Week of January 30th

Reading: We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Multiplication models (groups and arrays)
Science:  Changes in Matter

Homework:
Monday: Multiplication worksheet
Tuesday: Reading worksheet
Wednesday: Multiplication worksheet
                Reading/LA test on Thursday
Thursday: Language Arts worksheet
               Changes in Matter test on Friday

Spelling Words
Group 1: wish, child, find, lost, cold, most, hint
Group 2: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
Group 3: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
              slick, wild, cross, floss, comb

Week of January 23, 2012

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change---Test on Thursday!
Science:  Changes in Matter

Homework:
Monday: Money word problems
Tuesday: Subject-verb agreement
Wednesday: Study for test tomorrow
Thursday: Subject-verb agreemeent

Spelling Words
Group 1: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night
Group 2: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night, quite, twice, white
Group 3: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night, quite, twice, white,
              grill, bliss, crime, fright, twist

Week of January 16th

Reminders:
    No school on Monday
    Return contact sheets and report card envelopes
    Lunch with Dad on Friday

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change
Science:  Solids, Liquids, and Gases---Test on Friday

Homework: Read 20 minutes everyday!
Tuesday: Making Change worksheet
Wednesday: Subject-verb agreement
Thursday: Money Word Problems
Spelling Words
Group 1: few, knew, blue, true, do, truck, trunk
Group 2: brush, truck, trunk, few, knew, blue, true, do, truth, sew
Group 3: brush, truck, trunk, few, knew, blue, true, do, truth, sew
               crumb, shrewd, whew, cruel, fuel

Week of January 9th

Happy New Year!

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Quotation marks and commas
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change
Science:  Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Homework: Read 20 minutes everyday!
Monday: Comparing $ worksheet
Tuesday: Quotation marks worksheet and math facts
Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting money worksheet
Thursday: Quotation marks worksheet and math facts

Spelling Words:
Group 1: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, lose
Group 2: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, roast, throw, lose, gloss
Group 3: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, roast, throw, lose, gloss
              globe, prompt, quote, loan, glow, show

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

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

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!