Week of May 11th-15th

MATH:

• Review 3-digit numbers with and without regrouping
• ID a slide, flip, and turn of various objects
• Define the line of symmetry as the line that divides a shape into two congruent parts
• ID cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism, and sphere
• ID and create symmetrical shapes

READING: Let's Go Rock Collecting by Monica Brown

• Understand the meanings of multiple meaning words
• Develop robust vocabulary meanings
• Use details and prior knowledge (what you already know) to make inferences

READING VOCABULARY:

• absolutely - If you absolutely have to do something, then you definitely have to do it.
• collection - When you have a collection of something, then you have a group of things that are kept together.
• common - If something is common, then there is a lot of it, or it happens often.
• durable - If something is durable, then it will last a long time.
• halfheartedly - If you do something halfheartedly, then you do it without much interest.
• identify - If you identify something, then you figure out what it is.
• last - Something that will last will be able to be used for a long time.
• rare - If something is rare, then it is not found or seen very often.
• separated - If you separated things, then you sorted them into groups.
• settled - If something settled, then it moved slowly until it came to rest.

LANGUAGE:

• Helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb tell about the past
• Have, has, & had are helping verbs.
• Example: I have been sick. (Have is the helping verb and been is the main verb.)

SPELLING:

• Test Friday.

SCIENCE:

• ID rocks as natural resources that people use.
• Collect and classify rocks, soil, and plants.
• Describe different bodies of water.
• Recognize that living things need water to live and grow.

REMINDERS:

• Book orders are due FRIDAY, May 15!
• Remember to bring your DOLLAR for the FIELD TRIP FRIDAY. We will be going to the park after we visit Head Start.

Have a blessed week!

Week of May 4th-8th

MATH:

• Recognize & name trapezoids, parallelograms, & hexagons
• Define congruent as describing two shapes that have the same size & shape
• ID a slide, flip, & turn of various objects
• Define the line of symmetry as the line that divides a shape into two congruent parts
• ID & create symmetrical shapes
• QUIZ FRIDAY

READING: My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown

• ID cause & effect in a story. Clue words may be in sentences to help you.
• cause = the reason something happens (Clue words are since & because)
• effect = what happens (Clue word is so)
• Understand the characteristics of a fiction (false; made-up) story
• ID antonyms as words that have opposite meanings

READING VOCABULARY...

• aspire = to try very hard
• accolade = special award or praise for something
• award = prize
• beyond = farther away
• create = use your imagination to make something new
• grand = something that is important and wonderful
• literature = stories and poems
• native = from a certain place, like where you were born
• noticed = observe something very carefully

LANGUAGE:

• Recognize & use present tense (come, run, go, do, see, give)
• Recognize & use past tense (came, ran, gone, did, saw, gave)
• QUIZ FRIDAY

SPELLING:

• TEST FRIDAY

SCIENCE:

• Define adaptation & the types of adaptation
• ID how plants & animals help each other in an ecosystem
• Define & construct a food chain
• Define endangered animals
• Study Guide goes home Tuesday (today)
• TEST WEDNESDAY

REMINDER:

• Book orders are due on Friday 5/15/09, so we will receive them before summer break!

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Week of April 27th-May 1st

THIS IS IT!! Iowa testing week is finally here for us! You're going to do a great job! We've been working hard all year. The good thing is that we get to take a lot of breaks this week and get to have special snacks that you've brought to school! Let's make this a super week, even though we have tests to take. Think about it this way...it's almost over!

Week of April 20th-24th

Welcome back! I hope you all had a fun Spring Break!

Now that we're back to school, we have final preparations to make before taking the Iowa test. You all are going to do well...just remember to concentrate and take your time! Relax...you'll do well! I believe in YOU!!!

Since only two people were able to vote on their favorite type of animal, I am extending the deadline by one day. Poll closes TODAY--WEDNESDAY--at 3:00 p.m. Please make sure you vote! :D

Here's what we have going on this week:

MATH:

• 8-minute addition & subtraction drills for review
• Word problems--choose the correct operation (+, -, x, /) to solve problems
• Practice math concept skills

READING:

• Make predictions and read Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
• Read story to check predictions
• Discuss setting, characters, and plot
• Answer comprehension questions
• CHOCOLATE CELEBRATION Friday! Yummmm!

FOR FUN...All Things Chocolate :D

• Chocolate trivia: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/
• History: http://www.shoppingplace.com/chocolates/history.html
• Story vocabulary: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/fever/vocabulary.htm
• Online comprehension questions (by chapter) http://www.mce.k12tn.net/CHOCOLATE/fever/chocolate_fever.htm
• Match game: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/games/match1.htm
• Jigsaw puzzle: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/games/puzzle.htm
• Concentration: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/games/concentration.htm
• Take the Favorite Candy Bar poll in the sidebar to the left! HURRY! Poll closes TODAY, Wednesday, at 4:00 p.m.

LANGUAGE:

• Take practice math, reading, and language ITBS tests
• Review results
• ASK QUESTIONS about things you do not understand!

SCIENCE:

• Define environment and habitat
• ID an animal's habitat as either land or water
• ID desert, rainforest, and polar regions

FYI:

• Iowa Test...NEXT WEEK--April 27-29
• If you can donate...I would appreciate donations of stickers, blow-pops, extra snacks, etc., for our class during testing.
• Please send one or more children's books (new or old) for our Book Drive by this Friday, April 24th.
• Please let me know if you need anything from me, as these next few weeks have so much going on!
• Thank you for all you do!

SPRING BREAK

I hope each of you is enjoying your Spring Break! I am getting ready for next week, and have added links to some sites that will help you with the week after next week's story. Play hard and enjoy your time off, but if you want to grow your brain-power, check out what's ahead for next week. The story is "My Name Is Gabriela" by Monica Brown. (Next week we will have two field trips, and will not have lessons on a regular reading story. We will be reading Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith.)

See you soon!

OOPS!!

I am so sorry, but the links are "broken" that are listed for this week's activities, so...look to the LEFT at the SIDEBAR, under ONLINE FUN. You will be able to click on the links there, and they should work for you!

Week of April 6th - 9th

MATH: TEST Tuesday on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers!

READING: Where on Earth Is My Bagel? by Frances Park & Ginger Park; Illus. by Grace Lin

• ID cause/effect in a story
• Understand the characteristics of a nonfiction story
• ID antonyms as words with opposite meanings
• Visit http://www.blogger.com/Domino%20Game to download and print domino game of robust vocabulary
• Visit http://www.blogger.com/Comprehension%20Questions for comprehension questions for the story
• Develop robust vocabulary meanings:

Belongings-the things that you own
Fleeing– If you are fleeing something, you are running away from it.
Gently- to do something in a way that is careful and kind
Replied- If you reply to someone, you answer that person.
Smothered – to cover something completely so that there is no air
Pleaded- to beg for something
Grunted- a small, deep sound in your throat
Fragrant- If something is fragrant, it has a pleasing smell.
Crave- to want something very much
Correspond- to write a letter or e-mail a person

LANGUAGE: Practice for the ITBS

• ID a word that does not fit an implied class
• ID spelling & capitalization errors
• Answer comprehension questions

SCIENCE: Animals and their Habitats

• Define environment & habitat
• ID an animal's habitat as land or water
• Define/discuss landforms
• Describe various habitats: desert, forest, rainforest, tundra

FYI:

• We will be out of school for Good Friday--April 10
• April 13-17 Spring Break & Easter holiday!
• Enjoy your much deserved break!
• April 20-24, we will take practice tests to help prepare for the Iowa Test.
• Iowa Test--last week of April.

What We're Learning This Week: March 30 - April 3

MATH: Practice adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers; round money amounts to the nearest dollar.

READING: No reading test this week. We will be reading Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

SPELLING: Test Friday on review words.

LANGUAGE: Practice a variety of ITBS skills related to comprehension, including: Sequencing, drawing conclusions, noticing important details, and inferencing.

SCIENCE: Continue with "Animal Unit," learning about fish, amphibians, and birds.

FYI...

• Our class will take the ITBS April 27th. (Second grade DOES NOT test with the rest of the school.)
• Report cards were sent home Friday, March 27. Please call me at school, or e-mail, if you have any concerns/questions.
• Please return the "Hold Harmless" sheet for your child's admission into Safety Town.
• Bowling FIELD TRIP: Wednesday

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