February 8, 2010

Reading:  On level readers:  Lesson 20: The new stories will be, “Kid’s Play”, and “Ways People Live”.   

Phonemic Awareness:  Phoneme deletion and substitution

Phonics:  long vowel a, ai, ay

Phonograms-ay, ain, ail, aid

Fluency:  Phrasing

Comprehension:  Cause and effect

Grammar:  Adjective-taste, smell, sound, and feel

Above Level Readers:  Stories:”How I Beat the Giants”, and “Play Ball” 

Comprehension:  Summarizing a story

 Phonics:  vowel diphthongs ou, ow

Inflected endings ed, ing, words with ce, ge, se

Grammar:  possessives, verbs

Spelling words:  day, say, play, plain, rain, wait, feet, me, door, told

Bonus words:  February, President

The high-frequency and robust vocabulary words are attached. 

Math:  We’ll finish chapter 15 on solid figures and plane shapes.  Our test will be on Wednesday.  Next we’ll move on to chapter 20-addition and subtraction practice. 

Science:  We’ll continue with our animal unit this week with a review of reptiles and amphibians.   

Social Studies:  President’s Day will be our new topic.  We’ll read about Abe Lincoln,

George Washington, and the duties of a president.

Friday, Feb. 12--Valentine’s Day Party and card exchange.  Please send $2.00 to help pay for the pizza and fruit for lunch.  If you would like to send a special treat, please let me know.