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