OUR FIRST REAL WEEK OF WORK!
The Greyhounds are learning the morning routine. They now know that notes from home come to me first thing in the morning. They also know to take out their binder and also to put their snack in their desk. We are also learning to sharpen our pencils in the morning and begin morning work as soon as possible. We are still learning, however, how to walk quietly in the halls, how to raise our hand to give an answer, and how to check our morning work. This will take some weeks before we get it down pat!
I am confident we will learn this quickly, because the Greyhounds ROCK!
I gave them an addition timed test this week---100 problems and 5 minutes to complete them. The results were not too bad. Look for that to come home this week.
PARENTS: As I mentioned at open house, we will have weekly tests in math, spelling, and reading.
I would like to give the reading tests on Thursday and the Spelling Tests on Friday. Content tests(Health, Science, Social Studies) will be given on Friday. Math tests will be any day of the week depending on when we finish our Chapter Test. I will try my best to post the dates on the blog.
REMEMBER ONLY THE BEHAVIOR SHEET COMES BACK TO ME--ALL THE ATTACHED WORK STAYS HOME!
Parents--Please try to have your child come to school on Thursdays and Fridays- our testing dates.
READING: This week in reading we will read a non-fiction story called -Sleeping and Dreaming! We will work on the stories vocabulary, making predictions, summarizing the literature, and understanding exclamation and command sentences. Our spelling words for the week focus on short i, o, and u words.
Here are the words for next week: (week of 8/27/07)
1. cut
2. give
3. ill
4. just
5. not
6. odd
7. pulse
8. things
9. young
10. job
11. ring
12. still
13. drop
14. think
15. such
16. clock
17. shut
18. hunt
19. active
20. aware
Math- In math, we continue to work on place value. We are learning about standard form, expanded form, written form, etc. We will have a test on Wednesday. With a homework review that will go out on Monday and will be due with the homework on Friday. Here is the homework for the week. (8/27/07)
MONDAY- Students will work from Page 15. Odd number problems 1-27 + Chapter 1 PRETEST FOR HOMEWORK. DON'T TURN THIS IN UNTIL FRIDAY.
TUESDAY- Pages 18-19 plus study for Math Chapter 1 Test tomorrow! STUDY ,STUDY, STUDY!
WEDNESDAY- No homework! Rest...we have done so much work in math! Practice your addition timed test. We will take one this week for a GRADE!!! Good luck!
THURSDAY- We will begin Chapter #2---Compare, Order, and Estimate. We will learn about benchmark numbers. Odd Number Problems on Page 23.
HEALTH- We will begin Chapter Number 1 in the Health Book. This chapter discusses feelings, respect, responsibility, honesty, body language, having self-control, fear, stress, anger, grief, peer, peer pressure, communication, compassion, and how to apologize to others. LOOK FOR A STUDY GUIDE TO GO HOME. THE TEST WILL BE ON FRIDAY! STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!
IMPORTANT DATES:
AUGUST 27TH- SUMMER READING LOG DUE!
AUGUST 31ST- CLASS READING LOG DUE--400 MINUTES!
AUGUST 29TH-PICTURE DAY---DRESS NICELY! 9:00 A.M.
AUGUST 30TH- STORY PARENT 1:30-2P.M. CHECK YOUR SCHEDULE!
SEPT. 3RD- LABOR DAY---NO SCHOOL!!
SEPT. 4TH- SCHOLASTIC ORDERS DUE!
