Thursday, February 2, 2012

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


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