Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Week of October 8, 2018

Important Dates/News:

-Homecoming Spirit Week- Oct. 9-12
Monday- Sleep in Day (No School)
Tuesday- Decades Day
Wednesday- Favorite Cartoon Character Day
Thursday- Cruise Ship (Tourist) Day
Friday- Spartan Pride

-Book Fair next week.  Our shopping day is Friday.
-October Birthdays

Hunter 13th
Kaitlyn 26th

Reading:

We are back to learning about character and setting.  We will be reading many books this week and focusing on that skill.  Test will be next week (Tuesday).

Grammar:
We are finishing our study on subjects and will be starting predicates later this week.

Spelling:
List #3 post test is scheduled for Thursday.  Reminder: there are three additional words given to your child that are not on the test.  This is the application part of the test- to see if they can apply the phonics rule to spell a word.   The phonics rule for list #3 is consonant blends.  
Phonics: Consonant Blends- Beginning of Word
Consonant Blends- End of Word
Sight word list #2 came home Friday.  Test is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 19th.  The list will be available to practice on Spelling City once the list has been sent home.

Math:
There will be a graph quiz Wednesday, and a tally mark quiz Friday.  Math fact practice will be coming home Monday-Thursday night.  Please make sure they are completed and returned the following day.  Math fluency assessments will happen throughout the week when I feel the children are ready; the assessments are not timed.  Please continue to encourage your child to practice their facts on Xtra Math.

Science:
We are finishing up our study of the sun, moon and planets.  Test will be next week (Monday).