Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Week of 10/25

A few special announcements this week:

We are having an ice cream party on Wednesday after lunch to celebrate our full marble jar earned by great behavior.

P.S. Science begins on Tuesday with Ms. Julie.

A special 6 week art program begins this Thursday.

Here's what we are learning this week:

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Spelling--words with long and short i: animals, bright, might, tight, sight, lights, my, why, fly, dry, sky, visit, picnic, winter, mint, interest. Tests on Thursday and Friday.

Reading--Allie's Basketball Dream. Vocabulary words--bounced, basketball, shoot, aimed, playground, gift. We are working on learning about the characters from their words and actions.
Story test on Friday.

Language--Writers' Workshop and writing commands and exclamations.

MATH:
Finishing up chapter 1. Test on Wednesday. Then we will begin chapter 2--adding and subtracting with related facts, estimating sums.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
California's physical features and regions.

RELIGION: The three sacraments of initiation welcome us and make us part of the church.