Farm Animal Research

Curriculum for the week:
Reading - Farm animal research, compare/contrast
Spelling - sour, outlet, grouchy, ounce, flour, flower, our, hour, cloudy, towels, shower, howling, crowns, powerful, crowd  Bonus: doubt, announce, council, drought, allowance
Math - multiplication (using pictures)
Writing - narrative story writing
Science - insect unit

A few reminders:

Walk-Fit Wednesday morning.

Music Wednesday afternoon.

We are in desperate need of prize box toys and disinfectant wipes.  Please send some in if you can!  :)

Book Orders Due Friday

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Farm Animal Research

Curriculum for the week:

Spelling - yawned, crawled, awning, fawn, squawk, drawn, awful, thaws, hauled, cause, pause, because, fault, haunt, author Bonus: caught, laundry, daughter, autumn, awesome
Reading - farm animal research, author's purpose
Grammar - compound sentences
Math - skip counting, in-out boxes
Science - insect unit
Writing - narrative stories

A few reminders:

Gifted testing will be next week for those who I've discussed this with.

Hometown Hero's presentation is Monday morning.

Garden presentation is Tuesday afternoon.

Character Assembly is Wednesday morning.

The fundraiser prize Game Truck will be here Thursday afternoon.

The Simonton Family Dance is Friday after school. (flyers go home Monday)

Earth Day Activities:
Monday - wear green
Tuesday - tour the garden
Wednesday - read an Earth/recycling book
Thursday - clean up the school
Friday - Hawaiian Day!

Curriculum for the week:
Reading - Circle Stories, write your own using If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as a guide
Spelling - here, hear, sail, sale, sent, cent, pale, pail, heel, heal, tail, tale, there, their, they're Bonus: scent, which, witch, peace, piece (students will need to know which word means what, they will be given the word in a sentence on the test)
Grammar - review (because of Stanford 10)
Math - review games and activities (because of Stanford 10)
Writing - narrative stories
Social studies - land forms and land form maps
Science (we should begin mid week) - insect and butterfly unit - our live caterpillars are on the way!

A few reminders:

The library will be closed all week due to AIMS.

The attendance contest will continue for next week.

Stanford 10 Schedule:

• Tuesday - 8:30 Reading Comprehension
• Wednesday - 8:30 Math Problem Solving
• Thursday - 8:30 Language
• Friday - make up testing for anyone who missed a test session

Curious George

Curriculum for the week:
Spelling - reread, rewrite, rewind, remove, reheat, untie, unwrap, unload, unable, unlucky, disable, disagree, dislike, disobey, disappear Bonus:  recycle, rebuild, dishonest, disrespectful, uncomfortable
Social Studies - oceans and continents
Writing - story writing
Reading - Curious George literature study and Stanford 10 review activities
Math - Stanford 10 review activities
Grammar - conventions review activities

A few reminders:

Our annual Attendance Contest starts next week!  Be sure to be here and be on time.  Our class could win a sweet treat!

We have Walk-Fit Wednesday morning

Thursday is Subway Spirit Day all day!  Be sure to mention you are from Simonton when paying.

Stanford 10 standardized testing is next week.  If you know your child will be absent next week, please let me know now so I can plan their testing schedule accordingly.

Penguin Opinions

Curriculum for the week:
Reading Story - Penguin informational texts
Vocabulary - none
Spelling - helpful, careful, useful, cheerful, wonderful, fearful, joyful, hopeful, playful, careless, helpless, fearless, useless, sleepless, harmless  Bonus: peaceful, successful, beautiful, respectful, motionless
Grammar - use accurate vocabulary when writing
Math - vertex edge mapping and graphing
Writing - Dr. Seuss activities
Social Studies - Presidents

A few reminders:

Galileo Testing is next week.  We have it first thing Monday and Tuesday morning.  Please be on time and well rested!

Reading Curriculum night is Tuesday.  We hope to see everyone there!

Penguin Presentations

Curriculum for the week:

Reading Story - none, we are creating displays and presenting information about the penguins we researched last week
Vocabulary - none
Spelling - planned, floated, shopping, hopped, liked, stopped, walking, watched, cleaning, saving, wagging, taking, played, hiding, hoped Bonus: eight, weight, freight, sleigh, neighbor
Grammar - dictionary skills
Writing - letters to the president
Math - geometry
Social Studies - presidents

A few reminders:

We have a hometown heros presentation Tuesday morning.  Don't be late!

The cookie fundraiser ends Tuesday as well.

On Wednesday we will have a bus evacuation drill. 

Field Trip money and permission slips due Friday!

Student Treasures classroom book order money due Friday too!