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Sunday, January 29, 2012

This week in our Class!

Story: I'm a Caterpillar
Grammar: am, is, are, was, were
Comprehension Skill:
Phonics Skills: er, ir, ur, contractions with not
Math: Chapter 12 Number patterns

Amazing Words:
cycle    develop   insect    rearrange
yearly   emerge   fragile    vessel

Vocabulary Words:
wait      visit
push      done
know

Spelling Words:
1. her
2. were
3. sir
4. first
5. shirt
6. girl
7. bird
8. fur
9. burn
10. hurt
*visit
*done

Words to read:
Monday- her     fur     bird     girl      were     hurt      shirt      far    more     car
Tuesday- can't     won't     isn't     aren't     hasn't       didn't      couldn't
Thursday- work    visit     few   done     read     wait    very    push     day     how

Sunday, January 22, 2012

This Week in Our Classrom!

Story: Frog and Toad Together
Grammar: Verbs Now/Past
Comprehension Skill: Plot
Phonics Skills: -ed, -ing endings, r-contolled ar
Math: Chapter 21 Fractions

Amazing Words:
gardener nature sprout dim shade
blossom destroy humongous

Vocabulary Words:
afraid again
read soon
few how

Spelling Words:
1. ask
2. asked
3. plan
4. planned
5. help
6. helped
7. jog
8. jogged
9. call
10. called
*again
*soon

Words to read:
Monday- tapping sipped jogging running pinned fixes getting yelled zipped
Tuesday- jar yard dark hard sharp sort more scarf porch start bark
Thursday- work again few were read soon very grow day how afraid

This Week in Our Classroom!

Story: Jan's New Home
Grammar: Verbs that do not add -s
Comprehension Skill: Theme
Phonics Skills: -es endings, -es plurals, r-contolled or, ore
Math: Unit 2 Assessment Review

Amazing Words:
arrive depart loncation route
swoop tumble crumple stampede

Vocabulary Words:
away school
our friends
car very
house

Spelling Words:
1. fix
2. fixes
3. class
4. classes
5. wish
6. wishes
7. kiss
8. kisses
9. bus
10. buses
*friends
*very

Words to read:
Monday- foxes rushes pushes classes kisses dishes mops rocks rested
Tuesday- torn chore fork port storm chop porch corn thorn score
Thursday- things school very house away could friends our family stay

Friday, December 9, 2011

This Week in Mrs. Rains' Room

This week we are reviewing our skills from this semester. We are also doing lots of fun Christmas activities! Monday is Pajama Day! We will wear our pajamas and watch a Christmas movie. We will have our Christmas Classroom party this Friday at 10:00 am. Parents are welcome to join us:)

I hope everyone has a  a very safe and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

This Week in our Class

Story-Honey Bees
Grammar- Nouns in Sentences
Comprehension Skill- Compare and Contrast
Phonics- Long e, ee; VCCV words (basket)
Math-Adding and Subtracting
Social Studies and Science-Christmas Around the World, Evergreen Trees
Spelling words-be, he, we, me, tree, week, feet, see, green, she, some, family

Words to Read:
sheep     be     week       neat       beet
basket        hidden       object     pencil
white    gate     bat     big     tube    hole  

Friday, November 11, 2011

Santa Pictures

Santa Pictures will be made Tuesday, November 15.

This Week in Mrs. Rains' Class

Week of November 14-18

Weekly Skills

Grammar- Nouns in Sentences
Comprehension- Author's Purpose
Story-"Life in the Forest"
Math- Graphing and Sorting
Social Studies and Science- Thanksgiving Activities
Phonics: Long u, Long e, -ed ending
 
Spelling List:
1. huge
2. June
3. rule
4. tube
5. use
6. cube
7. cute
8. flute
9. ride
10. mule
Bonus: * water      *under
 
High Frequency Words:
around
water
under
food
grow
 
Words to Read:
cube     huge     mule     rule     fuse
melted  called   asked   added  walked
Rose    can't     inside    into     wake
we'll     your     ride       down   smell
 
 
 
Read to your child everynight! Let your child read to you 20 minutes each day:)
 
Thank you to all of the Veteran's that has served, is serving, and will serve.