch/, and /ng/.  We will take a Pretest on Wednesday 1/7 and final test on Friday 1/9.   

 

**Grammar: Our focus is Plural Possessive nouns (plural nouns that show ownership). Please check the red folder for a study guide.  

 

**Math: We will finish up with Topic 10 (Comparing Fractions).  We will review Wednesday and Thursday and have a Topic 10 test Friday.  Please check our Blue folder for Topic 10 practice test and review packet on Wednesday / Thursday.

 

**Science: We will begin Chapter 4 “Living Things”.  We will start by learning how to classify animals.

Monday – Day 3 Gym

Math – 4x’s fact sheet (Quiz Friday); 10-8 WS (Topic 10 test Friday)  

Reading – Review new vocab, story, and story skills (Main Idea and details)

Grammar – Review Plural Possessive Nouns

Spelling – Write new list words ~ pretest Wednesday

 

Tuesday – Day 4 Art

Math – 4x’s fact sheet (Quiz Friday); 10-9 WS (Topic 10 test Friday)  

Reading – Review new vocab, story, and story skills (Main Idea and details)

Grammar – Review Plural Possessive Nouns

Spelling – Write new list words ~ pretest Wednesday

 

 

 

 

Wednesday – Day 5 Music

Math – 4x’s fact sheet (Quiz Friday); Topic 10 Review (Topic 10 test Friday)  

Reading – Review new vocab, story, and story skills (Main Idea and details)

Grammar – Review Plural Possessive Nouns

Spelling – Pretest corrections – Final test Friday

 

Thursday – Day 1 Computer

Math – 4x’s fact sheet (Quiz Friday); Topic 10 Review (Topic 10 test Friday)  

Reading – Review new vocab, story, and story skills (Main Idea and details)

Grammar – Review Plural Possessive Nouns

Spelling – Final Test on Friday

 

 

Friday – Day 2 Library

·       Please sign and return all Friday folders