Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Pixie Project

Here is a copy of our Abraham Lincoln timeline.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Spelling week 11/12

Spelling list for Nov. 12th.
Test will be Nov. 16th

  1. Lunch
  2. lunches
  3. story
  4. stories
  5. tune
  6. tunes
  7. switch
  8. switches
  9. baby 
  10. babies
  11. note
  12. notes
We have been practicing plurals in class.  Students are learning if a word ends in a ch,sh,s, x then they will add -es otherwise,  it ends in s.   If a word ends with a y then you change the y to an i and add -es.

Thanks for your help.


 Spelling city link. Practive for your test here.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Money! Money ! Money!

We have started our money unit in math.
Please work with you students on money identification.

Here is an example:
Have your child start with the value of the first coin and count on.

Sarah found these coins on the ground.
     25cents       50 cents       55cents    56c       57cents     58 c
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What is the total amount?


A. 63¢

B. 58¢

C. 56¢

D. 28¢

November 2- November 8th


Big Idea/Big Question
(This is the theme of our unit in class.)
Question of the Week
(This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)

Working Together:  How can we work together?


How can we work together to meet people’s needs?
Phonics Skills
(These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)
Spelling Patterns and associated Words
(These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
r-Controlled er, ir, ur

birth   curb   curl   dirt   her   nurse   person   purse   serve   skirt   turn   turtle

High Frequency Words
(These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)
Story Words
(These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
above   ago   enough   toward   whole   word
hurricanes   resources   scarce   scarcity   trade-off
Oral Vocabulary
(Try using these words in your conversations at home.)
Handwriting Practice
(Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
consumer(s)   decision(s)   extraordinary   fiber   lack   producer(s)   strand   typical

Jj,   Pp
Letter Form

Thursday, November 1, 2012

 Test Thursday 11/8/12

Spelling activities 



1.   curb





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