**Please make sure your child reads the book in his/her R.E.D. bag on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The R.E.D. bag should be returned to school on Thursdays.
Phonics and Language usage-
We will be reviewing the all long vowel patterns.
Please practice spelling words each night.
Spelling Words: brave, peach, time, stove, pain, cheek, dime, coast, clay, leaf, window, has, your, does
Reading Comprehension Skill- We are working on the comprehension skill of main topic and details. Students will read a text and answer who, what, where, when and why questions. Students will be doing this in a small group setting in a variety of ways.
Vocabulary- The test date will be: January 22nd
main topic--- what the text is mostly about
details---an important part about the main topic
paragraph--a group of sentences written about the same topic or idea
table of contents---The list of chapters/topics at the beginning of the book that shows the page number where the chapter/topic start
photograph---a picture taken with a camera
caption---a sentence that gives information about a photograph
Grammar-
We are learning about plural nouns this week in grammar. Students have learned to add es when the word ends in s, x, z, ch and sh. They will have a test on Friday, the 17th.
During dictation sentences we continue to practice the types of sentences and words that need to start with a capital letter. Please continue to review the skills listed below.
Below are the times when a capital letter should be used:
The 3 types of sentences are:
statement or telling sentence ends in a period
question or asking sentence ends in a question mark
exciting sentence ends in an exclamation point
Math- Students are working on adding 3 and 4 addends to find a sum. Next week, the students will be having a math test on Chapter 4.
Science-We have moved into the next unit of Earth Science. Students will be learning about landforms.
Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 3, Our World.
Phonics and Language usage-
We will be reviewing the all long vowel patterns.
Please practice spelling words each night.
Spelling Words: brave, peach, time, stove, pain, cheek, dime, coast, clay, leaf, window, has, your, does
Reading Comprehension Skill- We are working on the comprehension skill of main topic and details. Students will read a text and answer who, what, where, when and why questions. Students will be doing this in a small group setting in a variety of ways.
Vocabulary- The test date will be: January 22nd
main topic--- what the text is mostly about
details---an important part about the main topic
paragraph--a group of sentences written about the same topic or idea
table of contents---The list of chapters/topics at the beginning of the book that shows the page number where the chapter/topic start
photograph---a picture taken with a camera
caption---a sentence that gives information about a photograph
Grammar-
We are learning about plural nouns this week in grammar. Students have learned to add es when the word ends in s, x, z, ch and sh. They will have a test on Friday, the 17th.
During dictation sentences we continue to practice the types of sentences and words that need to start with a capital letter. Please continue to review the skills listed below.
Below are the times when a capital letter should be used:
- The first letter of a sentence
- Names of people
- Names of places
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- I is always capitalized
The 3 types of sentences are:
statement or telling sentence ends in a period
question or asking sentence ends in a question mark
exciting sentence ends in an exclamation point
Math- Students are working on adding 3 and 4 addends to find a sum. Next week, the students will be having a math test on Chapter 4.
Science-We have moved into the next unit of Earth Science. Students will be learning about landforms.
Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 3, Our World.