December 30, 2012

Language Arts: We will continue reading A Day's Work. A tes twill be given over the story on Tuesday. We will also have a singular and plural noun test on Tuesday. Wednesday we will have our test over context clues. We have been reviewing these skills all week. Please look over the papers your child has brought home. On Thursday we will begin learning about text features as our new reading skill. Look for worksheets to be sent home to review.

The spelling pretest will be on Thursday with the final test on Friday.

Spelling words for next week: sunglasses, football, homework, haircut, popcorn, railroad, snowstorm, earring, scarecrow, blueberry, butterflies, lawnmower, campground, goodnight, toothbrush, thumbtack, earthquake, scrapbook, courthouse, whirlpool



Math-We are working hard as we learn the propertis of multiplication. We are focusing on the distributive and associative properties. The students are still taking timed multiplication tests. Please practice with your child at home. We have finished 2's, 4's and 5's. Right now your child should be memorizing their 3's.

November 2, 2012

Cash Math: We will continue learning multiplication strategies next week. Along with memorizing facts, the students need to be able to draw diagrams to solve multiplication problems. These include models and arrays.  We will be working on 3's and 4's next week. Please help your child memorize these facts at home.

 

Cash Reading: We will continue to focus on main idea with a test on Thursday. Study Island is a great way to study for this test. We will also continue to read The Courage of Sarah Noble. Please look for reading assignments over this book. We will not have spelling words next week due to Pioneer Day on Monday and being out on Election Day.

 

 

Science: We are learning about animals and their traits. Please review the study guide each night.  

September 28, 2012

Cash Reading: We will read My Rows and Piles of Coins.  Character traits are the reading skill that will be covered next. Compound sentences will be our grammar skill. Please check for a book to come home on Monday, October 8^th and also the following Monday to read for homework. This story will be taught for 2 weeks.  The spelling test, grammar, and reading test will be on Thursday, Oct. 11.  The spelling pretest will be the on Wednesday, October 10^th.

Spelling words:  proud, shower, hour, amount, voyage, choice, avoid, thousand, prowl, employ, bounce, poison, annoy, broil, challenge words:  however, mountain, coward, turmoil, chowder. 

Cash Math: Next week we will begin a unit on representing and interpreting data. This will include bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots. We will also be reviewing other skills such as 3 and 4 digit addition and subtraction with regrouping. The students will also be working on their math journals. Expect homework most nights.

September 24, 2012

Language Arts-This week we will continue to read What About Me. We have been learning more about sequence with this story. The sequence and compare/contrast test will be on Wednesday, along with the spelling pretest. The reading and final spelling test will be on Thursday. Remember, if your child makes an A on the pre test they don't have to take the final test on Thursday. This can be free time. In writing we are working on writing a paragraph. This will be their grammar grade next week. We will not have a grammar test

 

 

Math-The math test has been pushed to Tuesday. After that we will begin a new unit on representing and interpreting data. We will also be reviewing a lot with math computation. Look for some practice sheets to be sent home.

 

 

Friday, September 14, 2012

Cash Math: The students had a quiz today on the properties of addition and estimation. We will continue to add and subtract 3 digit numbers with estimation.  We will also be learning some problem solving strategies. We've been focusing on addition, but we will start subtraction on Monday. Our final test will be next Friday.

 

Cash Reading: Our story next week will be What about Me? We will begin this on Tuesday. We will continue to study sequence and review compare/contrast as our main skill. In grammar we will be focusing on how to write a paragraph.The spelling test will be on Thursday of the following week with a pretest on Wednesday. Spelling Words: clean, agree, teeth, dream, grain, coach, display, window, shadow, cheese, peach, braid, Sunday, float, thrown. Bonus: entertain, complain, bleachers, willow, and wheat.