January 12, 2015
New Student - Unfortunately Serenity will not be joining our class. The family has decided that she should stay in her current school to finish the school year. They are looking forward to her joining our school district in the following school year.
Reading
We will continue with the story Officer Buckle and Gloria.
vocabulary words are: audience, swivels, commands, popped, and attention
vocabulary work: synonyms and antonyms and using the dictionary
summarizing using the 6 questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how
Language Arts
continue with contractions
writing a name poem for a favorite animal
writing sentences with capital letters and end punctuation marks
Math
MAP testing - rescheduled for Monday
practice math facts, students should be finishing up with addition
adding and subtracting multiplies of 10 or 100
skip count by different amounts on the number line
compare 3-digit numbers using the symbols: <, >, =
Science
compare the structural characteristics of different plantsreview and test on Chapter 3, Plants
Remember to record observations on the growth of your pea plant.
Homework
Reading - read for 20 minutes, complete Reading Log
Math - practice facts, workbook page
Spelling - practice words
*Reminder - Six Flags, Student Reading Logs are due Monday, February 23rd
