May 9-13, 2011

Annoucements:

• We will be doing a unit on butterflies this week.
• Miss Arkansas will be visiting with us on Thursday.
• Parent orientation at the Elementary will be on Thursday, May 12.
• Our Fun day will be on Friday, May 20.
• Our field trip to Garvan Gardens will be on Friday, May 27.
• Learning Camp will be the week of May 23-27.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. found
2. ground
3. house
4. now
5. how
6. plow
7. home
8. time
9. friend
10. end

Dictation Sentence: I found a toy on the playground.

Reading:
I will be letting students choose books for reading homework this week. We will not be having reading groups because of end of the year testing. Please write the name of the book and your initials, so your child gets credit for reading their books. Thanks :)

Math:
Monday- Take unit 9 test
Tuesday- Review telling time
Wednesday- Review counting money and two digit addition
Thursday- Solving story problems
Friday- Take test over lessons 10.1-10.3

Please return all homework on Friday.

May 2-6, 2011

Announcements:

• We will continue our unit on plants this week. We will also be doing some Mother's day crafts this week.
• Please make sure to send your child's yellow folder EVERY day. This is my only way to get things to and from school, so it is very important.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. shook
2. stood
3. wood
4. broom
5. spool
6. soon
7. last
8. seven
9. every
10. these

Dictation Sentence: She shook the broom at the cat.

Reading/Sight Words:
last, seven, every, these, make, got, will, from, into, each, his

Math:
Monday- Adding/Subtracting 2-digit numbers, HW 9.5
Tuesday- Fraction Concepts, HW 9.6
Wednesday- Comparing Fractions, HW 9.7
Thursday- Equivalent Fractions, HW 9.8
Friday- Take test over 9.5-9.5, No HW

Please return all homework on Friday.