May 23, 2011

ABC Countdown
May 26th - Sport Day, wear your favorite jersey/sport shirt.
May 27th - Top your head with a hat, wear your favorite hat.

Reading
Theme: Family Time
Genre: Realistic Fiction

The story for this week is The School Mural. A group of children celebrate their school's fiftieth anniversary by painting a mural on one wall of the school.


Target Skills:
Phonics: base words with -ed, -ing
Comprehension: questions
High Frequency Words: neighbor, should, below
Vocabulary: event, mural, pride, project, scene, sketches

Math
There will be a test on Chapter 23, Three-Digit Addition. We will begin Chapter 24, Three-Digit Subtraction. Children will be using both addition and subtraction to solve multi-step word problems.

Science
We will be classifying moves as pushes or pulls. Students will learn that the amount and direction of the force exerted on an object determine how much and in what direction the object will move.

Social Studies
Students will learn how science and technology have changed communication and transportation.
There will be a test on Unit 6, People and Places in History.


Homework

Reading - read 20 minutes and complete reading log
Math - practice facts & one side of a worksheet

*Please check your child's homework and have him/her correct mistakes.