This week in..

SPELLING/ELA:

We have finished all of our lessons for the year. We will spend the rest of the week reviewing the skills that will be the most needed for third grade or that data shows we need a little more work on. We will be reviewing sentence structure, main idea and details, and sequencing and retelling.

MATH: We are finishing our 3-digit subtraction unit. We will have a test on it Thursday.

SCIENCE: We are continuing plant and animal habitats.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our unit on map skills. We will also review social studies skills we have learned throughout the year.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 563-564 ; Math pages 671-672

Tuesday – ELA worksheet; Math 677-678

Wednesday – No Homework

Thursday – ELA worksheet; Math 679-680

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

***REMINDERS

*Spirit week all week.

*Wednesday is our field trip to the zoo.

*Friday is water day.

THIS WEEK IN….

SPELLING

** There are no new spelling words this week. We will spend this week reviewing all of Unit . We will not have a separate spelling test but they will be tested on all of the spelling patterns that they learned in the last 5 weeks on the unit test.

ELA: We are reviewing all of unit 6. In spelling this includes inflected endings, abbreviations, final syllables tion, ture, and ion, suffixes, and prefixes. In Reading this includes compare and contrast, author’s purpose, summarizing, drawing conclusions, sequencing, text structure, facts and details, and predicting. In conventions this includes capital letters, dictionary skills, commas, quotation marks, and prepositions. We will have our unit test on Friday.

MATH: We are beginning 3-digit subtraction. We will not have a test this week.

SCIENCE: We are continuing plant and animal habitats. We will have a test on it next week.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our unit on map skills. We are finishing up the section on Our Earth and moving on to Weather and Climate.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 541-542; Math pages 641-642

Tuesday – ELA pages 549-550; Math 647-648

Wednesday – ELA Pages 555-556; Math pages 653-654

Thursday – ELA Pages 561-562; Math pages 659-660

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

Spelling Words

1. midair
2. midway
3. midweek
4. mismatch
5. misplace
6. misprint
7. misbehave
8. misdeed
9. mislead
10. midday
11. midyear
12. mistake

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are learning words with prefixed mis, mid, micro, and non. In reading we are reviewing facts and details and predicting. In grammar we are going over commas and how to use a dictionary. We will have our weekly Spelling and Reading assessment on Friday.

MATH: We are learning 3-digit addition beginning with strategies. We should have our unit test Friday.

SCIENCE: We have completed our unit on the human body and are beginning animal habitats.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are still on map skills and are beginning our section on Our Earth.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 529-530; Math pages 607-608

Tuesday – ELA pages 533-534; Math pages 613-614

Wednesday – ELA Pages 531-532; Math pages 619-620

Thursday – ELA Pages 539-540; Math pages 625-626

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

*Remember to complete 3 item of the spelling menu during the week

**Please continue to read 20 minutes daily.

Week of 4/29

Spelling Words

1. kindness
2. useless
3. sadness
4. thankless
5. careless
6. fearless
7. sickness
8. fitness
9. goodness
10. darkness
11. helpless
12. weakness

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are learning words with suffixes ness, less, able, ible. In reading we are reviewing sequencing. In grammar we are going over commas. We will have our weekly Spelling and Reading assessment on Friday.

MATH: We are finishing our unit of place value and will begin 3-digit addition. We will have our unit test of place value on Wednesday.

SCIENCE: We are continuing with the human body. We will have our assessment on Thursday.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing our unit on map skills. We will have our assessment Tuesday.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 517-518; Math pages 569-570

Tuesday – ELA pages 521-522; Math pages 571-572

Wednesday – ELA Page 526; Math worksheet

Thursday – ELA Pages 519-520; Math pages 589-590

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

*Remember to complete 3 item of the spelling menu during the week

**Please continue to read 20 minutes daily.

Week of 4/22

Spelling Words

1. mixture
2. future
3. caution
4. motion
5. nation
6. picture
7. station
8. nature
9. section
10. action
11. fixture
12. feature

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are learning words with final syllable tion, ture, and ion. In reading we are reviewing drawing conclusions and questioning. In grammar we are learning prepositions and prepositional phrases. We will have our weekly Spelling and Reading assessment on Friday.

MATH: We have begun our unit of place value and will continue with that throughout the week.

SCIENCE: We are continuing with the human body.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing our unit on map skills.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 505-506; Math pages 539-540

Tuesday – ELA pages 4507-508; Math pages 546-546

Wednesday – ELA Page 509-510; Math pages 547-550

Thursday – ELA Pages 515-516; Math pages 553-556

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

*Remember to complete 3 item of the spelling menu during the week

**Please continue to read 20 minutes daily.

Spelling Words

1. Mr.
2. Mrs.
3. St.
4. Jan.
5. Feb.
6. Aug.
7. Dr.
8. Ms.
9. Rd.
10. Oct.
11. Nov.
12. Dec.

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are learning abbreviations. In reading we are reviewing author’s purpose and summarizing. In grammar we are learning quotation marks.

MATH: We are completing our unit on measurement. We will review Monday and have our test Tuesday. We will then begin our unit on place value.

SCIENCE: We are finishing our unit on animal and plant life cycles/needs. We will have a test on Monday and continue with the human body the rest of the week.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing our unit on map skills. We will have an assessment Tuesday and continue with using a map scale the rest of the week.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 493-494; Math pages 791-792

Tuesday – ELA pages 495-496; Math pages 771-772

Wednesday – ELA Page 497-498; Math pages 515-516

Thursday – ELA Pages 503-504; Math pages 7527-528

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

*Remember to complete 3 item of the spelling menu during the week

**Please continue to read 20 minutes daily.

Spelling Words

1. tried
2. planning
3. skipped
4. heaviest
5. trying
6. liked
7. skipping
8. lighter
9. planned
10. liking
11. heavier
12. lightest

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are working on inflected endings. In reading we are reviewing compare and contrast. In grammar we are learning homophones.

MATH: We are continuing our unit on measurement with a new unit on addition, subtraction, and length.

SCIENCE: We are continuing animal and plant needs.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing our unit on map skills.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 481-482; Math pages 765-766

Tuesday – ELA pages 483; Math pages 771-772

Wednesday – ELA Page 485-486; Math pages 777-778

Thursday – ELA Pages 491-492; Math pages 783-784

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

THIS WEEK IN….

SPELLING

** There are no new spelling words this week. We will spend this week reviewing all of Unit 5. We will not have a seperate spelling test but they will be tested on all of the spelling patterns that they learned in the last 5 weeks on the unit test.

ELA: We are reviewing all of unit 5. In spelling this includes suffixes ly, ful, er, and or, prefixes un, re, pre, and dis, consonant patterns kn, wr, gn, mb, ph, gh, ck, and ng, and vowel patterns aw, au, augh, and al. In Reading this includes fact and opinion, main idea and details, story structure, and setting and plot. In grammar this includes pronouns, contractions, suffixes, and using I and me. We will have our unit test on Friday.

MATH: We are continuing our unit on measurement. We will have our chapter test on Thursday.

SCIENCE: We are continuing life cycles of animals and plants. We have caterpillars in our class that we will continue to observe as they become butterflies. We will also learn about plant and animal needs.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue our unit on map skills.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 445-446; Math pages 745-746

Tuesday – ELA pages 455-458; Math worksheet

Wednesday – ELA Pages 459-460; Math pages 747-752

Thursday – ELA Pages 467-470; Math pages 753-758

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

Spelling Words

1. talk
2. caught
3. chalk
4. thaw
5. because
6. draw
7. auto
8. fault
9. August
10. walk
11. taught
12. launch

THIS WEEK IN….

ELA: In spelling we are working on vowel patterns au, augh, al, and aw. In reading we are reviewing main idea and details and inferring. In grammar we are reviewing contractions and suffixes.

MATH: We are continuing our unit on measurement. This week we will be starting with centimeters and meters.

SCIENCE: We are continuing life cycles of animals and plants. We have caterpillars in our class that we will be able to observe as they become butterflies. We will end the week with plant needs.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will begin our unit on map skills.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 433-434; Math pages 721-722

Tuesday – ELA pages 437-438; Math pages 727-728

Wednesday – ELA Page 442; Math pages 733-734

Thursday – ELA Pages 443-444; Math pages 739-740

Friday – No Homework. Enjoy your weekend!

Spelling Words

1. phone
2. laugh
3. graph
4. rough
5. enough
6. ticket
7. tough
8. cough
9. backtrack
10. duckling
11. photo
12. clang

This Week In….

ELA – In spelling we have words with consonant patterns ph, gh, ck, and ng. In grammar we are continuing pronouns. In Reading we are reviewing story structure and character and setting.

MATH – We finished our unit on geometry last week and will begin our unit on measurement this week. We will begin with measurement in inches and feet.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will review our unit on Working to Meet Our Needs and will have the unit test this week.

SCIENCE – We are continuing our unit on plant and animal life cycles.

HOMEWORK

Monday – ELA pages 421-422; Math pages 697-698

Tuesday – ELA pages 425-426; Math pages 703-704

Wednesday – ELA pages 431-432; Math pages 709-710

Thursday – NO HOMEWORK.

Friday – NO SCHOOL. Enjoy your break!