Weekly Update for 11/04/13

Chippokes Field Trip

Don't forget!  Our field trip to Chippokes is on Tuesday, November 5.  Please remember to wear comfortable walking shoes and a jacket.  Also, pack a lunch and a towel of blanket to sit on.

One School One Book Finale

Join us for a fun-filled evening at school on Thursday, November 7 @ 6:00 to celebrate the conclusion of our One School One Book reading of The Mouse and the Motorcycle.  Wear your pajamas, and we will read the final chapter together.  Following the last chapter, we will watch the movie version of The Mouse and the Motorcycle.   

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Sweet Potato Pie

Skill:  Cause and Effect

Strategy: Making Connections

Phonics Skill:  -ot and -op word families; inflected endings using -s and -ing

Language Skill: Singular vs. Plural Nouns 

Math: Fractions (SOL 1.3)

Social Studies:  Past, Present, Future (SOL 1.1)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, November 4          Library    
Read Chapter 10 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Tuesday, November 5         Chippokes Field Trip
Read Chapter 11 of  The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Wednesday, November 6          Guidance
Read Chapter 12 of  The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Thursday, November 7            Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on Sweet Potato Pie 

*Friday, November 8               P.E.     
   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 11/07.

by       eat      sing      stop       them     too       

time     she      all       am         are       ate
be       black      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 
everybody    sweet potatoes      there's     they're       till