Sunday, January 10, 2010

A Peek at the Week of January 11-15


There will not be any school next Monday, January 18th in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day. 

Scholastic book orders are due this Wednesday. 

We will have our monthly Game Day this Wednesday afternoon.

Reading Workshop:  We will continue to learn about the non-fiction genre.  This week we will focus on the text feature of captions--where they are located and how to read them in order to understand the topic of the book.

Writing Workshop: We will continue writing our How Tos. This week we will be making posters which will use Step 1, Step 2, etc.  We are looking forward to viewing some How To movies made by some of our students and their families.

Spelling/Phonics: Long o ending with silent e:  hope, wrote, those, note, joke

Math: We are starting Topic 5.

Social Studies:  We will be learning about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Homework
Monday 1/11
1.  Read for at least 20 minutes
2.  Purple spelling sheet

Tuesday 1/12
1.  Read for at least 20 minutes
2.  Polar Bear Math

Wednesday 1/13
1. Read for at least 20 minutes
2. Learn About Penguins

Thursday 1/14
1.  Read for at least 20 minutes
2.  Study for Spelling Test

Have a great week!