Week of Aug. 31st, 2015

Story of the Week: The Storm

Genre: Realistic Fiction

High Frequency words (vocabulary):                                             for, what, have, he, look, too

Word Family short ‘i’ words:                 

if, is, him, rip, fit, pin

Students will be reading and learning about re-telling a story this week. We will have a HFW Test Thursday. A spelling, and reading test on Friday

Grammar: Nouns-A person, place or thing      

Writing: Captions   

Handwriting: Letter formation of Dd, Ee, Ff and Gg

Homework Policy and Routine:

Homework will be given Monday through Thursday. Your child will be doing spelling and writing homework in their “Homework Notebook.” I check homework every morning. Math Homework will be sent home after the completion of each lesson and should be returned the following day.

Homework This Week:

Monday: Word Code: Write your Words. Trace Consonants in blue, Vowel in red.                                    

Tuesday: Write 5 sentences using the Word Family Words (if, is, him, rip, fit, pin).                    

Wednesday: Write 5 sentences using the High Frequency Words.(for, what, have, he, look, too)              

Thursday: Write ALL the words 3 times (x) each

Chapter 1 Math Test will be on Tuesday Sept. 8th

              Daily 5 Update                     

 Wow! We’ve finished the 10^th day of school and we already are Stamina Stars!!  The class is moving towards independence in Read to Self (12 minutes), Work on Writing (10 minutes)! Word Work, Listening to reading (on the computer) and Read to Someone will be launched in the coming weeks.

Social Studies:  Over the next 2 weeks, we will be learning and writing about School Leaders: Principal, Teachers,  Media Specialist, and more.