Week 6

Good evening,

First of all, I wanted to say Wow! I loved seeing all the beautiful and creative Island Projects! Everyone worked so hard, and we had fun sharing them with the class. :) I took pictures of all the projects and am trying to find a way to display them on the blog! I will see if I can figure that out soon!

We have another 4 day week ahead! (Don't forget!! School Pictures are on TUESDAY!)

Literature: Charlotte's Web continued - chapters 14, 15, and 16. Homework is to read Monday through Wednesday and complete pages 1-3 in the reflection log. Since there is no school on Friday, please bring back books on Thursday! (Some of us have not been turning in our leveled readers. I cannot issue another book until I have received the previous one. Thank you!)

Spalding: We only have 20 words again this week: (Test on Thursday!)
1. peach     11. catch
2. pole       12. catcher
3. queen     13. kitchen
4. rope       14. butcher
5. season    15. black
6. sign        16. warm
7. space      17. unless
8. wagon    18. clothing
9. wheat      19. clothes
10. window  20. clothe

Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation exercises from the poem "My Shadow"
Grammar: punctuation and capitalization rules review; Chapter 1 Test on Wednesday

Math: We're still in Unit 2, continuing with addition and subtraction. We have been practicing problems with seeing it both lined up vertically, as well as horizontally. Unit 2 Chapter 3 (Subtraction without Renaming) Test on Tuesday! (The multiple choice practice version will go home as homework on Monday.)

History: We will begin our short unit on Japan. This week focuses mainly on the geography, culture, and school life in Japan. On Wednesday we will compare and contrast Japanese schools to our own, and then we will set out to clean up our school! Japanese children have to do chores at school as part of their daily routine. This involves cleaning up the classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, and yard! Our clean up won't be as extensive as this, but we will set out to clean up the playground and our own classroom. :)

Science: We are learning about the water cycle! We will do an experiment involving the sun and shade, and we will also talk about the different types of clouds.

Poem: Something told the Wild Geese - work on memorizing stanza 3!
Idiom: "Don't cry over spilled milk."

Have a great week!