We had a great day!
Language Arts~
We went to music and IMC. We came back to the room and took a spelling pretest. The focus this week is on ways to spell the long e sound. Don't forget to study those words. We worked on grammar. This week we will be combining simple sentences to make compound sentences. We previewed our story vocabulary: roamed, completed, journey, natural and wildlife. We also talked about our comprehension skills. We will be using the main ideas in a story to write a summary of that story. We listened to the story on CD. Animals come Home to our National Parks.
Common Core Vocabulary for the week: clause, independent clause, simple sentence, compound sentence, conjunction, summary and semi-colon.
HW: Weekly homework went home today. It will be due on Friday. It is a short story this week. Think and Compare questions can be found on page 77 of the Treasures book. There are only 4 questions. Parents don't forget to sign the top of the homework.
Math~
Today we went over math boxes and reviewed the skills needed for tomorrow's test. We also practiced one digit by 3 digit multiplication.
HW: Study for tomorrow's test. Weekly homework also went home today (due Friday). Note the matching side must be done with a straightedge.
Science~
We investigated the parts of a flower today. Each student had a
flower that they took apart and looked at the individual parts of the flower
with a magnifying glass. They also worked on a skill packet from this chapter.
Extra science books were found. Each child now has a science book that
can be brought back and forth to school in order to study! We are very excited
about this. Don't forget the test is either next Thursday or Friday. (Thursday
if you had social studies today. Friday if you have science today)
HW: Skills
packet is due on Wednesday for today's science class.
