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Specials
Monday: Day 3: Music/P.E.
Tuesday: Early Release: P.E.
Wednesday: Day 4: Spanish/Music
Thursday: Day 5: Art
Friday: Day 1: Spanish/P.E.
Math: This week we will begin topic 2, Adding and Subtracting Decimals.
Reading: We will continue our unit "Common Ground". Students will work in small groups with me and complete reading rotations working on the following skills: Determine authors purpose, determine important information, context clues, and noun suffixes. Students will meet in inquiry groups to choose a topic for research. They will need to complete a research sheet at home that will be due in one week, next Wednesday, September 7.
Writing: Students will work in writing workshop. We will continue to learn about strategies to "show" not "tell" in our writing.
Social Studies: Students will take their Chapter 2 Test on Tuesday. They have a study sheet, so it would be helpful to quiz with a friend or parent to prepare for the test. We will begin Chapter 3: Native American Cultural Regions this week.
Spelling: Spelling Test will be on Friday, September 2.
Theme 1: Week 2
Long a and long e
repeat
feast
release
praise
disease
awake
display
beneath
ashamed
sleeve
scale
sheepish
stray
remain
strain
waist
Review Words:
crush
vanish
Frequently Misspelled Words:
can’t
there’s
Homework packet will come home with your child on Monday and be due Friday. Students should read 20 minutes a day at least 5 days a week. Their reading bookmark log came home Friday and will be due this Friday.
Important Reminders:
*Tuesday, August 30 is Early Release at 2:00.
*Punt Pass and Kick will be Tuesday. Wear older shoes in case it is muddy.
*We will have library check-out on Wednesday.
*Thursday, September 1 students will take the Math MAP test at 10:00.
*There will be no school on Monday, September 5. Enjoy your Labor Day!
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