Weekly Overview - Jan.23-27

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ROOM 14...JANUARY 23-27

Dear Parents: 

On Wednesday we will celebrate our 100th day of school! Please note the change in spelling beginning this week. We will also have another week of sharing.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Phonograms/printing: We will learn two phonograms, igh (3-letter long i) and gn (2-letter "n" at the beginning or end of the word).  There will be a phonogram quiz on Thursday.

high  night  sigh  fight  bright  gnaw  gnat  gnarled  sign  

Reading:   As a part of our 100th Day celebration we will be reading a list of 100 words.  Part of Tuesday's homework will be for your child to practice reading the 100 words on the list. We will be doing a special lesson focusing on comprehension and thinking. Reading must involve a thinking response (such as connecting to a past experience, evoking a question or a feeling) for it to be truly comprehended. Have you ever read a paragraph and then needed to reread because you have no idea what you were reading about? You “read” it- decoded the words- but true reading did not take place because your brain was not engaged and did not elicit some type of response. On Friday we will be doing a lesson for monitoring comprehension with respect to nonfiction features and their purposes: photographs, captions, headings, labels, maps, graphs, and charts. 

English:  We will continue to review all skills. We will learn 2 new skills: pronouns and is/are usage.  A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.  Examples:  he   she   it   we   they

The boy helped the lost bear. He helped the lost bear.

The plant is growing tall.  (for one person or thing) 

They are sharing the cookies. (for more than one) 

Spelling: Beginning this week we will have 5 spelling sentences.  The homework procedure will change slightly.  On Monday your child is to write the underlined new words (#1-5) four times each and then COPY the five sentences, exactly as written.  On Tuesday your child is to write the underlined new words (#6-10) four times each and then again COPY the five spelling sentences.  S/he will not make up his/her own sentences. There will be a practice test on Wednesday for all five sentences and a final test on Friday.  Each test will now be given four grades (new words, old words, English, printing) as outlined on the grid below. Please remember that complete homework points will only be given for perfectly completed homework.

If a student misses a word on the practice test, s/he should write that word 4 times as homework. Any sentence with a punctuation or capitalization error should be written two times in its entirety. Please remember to check your child’s homework- the sentences should be numbered, the new words should be underlined, and the sentences should be error-free.

1.  Is that light too bright?                      4.  She wants him to go inside now.

2.  Put Millikin on the big sign.                  5.  Don't trick your friend!

3.  Do you have some old coins?

MATH: We will finish up our counting patterns topic. Your child should be able to write the patterns from 1-100 for counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. Our topic test will be on Tuesday. After that we will begin working on place value by using a fictitious planet’s number system (Planet Zurkle) where they group their numbers in groups of 4.  For example, 1,2,3,zurkle, zurkle and 1, zurkle and 2, zurkle and 3, 2 zurkle…)

SOCIAL STUDIES: We will finish up discussion about the American flag and then discuss a few more American symbols.

SCIENCE: We will be discussing the major bones in the body- naming and function. There will be a lab on Thursday-helpers take note!

SHARING:  Please note the special schedule for sharing- Rows 5 and 6 will share Tuesday, Rows 3 and 4 will share Thursday and Rows 1 and 2 will share Friday. A note will go home in the Wednesday envelope about our special sharing project due next Tuesday. Each student must have his/her sharing ready to go on Tuesday, even if s/he is not sharing on that day.

*************************SPECIAL  NOTES*************************** 

This Tuesday, January 24 – Science Fair info. meeting – 6:30 Students are encouraged to attend!

Wednesday, January 25 – Talent Show tryouts

Please help our Food From the Heart © canned food drive. Collection begins January 30!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Pierce