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.