Friday, December 16, 2011

Week of December 19th

There will be no homework or spelling words this week.

Math:
     Begin Unit 5---Money
Reading:
     Holiday study---main idea, text features
Language Arts:
     Compound words
     Persuasive/Holiday writing
Social Studies: Test on Monday
    Creek village projects


Tuesday 12/20  1:00pm  Class Holiday Party
Wednesday 12/21  8:30am   2nd-3rd grade Holiday Chorus Concert
Thursday 12/22  Last day of school before break

Friday, December 9, 2011

Week of December 12th

Unfortunately this is a week of tests.  December 22nd is the end of 1st semester so we have quite a few tests coming up.  With this in mind, please make sure your child has had breakfast and a good night's sleep. 

There will be no homework this week, only spelling words!

Math:
     Finish Unit 4-Addition, Subtraction, Estimation, Problem Solving
Reading:
     Text Features and Non-Fiction Text
Language Arts:
     Review of commas, homophones, contractions
     Persuasive/Holiday writing
Social Studies:
    Creek and Cherokee peoples

Spelling Words:
Group 1: jay, smash, stand, grain, gain, gray, brave
Group 2: smash, stand, trash, blame, brave, taste, gain, grain, play, gray
Group 3: smash, stand, trash, blame, brave, taste, gain, grain, play, gray,
               grand, slate, praise, sway, jay

Tests:
     Tuesday:  Reading Checkpoints
      Wednesday:  Math Checkpoints
     Thursday:  Unit 4 Math Test
     Friday:  Unit 4 Reading Test

Monday, December 5, 2011

Week of December 4th

Reading:
     Non-Fiction text features
Language Arts/Writing:
    Persuasive writing
    commas
Math: Test on Monday December 12th
     Addition and Subtraction with regrouping
    Word Problems
    Estimation
Social Studies:
      Creek and Cherokee peoples, Sequoyah

Spelling Words:
     Group 1: wait, train, road, three, neat, teeth, cheek
     Group 2: wait, train, grain, throat, road, three, cheek, beach, neat, cheat
     Group 3: wait, train, grain, throat, road, three, cheek, beach, neat, cheat,
                    plain, coach, teeth, green, least

Homework:
      Monday:
              Math worksheet
              Read 15 minutes
              Study for Math Test--Monday December 12th
      Tuesday:
              Math fact games
              Reading worksheet
      Wednesday:
              Math worksheet
              Read 15 minutes
       Thursday:
              Math fact games
              Reading worksheet
       Friday:
             Study for Math test on Monday!