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Week of: September 7 -10
We are learning about…
Reading: Review story structure, base words and endings er and est, multiple meaning words, and parts of a book; Read aloud the book Red Dog by Bill Wallace
Spelling: The “No Excuse” words from last week spelling test could show up on any of our spelling tests this year. Usually I will pick five out of the list to add to each week’s spelling test. I remind the students that they should not just remember the words for Friday’s test, but for a lifetime. The spelling words for this week are: cannot, can’t, don’t, haven’t, won’t, wouldn’t, I’d, I’ll, let’s we’re, I’m, didn’t, o’clock, that’s, there’s, minute, stretch, instead, ninety, and divide. Test will be Friday, Sept. 10th .
English: Each day your child will be doing D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language) which is a review of all the grammar rules and write in their journals as part of their English program. We will review the four kinds of sentences (declarative, command, interrogative, and exclamatory)
Math: Continue ch.2 “Compare, Order, and Round Whole Numbers and Money”; Please make sure they know their addition and subtraction facts because they will be doing time tests periodically throughout this quarter.
Science: Continue to read and discuss ch.1 “Classifying Plants and Animals”
Social Studies: Geography skills; There will also be a test on the 7 continents and 4 oceans on Friday, Sept. 10th.
Physical Education – Begin unit on softball – please bring a glove
REMINDERS: The school year is going well. The class is great! Thank you for all of your support!
No School Monday, Sept. 6th – Labor Day – Have a great week!
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