Weekly Update for 04/28/14

We have gotten 2 new projects funded through Donors Choose: 12 elementary timers and a 1-year subscription to the online reading resource Speakaboos.*  There are still several other projects that are eligible for funding and matching donations made possible through the Donors Choose website.  Check out the link on our blog for more information. 
*More information about this will be coming home in the near future!

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Sequencing

Strategy: Visualizing

Phonics: "Bossy R" sound spelled with -ar 

Language: inflected ending -es versus plural -es; adverbs

Math: Money (SOL 1.10)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 28               Library            

*Tuesday, April 29              Art

*Wednesday, April 30          Guidance

*Thursday, May 1               Music

Sight Word Circle Test
Selection Test on The Garden

*Friday, May 2                  Chorus
Spelling Test
  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

around          many              goes

been              off                    us

best               those              green

both              upon               use

its                  very

      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

ground            frightened               quite

poems             of course                 garden

music              noise                         loudly

candles 

Weekly Update for 04/21/14

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Cause and Effect

Strategy: Drawing Conclusions
Phonics: vowel sounds of long u (-ew as in flew and -ue as in blue and June)
Language: inflected ending -es versus plural -es; adjectives

Math: Skip Counting and Money (SOL 1.2 and 1.10)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 21              
"Hugs and Kisses" Program
Virginia Stage Company Program

*Tuesday, April 22              Art

*Wednesday, April 23          Guidance

*Thursday, April 24            Chorus

Sight Word Circle Test
Selection Test on The Bravest Cat
Report Cards Issued

*Friday, April 25                P.E.
Spelling Test
PTA Pizza Bingo @ 6:30
  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

because     better         people     pull    put

give          always         sit        fast

before        call           these     gave

      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

brave              burns             garage

minds              believe           accident

safely              hospital         reporters

hero                 special           except

      

Weekly Update for 04/07/14

Spring Break

Don't forget!  Spring Break is April 14-18.  

What are we learning this week?

Skill: Main Idea and Details

Strategy: Determining Importance (V.I.P.= Very Important Part)
Phonics: vowel sounds of Y (long i and long e)
Language: compound words, singular possessives (the dog's collar)

Math: Graphing (SOL 1.14 and 1.15)

Science: Animals (SOL 1.5)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, April 7              Music

*Tuesday, April 8                Chorus

*Wednesday, April 9          Guidance

*Thursday, April 10            Music

Sight Word Circle Test
Selection Test on Dinosaur Babies

*Friday, April 11                P.E.
Spelling Test

  

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday.

always     around          because     her

been        before            best           does

both         buy                my           

call           cold               their

      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 

animals             roar            Earth          guarded

heard                 heavy        breathed     break

even                   herds         millions      hunters

Earth                  guarded    thought      human