Week of Sept. 3

Reading

• Story-Lewis and Clark and Me   historical fantasy
• skill-author's purpose
• AR goal 4 points

Spelling

• long a & i words

Grammar/English

• imperative & exclamatory sentences

Social Studies

• video on Lewis & Clark
• Nebraska Newspaper- week 1

Week of August 26th

Reading

• sequence
• summarize
• Story- Because of Winn-Dixie excerpt (Opal goes to the library and meets Miss Franny)

Spelling at spellingcity.com

• spelling contract due Friday

TAI (think about it) will be homework given out on Monday and due back Thursday)

Writing

• narrative example--Fireflies
• bold beginnings

Social Studies

• Maps/globes/atlas
• bullying
• Nebraska weekly
• read to kindergarteners on Friday

School Year 2013-2014

• Pictures on Monday Aug. 19
• Return coversheet on Monday
• Return all signed sheets from handbook--6 for the school and 1 for me
• First take home journal due Monday 8-19-13
• Spelling Words this week: classmates' names
• Due August 30th  2 AR points

Enjoy the weekend!

Last Week

The last week will involve...

• readers' theater
• autograph books
• thank you notes to staff
• schoolwide movie
• elementary track event 
• Bananagrams/applegram contests
  

• classroom spelling bee

Have a GREAT SUMMER!! 

 

April 29th-May 3rd

Reading:
Sailing Home
  historical fiction...reading strategy: author's purpose
  AR goal 50 or 2 points this week
   Flipbook due Tuesday

Spelling:
    week 26
    Sailing Home list...Multisyllabic words
can be broken down into their individual syllables, which
can be sounded out one by one.

Writing:
   descriptive

Social Studies:
      10 states & their capitals...learn and spell correctly

Book Buddies on Friday

Week of April 8

Reading

• historical fiction  Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride
• sequencing is our reading strategy
• practice...practice...practice for the state reading test

Spelling

• week 23
• reading list-words with Greek roots...micro/auto/phone/meter

Social Studies

• PBS buddies on Thursday

State Reading Test

• April 16 & 17...we're practicing a lot!!

Writing

• turning wordless books into a story

Week of April 1, 2013

reading:

• genre-biography
• Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
• reading strategy-fact or opinion
• AR points 44...or 2 points...need 44 points or reading log for Friday Fun

spelling:

• week 22
• reading list words-prefixes
• TTT due Friday 

State Testing April 16 & 17

• no art until after testing, 
  
  so we can spend more time prepping for test

Book Project for April

• flip book for historical fiction
• directions