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September 16: Fundraising packets due
September 23-27: Book Fair
September 27: Elementary “Country Hoedown”
Word Study: We will be working on Unit 2 Part 1 this week. For this unit we go to 16 words
each week. We will add long i sounds this week with “igh” words. Monday we will read pages
28-29 and complete page 30. Tuesday will be page 31, Wednesday page 32, and Thursday will
be page 33.
Reading: This week we will read a story about Roberto Clemente. We will work with the strategies of visualization and identifying cause and effect. Monday we will preview the story and
read it as a class. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday students will read the story again with a
partner, individually, and a small group depending on the day. They will have various activities
to complete depending on their reading group and the day.
Writing: This week we will create an easel book to summarize our biography about Roberto
Clemente. Students should be able to identify important events in the life of Roberto Clemente
in order to write a summary of the story. The easel book will be due on Thursday, so students
may need to finish their summary on Wednesday night if they don’t complete it in class. Students should be writing in complete sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization.
Cursive: Tuesday we will complete pages 30-33 and Thursday will be pages 34 and 35. We will
learn the undercurve, the downcurve, the overcurve and the slant strokes this week.
We will continue working in chapter 2 this week. Monday we will complete lesson 2-2 to continue working on problem solving. Tuesday we will learn to estimate sums in lesson 2-3.
Wednesday will be lesson 2-4 and two-digit addition. Thursday will be lesson 2-5; students
will “go shopping” as they add money. Students will use the “store” in our math reference
book as they try to spend money to get as close to $10 as they can without going over that
amount. Friday we will work with three-digit addition in lesson 2-7. We will begin a worksheet in class. If the worksheet is not finished in class, it will be their homework.
Monday we will complete our paragraph description of the longhouse for our Iroquois flag book, and then we will begin looking at clothing. Students will learn what
the Iroquois clothing looked like and what materials were used during three different
time periods: pre-European influence, post-European influence, and modern dress.
They will create two flags for the flag book—one for male clothing and one for female
clothing.
Important Dates
September 16
Fundraising Packets due
September 23-27
Book Fair
September 27
Country Hoedown
Spelling Words
evident
unforeseen
distract
signal
sense
slight
might
fight
glance
visit
alert
fascinate
spectacular
sight
tight
midnight
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Monday: Math– HWP p. 16
Tuesday: Math-HWP P. 20
Wednesday: Math-HWP p. 25; finish writing/illustrations for Roberto Clemente summary if not
done
Thursday: Math-HWP p. 30
Friday: Math-finish three-digit addition worksheet if not finished in class
Monday and Friday are PE days—students need to wear tennis shoes to school on these days
Math Codes-SP=Skills Practice; HWP=Homework Practice; EN=Enrich; RT=Reteach