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Saturday, March 31, 2012

This Week in our Class!

Story: Henry and Mudge
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
Phonics Skills: suffixes -ly, -ful; oo in moon
Math: Chapter 29- Adding two digit numbers

Vocabulary Words:
because
dance
opened
told
shoes
only
across

Spelling Words:
1. slowly
2. quickly
3. sadly
4. gladly
5. nicely
6. careful
7. useful
8. painful
9. playful
10. wonderful
*because
*across

Words to read:
Monday- safely    wildly     friendly    suddenly    perfectly    peaceful   boastful    playful
Tuesday- zoom    droop     loop     gloomy    proof      suit     boost    juice    ooze
Thursday- told  because    across   only   shoes   dance    opened    were   surprised   ever

Saturday, March 17, 2012

This week in our Class!

Story: Peter's Chair
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension Skill: Character, Plot, Setting
Phonics Skills: compound words; ew, ui, ue
Math: Chapter 11- Comparing and Ordering Numbers

Vocabulary Words:
thought     room
remember    stood
picture

Spelling Words:
1. backpack
2. outside
3. baseball
4. herself
5. flashlight
6. bluebird
7. lunchbox
8. suitcase
9. inside
10. brainstorm
*remember
*picture

Words to read:
Monday-






backpack    sunshine    hotdog    kickball
Tuesday-



blue    crew   fruit    clue    threw   suit
Thursday-



thought   picture    remember    stood    room

Sunday, March 4, 2012

This week in Our Class!

Story: Mister Bones
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension Skill: Author's Purpose
Phonics Skills: long o: oa, ow/ 3-letter blends
Math: Chapter 20 Addition/Subtraction to 20


Vocabulary Words:
mouth       once
found        took
          wild

Spelling Words:
1. boat
2. row
3. coat
4. loaf
5. soap
6. row
7. snow
8. blow
9. pillow
10. yellow
*wild
*once

Words to read:
Monday-




blow    soap    flow     moan      crow     loaf
Tuesday-


splash     spring     three     strike     squirt
Thursday-


found     mouth     once     wild     took    know    colors

Sunday, February 26, 2012

This week in our Class!

Story: The Dot
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension Skill: Theme
Phonics Skills: ea, changing y to i before adding the ending
Math: Chapter 19 subtraction strategies

Amazing Words:
create    doodle    imagination     carve
hobby    inspiration    masterpiece     sculptor

Vocabulary Words:
draw     colors
over      drew
great     sign
show

Spelling Words:
1. eat
2.sea
3. each
4. team
5. please
6. dream
7. treat
8. beach
9. clean
10. lean
*sign
*colors

Words to read:
Monday-


leave    peach    cream    sneak    meat
Tuesday-

dirtier     tried     funnier    studied    worries
Thursday-

colors    drew     over    sign    great    draw    show

Sunday, February 5, 2012

This Week in our Class!

Story: Where are My Animal Friends?
Grammar: contractions with not
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
Phonics Skills: er, est endings; dge  (/j/)
Math: Chapter 22 Money

Amazing Words:
hibernate   migrate   season   temperature
autumn      freeze     bitterly   weary

Vocabulary Words:
right    won't
oh        good-bye
before  does

Spelling Words:
1. bigger
2. biggest
3. faster
4. fastest
5. slower
6. slowest
7. shorter
8. shortest
9. sadder
10. saddest
*good-bye
*before

Words to read:
Monday-
Fewer     sweeter    fewest    firmest    shorter
Tuesday-
Judge     lodge     pledge     bridge      smudge
Thursday-
Small     does     many     oh     right     friends

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