HOMEWORK:  Your child can plan on 1-2 assignments nightly (10-20 minutes).  Their assignments will be written in their Student Planner (assignment notebook) daily.  Please check each night to be sure your child has completed all homework (even if they attend the After School Program).

SPELLING:  Each week the students will be given 15 spelling words that will be written into their Student Planner on the first day of the school week.  A Spelling Test is given on Thursday and a Dictation Test on Friday.  If it is a 4 day week, the Spelling Test will be given on the last day of the week and there will be no Dictation Test.

READING - VOCABULARY WORDS:  There will be 8 words sent home at the beginning of each story we will start in Reading.  Please review these words will them so they are able to read them well.  They will be seeing them in their stories and reading work.

WORD OF THE WEEK:  Each week the students will learn a new word we'll use in class.  They will also glue the word along with their spelling words.  After 10 weeks, we will test on those words instead of a spelling week.

SUPPLIES:  All children will need:

pencils

3 two pocket folders

1 box of crayons

pair of pointy scissors

markers

pencil case

box of tissues 

2 Dry erase markers

playdough

FOLDERS:  Your child wll have one of his/her folders going home nightly as a homework folder.  The left side of he folder will be for homework that needs to be returned the following day (L= LEAVE in the folder).  The right side of the folder will be for graded papers or correspondence that needs to be taken out (R= take out RIGHT away).  Please place any notes for me in the right side of the folder so your child will see it and give it to me RIGHT AWAY!

When we begin a new story , eight words will be sent home to practice.  These words will be in the text we read and will also show up in their homework and tests.  Reviewing the words to be read by sight will be beneficial to your child.

Unit 1

Vocabulary Words for Henry and Mudge

curly   floppy   weighed   collars   straight   drooled   stood   row

Vocabulary Words for My Family

remembered   crown   stuck   cousin   porch   spend   visit   piano

Vocabulary Words for Dogs

hairy   stayed   canned   coat   mammals   litter   chews   clipped

Vocabulary Words for Diary of a Spider

insects   sticky   rotten   judge   dangerous   scare   screaming   breeze

Vocabulary Words for Teacher's Pets

wonderful   quiet   noticed   bursting   noises   sprinkled   share   suddenly

Unit 2 Nature Watch

Vocabulary Words for Animals Building Homes

shaped   beaks   deepest   winding   branches   pond   break   hang

Each month the students will be assigned a book report to do at home.  I'll send home the directions, rubric, and some materials at the beginning of the month.  They will be responsible for a project, written report, and an oral presentation.  November's book report project is to make a puzzle from the book they read.  The puzzle, written report, and the presentation are due Thursday, November 20th.  They are welcome to bring the book report in the week of November 17th.

There are no Spelling  words this week.  They will instead be tested on the Words of the Week.  They will be trested on the words and definitons.  I will orally say the definition, and they will write the word from a list I give them. 

Words of the Week

1. appropriate: something right for a situation
2. compromise: when 2 people give in a little to settle a disagreement
3. camouflage: when colors and patterns are used to hide people, animals, and things
4. essential: absolutely necessary
5. zany: a person who acts in a foolish or silly way
6. mumble: when you don't speak clearly
7. retrieve: when you get something back again
8. furious: extremely angry
9. persevere: when you keep trying and trying and don't give up even if it's difficult
10. tedious: sometrhing boring and repetitious

 They have started Chapter 3, Place Value to 1,000.  At the end of the week we will move  on to 2-digit addition. PLEASE practice flashcards as often as possible.

They will be practicing addition and subtraction facts throughout the year.  I will be introducing and working on specific facts in class that can be reinforced at home with their flashcards  The more they do it, the stronger they will be! 

The students will tested on doubles,+0,+1,+2,+9, doubles +1, and sums of 8 and 9.  We will start sums of 10 this week. (the only cards you need are 3+7 and 4+6. The rest are in the deck thye've been practicing.) Please pull these specific cards out and practice daily.

 Our virtue for October is courtesy.

They will begin Chapter 5.  They'll be learning about the 10 Commandments, starting on the first 3.  They will also learn about Noah. 

        Every week we will be sharing together a magazine called  Good News to help explain and reinforce each Sunday's Gospel.

Language Arts will be composed of 2 areas.

Grammar: Nouns

Writing:  Haunted House story

They will write in their journals 2 or 3 times a week.   

Social Studies: Communities

Science:  Spiders

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