Friday, January 31, 2014

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Homework for the weekend:
READ
Study spelling and vocabulary words, we are backed up due to snow days.  Both tests will be Monday.
Spelling practice sheets are due Monday.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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BUSY day today!  The kids are really working hard finalizing the written portion of their biography.  They are looking great.

Homework for tonight:
READ

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Homework:
Study for tomorrow's pretest in spelling.
Play study games for vocabulary test on Friday (see links below)
Read 20 minutes
practice book page 217

Monday, January 27, 2014

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Wow, another snow day.  I think it is time for all of us to start thinking spring!

What's coming up this week?

Spelling: This week students will be studying words with the vowel-vowel pattern.  We'll be dividing words into syllables.  The students will get the words on Tuesday, with pretest Wednesday, and test next Monday.

Vocabulary: New lists were handed out last Friday.  Students will be testing on Friday, or Monday, depending on how this week goes.

Reading: Our story this week is Mom's Best Friend. We'll be reading it with a partner on Tuesday.  The RC quiz over the story will be on Wednesday.  Our strategy concentration this week is reading CLOSE!! We will be reading for details, not overall story plots.

Grammar: We will continue our work with fragments and run-ons.  The kids are still struggling avoiding these in their writing.  We will also be moving on to the four types of sentences.

Writing: We will continue working on the HUGE biography project.

Mom's best friend vocabulary

Students got their new vocabulary words on Friday.  Their test over these words will be on Friday of this week, or Monday of next, depending on how many days we miss.

Click here to play a matching game to study your words.

Click here to complete a crossword with your words.

Mom's best friend spelling words

Spelling Words

  1. poem
  2. idea
  3. create
  4. diary
  5. area
  6. giant
  7. usual
  8. radio
  9. cruel
  10. quiet
  11. diet
  12. liar
  13. fuel
  14. riot
  15. actual
  16. lion
  17. ruin
  18. trial
  19. rodeo
  20. science

Challenge Words

  1. appreciate
  2. variety
  3. enthusiastic
  4. realize
  5. eventually
Our pretest will be on Wednesday, with our final test next week (Monday).  This is assuming we have school every day!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Link to practice your spelling words

Click here to practice your spelling words for Friday's test!