Week of May 23

READING:

We are reading a story called the "Gardener". We are working on vocabulary, discussing the genre: realistic fiction, working on mood, making inferencing, setting and picture walks to help tell the story. We will read this for 2 weeks.  Ask them about it! Keep reading nightly and record on the Reading Calendar to be turned in on Monday in the Red Folders. Remember to read for AT LEAST 15 minutes on 4 separate nights....HAPPY READING! ")

WRITING:

We are working on writing sentences with lots of adverbs and adjectives this week. We also continue to work on editing for spelling errors, capitalization, and endmarks. We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday and Squiggles every Wednesday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories.  The kids LOVE winning Squiggle Puppy...We look for GREAT details, CORRECT capitalization and punctuation, and a great story! :)

SPELLING: 

Don't forget to study your words... our test is on Wednesday. This week's words:      

can't            there's         I'm

didn't          it's                you're

don't           what's          they're

won't           I'll               I've

here's          we'll            you've            

If you're on a challenge list... make sure you check your agenda for the word list. All word lists are posted weekly in the agenda.

MATH:

We also are continuing to do multiplication and using patterns to help us figure out problems.We have learned 2 new ways to solve multiplication problems. We have learned partial products and lattice multiplication. PLEASE continue studying MULTIPLICATION FACTS AT HOME...we are going to be starting our timed tests again. This time we will "earn" an ice cream sundae party. For each fact mastered, they earn a part of the sundae! A GREAT site to practice and even take tests right on the computer is multiplication.com.  

SOCIAL STUDIES:

We are studying about our community. We have discussions about the 3 types of communities: rural, suburban, and urban, learn what resources are in our community, and how our community has changed over time. Be looking for an interview that your child be asking you to participate in to help us learn about communities. We will also over the next 3 weeks be making a Sunbury brochure and a brochure about a different country to compare and contrast different communities.

HANDWRITING:

We are still working on learning our UPPERCASE letters in cursive! They are doing great! Keep practicing and check out the link for Handwriting Without Tears for helpful hints and practice tips. Click Here.