Week of January 31, 2011

MATH:  This week we will begin adding and subtracting three digits.  We will work on this topic for two weeks.  Homework consists of two fraction worksheets… one is a review for their fraction test which will be given this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Students will continue writing their report on Jackie Robinson.  We should complete the rough draft on Monday, editing on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the final draft on Thursday and Friday.

SCIENCE:  After we finish the report on Jackie Robinson, students will begin researching the earth, sun, moon, and stars.  This will either begin on Friday or next Monday.

READING:  Students will receive a February Reading Calendar.  They should read 500 minutes.  Parents should write the number of minutes their child reads each day, add the amount at the end of each week, and write the total and sign the bottom of the calendar.  The calendar is due the first three days of March.  Students can use the minutes on this calendar towards the minutes needed to earn their free Six Flags ticket.

WRITING:  We are studying different types of sentences… simple, compound, complex.  Students will write sentences in class and a few for homework (using spelling words)… check under SPELLING for details.

SPELLING:  Studying   Long  U    and     Short   U

WTW 18A   Test is Friday	WTW 18B  Test is next Monday	HOMEWORK
1.  plump    2.  stew 3. sue      4.sew                 5.  few        6.  trunk 7.  blue      8.  chew 9.  clue      10.  true 11.  junk	12.  do        13.  dump 14.  drew    15.  flue 16.  brush   17.  knew 18.  glue     19.  grew 20.  truth    21.  truck	1.  Define #1, 2, 3, 9, 13, 15, 21, 22 2.  Write a simple sentence for odd numbers. 3.  Write a compound sentence for even numbers. 4.  Practice sorting words; thenCut and Paste WTW Book page 71-73

**** Shout Out for Emmanuel… he’s the only student who completed all of his homework last week!  Way to go, Emmanuel… keep up the good work.

Week of January 24,2011

SPELLING:           WORD SORT 17                    Short     o      and      Long    o

Test over 17A on Friday, January 28, 2011	Test over 17B on Monday, January 31, 2011	HOMEWORK:
1.  long              2.  slow 3.  roam            4.  wrote 5.  drop             6.  blow 7.  roast            8.  boat 9.  globe          10.  shop 11.  loaf	1.  know           2.  throw 3.  note            4.  dome 5.  lose              6.  grow 7.  chop            8.  close 9.  coach        10.  gloss	1.  Define each word 2.  Write a sentence for       15 words 3.  Cut and paste words on WTW chart (p.69)
		Due Friday – January 28

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Create an award for Jackie Robinson… p. 9 in Social Studies Work Book will be due  on Friday, January 28.  Students will complete their research on Jackie Robinson by Wednesday.

READING:  Students received a form to keep track of their reading in order to receive a free Six Flags Ticket at the end of the school year.  They should start reading 20 minutes per night.  They do not have a January

calendar; however, they will receive one for February.

MATH:  We are studying fractions right now… sorting fractions from sets, using fraction bars to find equivalent fractions, and locating fractions on a number line.  They have a baggy with fraction bar pieces.  Please encourage them to practice this skill at home (1/2 = ?/4 =?/6=?/8=?/10=?/12).  They will receive  their homework folder on Tuesday with math worksheets to complete and due on Friday.

WRITING:  Their writing practice is to write a friendly letter… write a letter to a friend with the correct heading and closing.  We did this during the 2^nd quarter, too.  This will be collected on Friday, 01/28.

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Week of January 10, 2011

Most of our time this week will involve taking the DRA and udating the reading level of each student.
MATH = fractions... students made a fraction book and should refer to it as
                                   needed when completing class/home work.  Last
                                   week students identified fractions using pictures.
                                   This week we will locate fractions on a number line and
                                   make comparisons (less/greater than; equal to).
SPELLING = WTW 15... students will take the 2nd part of their spelling test
                                   on Monday (words #13-24).  New spelling words will be
                                   written in their agenda on Monday and the test for the first
                                   section will be Friday and the test over the second section
                                   will be next Monday.  Students will write each 
                                   spelling word in their spelling journal 5 times and write
                                   one sentence for each word.  The first section will be due
                                   on Thursday and the second section will be due the
                                   following Monday.
READING = January Reading Calendar... Students will need to read 500
                                    minutes for the month of January.  The December
                                    calendar was collected last Thursday.  The January
                                    calendar should be turned in by the 3rd of February.
                                    Students should be reading at least 20 minutes each
                                    night.
SOC. ST. = This quarter we will be studying Jackie Robinson and Martin
                     Luther King, Jr.  Students will learn how to use resources in our
                    library to help with their research project and our discussion on
                    civil rights.
SCI. = In Science we will study the seasons and planets.  We will have an
            assignment that will be due near the end of the quarter.  More info
            will be provided at a later date.
WRITING =  This week we will write on several journal topics and discuss our
                       upcoming writing projects (SS and SCI).