August 27 – 31, 2012
Week at a Glance:
All curriculum information will be here. We
will work on some of the same topics for
more than one week at a time. So, this
might stay the same on some weeks. All
spelling/vocabulary words will be on the
back.
Reading/Language Arts/Spelling:
Weekly Selection - When Charlie
McButton Lost Power (Narrative Poem)
Skills – Literary Elements,
Homonyms, Sentences, Short
Vowels and Syllables CV/CV
Writer’s Workshop:
Writing complete paragraphs (main
idea, at least three supporting
sentences or detail and an ending or
closing sentence.)
Math:
Our first topic is Numeration. It
will cover several lessons that
include place value, naming numbers,
comparing numbers and ordering
numbers.
Social Studies:
During the first week of school, we
reviewed map skills and directions
using a compass rose. We will begin
learning about communities. The
essential questions for this unit are:
What makes a community? Where
are communities located? and What
are the three types of
communities?
Assignments:
This is where all tests,
quizzes, projects and other
assignment dates will be
listed. Please check your
child’s daily folder for
homework assignments. Next
week, will begin our first week
with our reading series and
continue with our math
lessons.
Aug. 29th – Math Quiz
Aug. 30th – Reading Test
Aug. 31st – Spelling Test
Dates
September 3rd – No School
(Labor Day)
September 11th – Whitesburg
Open House (more info to
follow)
Announcements!!
August Birthdays:
Jackson M. – 14th
Emma L. – 28th
Luz V. – 29th
Asa I. – 31st
Parents’ Corner…
Our class webpage on Weebly is currently under construction! I am
working toward finishing it so that you can stay updated on our class
happenings. (Labor Day weekend is my goal; fingers crossed )
I will be sending out a volunteer sheet for all who are interested. If you
have any questions please send in a note, email or call the school at my
extension. Thank you for all of your kindness and support!
Vocabulary
Words:
*There are ‘Amazing Words’ and
‘Vocabulary Words’ for each
story every week. Those words
will be listed here. After we
work on this week’s story, I will
put next week’s words on here
that will need to be focused on
during the next reading story.
This is a new reading series and
the vocabulary words are used
differently than previous years. I
will decide what will be the best
use for these words after we
work through the first story.
Spelling
Words:
*Spelling Test will always
be on the last day of the
school week. If your child
is absent, please be
prepared for him/her to
take a make-up test on
the day he/she returns.
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happen
lettuce
basket
winter
sister
problem
supper
subject
lesson
spelling
napkin
collar
traffic
suggest
puppet
Challenge Words
(used for extra points)
16. skillet
17. picnic
18. plane
19. system
20. pumpkin
terrica.johnson@hsv-k12.org
256.428.7520 Ext. 219