Ms. Sibilsky's Newsletter
Week of March 10-14, 2008
Story this week: Yippee-Yay! Study the vocabulary and read the story.
Read: Reading Counts books—the 10 points are due on Monday, March 31st!
Vocabulary Words/ Word Wall Words ranchers, tending, profit corral, stray, market Spelling Words
1. cowboy 2. horses 3. corral 4. winter 5. always 6. cactus 7. garden 8. tender 9. fifteen 10. basket 11. welcome 12. lasso 13. market 14. until 15. Monday 16. pillows 17. curtain 18. feather 19. mattress 20. bedspread
Soils We will be studying about the ways soils is formed and the best soils to use when! Learn about the names of the soils and what causes their makeup.
Fractions We will cover fractions and decimals in the next 2 weeks and that will leave us the rest of the time to work on long division and multiple step multiplication. Please be learning the multiplication facts!!
Work on Multiplication facts
Social Studies/Science Test on soils next Friday Beginning last chapter in SS
Reading Reading Counts tests daily!! Test on Story is Thursday or Friday---see your group.
Math Follow your Flex group
Spelling Practice on Thursday, Real on Friday
Grammar We will continue with our writings for the state assessment. Make sure your child knows the subject, predicate, nouns, verbs, and adjectives! We will be writing in class every day toward our STATE TESTING sample.
Dates to Remember! Daylight savings began yesterday End of the 9 weeks—Wed. Report cards: March 19 March 21 S+ celebrations Cookie dough orders have been sent off.
5 weeks of instruction left before the CRCT!!
We are working this week and next week on our GA writing samples. We will be working on the CRCT for the next few weeks. Map skills, SRA kit and main idea comprehension will also be in class. Review all sheets that come home. Assignments are preparation for the CRCT. You need to learn your multiplication facts for the CRCT!! Use the CRCT online---sheet with password came home last month. Thanks, Ms. Sibilsky
|