April 30 - May 4

**SAVE ALUMINUM CAN AND PULL TABS – COLLECTION DATES ARE APRIL 30 – MAY 3……DROP OFF PLACES FOR CANS LOCATED OUTSIDE BUILDING – PULL TABS GIVEN TO HOMEROOM TEACHER

**TALENT SHOW PRACTICE FOR 2^ND GRADE WILL BE MAY 7 AT 2:30 PM. BEING SURE TO BRING MUSIC AND PROPS IF NEEDED.  You must have a note from your parent saying you can stay for rehearsal and stating who will pick you up from practice.

**WATCH MORNING PROCEDURES FROM HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY EACH MORNING AT 7:40…..www.livestream.com/highlandelementary


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF:  April 30 – May 4


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 5/4.
midair misplace       mislead        midway        misprint        midday
midweek      misbehave    midyear        mismatch     misdeed       mistake
midstream    midnight       misbehavior           BONUS:  jingles, clattering, borrow, silver, voice
 


**English
We will practice paragraph writing.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Jingle Danceer”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be character, plot, setting, and prior knowledge.

**Writing
We will write about ceremonies and festivals.


*Cursive
We will write cursive sentences and attempt to transpose print to cursive.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 


WELLS' MATH
Concepts for this week:
*subtract hundreds
*regroup tens
*regroup hundreds
*estimate differences
*problem solving
*multiplication tables - review 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10

APRIL 23-27

**MOTHERS DAY TEA – THURSDAY, APRIL 26 – 1:00 PM

**SAVE ALUMINUM CAN AND PULL TABS – COLLECTION DATES ARE APRIL 30 – MAY 3……DROP OFF PLACES FOR CANS LOCATED OUTSIDE BUILDING – PULL TABS GIVEN TO HOMEROOM TEACHER

**TALENT SHOW PRACTICE FOR 2^ND GRADE WILL BE MAY 7 AT 2:30 PM. BEING SURE TO BRING MUSIC AND PROPS IF NEEDED.

**WATCH MORNING PROCEDURES FROM HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY EACH MORNING AT 7:40…..www.livestream.com/highlandelementary


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF:  April 23-27


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 4/27.
kindness       careless        goodness      useless         fearless        darkness
sadness        sickness       helpless        thankless      fitness          weakness
awareness    eagerness     wireless        BONUS:  cowboy, galloped, campfire, trails, tractor
 


**English
We will learn how to use commas in compound sentences.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Cowboys”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be cause/effect and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write a 3 paragraph piece about family celebrations.


*Cursive
We will write cursive sentences and attempt to transpose print to cursive.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY.


WELLS' MATH
Concepts for this week:
*solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems
*regroup ones
*regroup tens
*problem solving strategy
*estimate sums
*review 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 multiplication tables
*learn 7 multiplication table

APRIL 16 - 20

**SCHOOL PICTURE ORDERS DUE 4/18.  THE COST OF A CLASS PICTURE IS $6.00.

**BUTTERFLIES FOR MADDIE T-SHIRTS ARE $10.  BUTTERFLIES FOR MADDIE ARE $.25 EACH.  MONEY FOR BOTH IS DUE 4/18.

**TALENT SHOW PRACTICE FOR 2^ND GRADE WILL BE MAY 7 AT 2:30 PM.  (more information later)

**WATCH MORNING PROCEDURES FROM HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY EACH MORNING AT 7:40…..www.livestream.com/highlandelementary


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  April 16 - 20


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 4/20.
mixture                  nation          section         future           picture         action
caution                  station                   fixture          motion         nature          tuition
feature                   furniture       adventure     BONUS:  favorite, unique, celebrations, festival, ancestors 
 


**English
We will learn about using commas correctly.

** Reading
  We will read the story “A Birthday Basket for Tia”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be drawing conclusions and summarizing.

**Writing
We will write about celebrations.


*Cursive
We will write cursive sentences and attempt to transpose print to cursive.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 


WELLS' MATH
This week's concepts.....
*use a centimeter ruler
*understanding area
*problem solving investigation
*chapter 12 tests
*review 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 multiplication tables
*learn the 7's table

APRIL 9 - 13

MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  April 9 - 13


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 4/13.
tried             trying           planned        planning       liked            liking
hiked           hiking           cried            crying          skipped        skipping
danced         dancing        replied          replying        BONUS:  America, freedom, nicknames, stripes, opinion 
 


**English
We will review when to use quotation marks.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Red, White, and Blue”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be fact and opinion.

**Writing
We will write about American symbols.


*Cursive
We will write cursive sentences and attempt to transpose print to cursive.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.


WELLS' MATH
We will begin a new unit this week about measuring length and area.  We will focus on these skills:
*nonstandard units
*measure inches using models
*problem solving strategy
*use an inch ruler
*measure centimeters using models
We will continue to learn the 4's multiplication tables in order and mixed-up. 

WEEK OF MARCH 26 - 30

MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  March 26 - 30

WEAR TENNIS SHOES TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY!


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/30.
I’ve             we’re           don’t            can’t            he’d             you’re
I’d               won’t           they’re         they’d          she’d           we’ve
Could’ve      should’ve     would’ve      BONUS:  field, threw, challenges, athletes, talented
 


**English
We will review when to use capital letters.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Just Like Josh Gibson”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be realism and fantasy.

**Writing
We will write about baseball.


*Cursive
We have learned the entire lower and upper case cursive alphabet!  We will be focus on writing words and sentences.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – MARCH GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 3/29.
MARCH GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE MARCH 29.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 


WELLS' MATH
We will review the following concepts this week:
*cumulative test
*coordinate graph activity
*practice 4's multiplication table
*multiplication football - 3's mixed order
*multiplication football - 4's in order

March 19 - 23

 SPRING AND GROUP PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN MARCH 20.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  March 19 - 23


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/23.
talk              because        August         caught                   draw            walk
chalk            auto             taught          thaw            fault             launch
applause       audience       awkward      BONUS:  signmaker, townspeople, important, responsibility, apologize
 


**English
We will learn how to write contractions.

** Reading
  We will read the story “The Signmaker’s Assistant”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be realism and fantasy.

**Writing
We will write about signs and difficult decisions.


*Cursive
We have learned the entire lower and upper case cursive alphabet!  We will be focus on writing words and sentences.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – MARCH GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 3/29.
MARCH GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE MARCH 29.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 



WELLS' MATH

We will practice these new concepts:
*problem solving investigation with 2D and 3D shapes
*locate points on a number line
*coordinate graphs
*chapter 11 tests
*timed tests over 4's table

MARCH 5 - 9

MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  March 5 - 9


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/9.
knock          sign              knee            wrong          write            climb
wrap            wren            gnat             lamb            comb           knob
knuckle        wrestle         plumber       BONUS: practice, chased, beginning, behavior, patient
 


**English
We will learn how to use I and me correctly.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Bad Dog Dodger”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be plot/theme and prior knowledge.

**Writing
We will write about pets and cooperating with others.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  R, L, and B.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 3/29.
MARCH GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE MARCH 29.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 


WELLS' MATH
We will learn the following concepts this week:
*continue timed test over 3's multiplication tables in mixed-up order
*chapter 10 tests
*three-dimensional figures
*faces, edges, and vertices
*two-dimensional figures
*problem solving strategy

FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 2

*YEARBOOK - $20 DUE BY FRIDAY!!!!

*READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK – 2/27 – 3/2……
2/27 – Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book –  pajama day
2/28 – The Cat in the Hat – hat day
2/29 – My Many Colored Days – wear lots of different colors
3/1 – Fox in Socks – mismatched sock day
3/2 – guest readers will visit classrooms


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  Feb. 27 – Mar. 2


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 3/2.
unsafe          preheat         rerun            disappear      unlock          retie
rewind         unpack         unplug          regroup        preschool     disagree
prehistoric    unfortunate   reunion        BONUS:  lightning, thunder, sequence, veterinarian, protect
 


**English
We will learn about pronouns for one and more than one.

** Reading
  We will read the story “One Dark Night”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be sequence and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write about weather and animals.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  F, G, D, and V.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 



WELLS' MATH

We will learn the following concepts this week:
*problem solving investigation
*compare numbers
*order numbers
*number patterns
*chapter 10 tests

FEBRUARY 20 - 24

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AT HIGHLAND!  WE RAISED OVER $7,000 FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION!

*NO SCHOOL MONDAY, 2/20!!

*YEARBOOK - $20 DUE BY 2/27. 

*READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK – 2/27 – 3/2……
2/27 – Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book –  pajama day
2/28 – The Cat in the Hat – hat day
2/29 – My Many Colored Days – wear lots of different colors
3/1 – Fox in Socks – mismatched sock day
3/2 – guest readers will visit classrooms


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 20 - 24


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/24.
cheerful                visitor          slowly weekly         yearly         
teacher                 helper          hardly          graceful        quickly
fighter                   sailor            gardener       competitor    extremely
BONUS:  station, tightly, building, responsible, roar  
 


**English
We will learn about pronouns.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Fire Fighter”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be main idea/supporting details and text structure.

**Writing
We will write about firefighters and being responsible.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  S, K, T, and F.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade


WELLS' MATH
This week we will learn:
*hundreds, tens, and ones
*problem solving strategy
*place value to 1,000
*read and write numbers to 1,000

FEBRUARY 13 - 17

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY DUE TOMORROW!

*JUMP ROPE FOR HEART -2/14…….WEAR TENNIS SHOES…….WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHES…….MAY BRING WATER BOTTLE LABELED WITH NAME

*VALENTINE DELIVERIES…….NO BALLOONS OR FLOWERS CAN BE TAKEN ON SCHOOL BUS.
DELIVERIES TO STUDENTS WILL BE MADE AFTER 2:00.

*CONTINUE TO WORK ON FITNESS LOGS FOR COACH WITCHER.

*SCHOOL SUPPLIES…..PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE NEEDS PENCILS, CRAYONS, SCISSORS, GLUE, ETC.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 13 - 17


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/17.
too               new             fruit             blue             true              cool   
suit              spoon           clue            juice            drew            flew
cruise           nephew        shampoo      BONUS:  patterns, conditions, predict, forecast, meteorologist         
 


**English
We will learn about adverbs that tell how.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Helen Keller and the Big Storm”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be fact/opinion and asking questions.

**Writing
We will write about weather.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  P, J, and I.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


WELLS' MATH
We will learn these new concepts:
*problem solving investigation with fractions
*chapter 9 test over fractions
*hundreds
*addition and subtraction with regrouping - review
*telling time/elapsed time - review
*multiplication 2, 3, 5, 10 - review

FEBRUARY 6 - 10

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART MONEY IS DUE BEFORE MONDAY, 2/13.


MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  February 6 - 10


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 210.
joy               noise            royal            moist           broil             cowboy
spoil             joint             foil               enjoy           destroy         loyal
employee     corduroy      turquoise      BONUS WORDS: trouble, memories,
unexpected, landmark, giant       
 


**English
We will learn about adverbs that tell when and where.

** Reading
  We will read the narrative poem “I Like Where I Am”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be compare/contrast and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write about things that make us chuckle and about something unexpected.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  Y, Z, U, and H.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – FEBRUARY  GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 2/28.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 



WELLS MATH

This week we will learn the following concepts:
*other fractions
*problem solving strategy
*fractions equal to 1
*compare fractions
*unit fractions of a group

JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 3

MRS WELLS
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE WEEK OF :  Jan. 30 – Feb. 3


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 2/3.
around                   about           gown           sound           flower          howl
ground                   pound          crown          south           mouse                  
downtown              mountain      boundary      drowsy         BONUS:  insects,
wonderful, powerful, compare, contrast
 


**English
We will learn about adjectives that compare.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Frogs”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be compare/contrast and graphic organizers.

**Writing
We will write about some of our favorite things.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  M, N, W, X, and Y.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – JANUARY GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 1/30.
FEBRUARY GOAL OF 250 MINUTES WILL BE DUE FEBRUARY 28.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


If you have any questions about your child’s language arts assignments, please call me at 659-0432.  You may e-mail me at terri.wells@glasgow.kyschools.us.



***PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CORRECT ANY MISTAKES ON HIS/HER WORK DAILY. 

MRS WELLS' MATH

This week we will learn the following concepts:

*vocabulary test

*cumulative review test

*chapter 8 test

*unit fractions

*other fractions

WEEK OF JANUARY 23 - 27

 LANGUAGE ARTS


**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 1/27.
put               cook            stood           full               wood           July   
shook           push            pull              brook           hook            hood
pudding        cushion        footprint       BONUS:  harvest, annual, adapted, nutrients, opinion
 


**English
We will learn about adjectives for number and size.

** Reading
  We will read the story “Life Cycle of a Pumpkin”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be fact/opinion and asking questions.

**Writing
We will write about something we do that is an annual event.

**Cursive
We will continue to write words using lower case letters.  We will learn the following capital letters:  A, O, C, E, and Q.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – JANUARY GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 1/30.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 


MATH

We will learn the following new concepts this week:
*problem solving using temperature
*time to five minute intervals
*use a thermometer to gather data
*problem solving strategy using time
*chapter 8 review and test



WEEK OF JANUARY 9 - 13

LANGUAGE ARTS 

**Spelling – We will have a test over these words on Friday, 1/13.
ankle            title              apple            cable            purple          able
bugle            bundle          bubble          giggle           sparkle         tickle
mumble        scramble      twinkle         BONUS WORDS:  pretended, blanket, culture, represent, valuable
 


**English
We will learn about adjectives and our senses.

** Reading
  We will read the story “A Quilt Story”.  We will do related comprehension, vocabulary, and skills activities.  Our focus will be compare/contrast and story structure.

**Writing
We will write about friendships and things that are valuable to us.

**Cursive
We are writing words using lower case letters.  This is going to take practice.  Please ask your child to write a few words in cursive each night.


**HOMEWORK
We will have a take home reader on Tuesday this week.  Your child will bring home a story that should be read to an adult.  The story booklet should be signed by the person listening to the story and returned to school on Wednesday.



**BOOK IT – JANUARY GOAL – 250 MINUTES  - DUE 1/30.
For the next few months we will be participating in the Book It at-home reading program sponsored by Pizza Hut.  At the beginning of each month your child will be given a calendar with that month’s reading goal.  Your child will read the specified number of minutes, have the calendar signed by an adult, and return the calendar to school by the due date.  When the calendar is returned to school, I will give your child a coupon for a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.  Your child will also receive a 100% as a Book It reading grade.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in a 0% as a Book It reading grade. 

MATH

We will cover the following concepts this week:

*  add money

*  subtract money

*  problem solving investigation

*  chapter 7 tests

We will continue to review addition and subtraction with regrouping. 

We will review these multiplication tables:  2, 3, 5, and 10.