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Mrs. Moffett’s Weekly Anchor
Week of October 5th - 9th , 2015
Important Dates and Information.
Thursday, October 8th : Animal Projects Due!
Friday, October 9th - End of 1st Grading Period - No
School!
Parent’s
Please be sure to monitor your child’s homework. Please initial the Assignment Agenda after he/she has completed each
assignment. Should you have any concerns please write a note in the daily column. Thanks!
Math
We will continue working on Unit 2: Multi-Digit Multiplication
and Division, focusing on Multiplying Multi Digit Numbers,
Multiplying Across Zero and the Distributive Property.
Every day throughout the year we will begin our math
lesson by doing “Every Day Counts", Math 4 Today
activities, as well as a "Number of the Day" once or twice a
week, which all focus on reviewing a variety of math skills
and concepts as daily reinforcement.. Students should be
studying their multiplication facts nightly. A weekly
multiplication test will be given for tracking purposes to
make sure that students are studying and learning their
facts.
Reading
Thursday: Vocabulary & Comprehension Tests
This week’s Theme: Man's Best Friend. Our focus story will
be: The Blind Hunter, from the Treasures Reading book;
pages 448-461 . Strategy skills this week will include Author's
Purpose and Drawing Conclusions. Students have the
vocabulary list in their Red Reading folders. Study Daily to
prepare for success!
Reminder: Animal Report: Work a little each day to
complete. Final Report must be handwritten. You do not
have to write in cursive.
Language
DOL 9 Quiz Thursday
We will be focusing Verbs and Helping Verbs this week.
Each week we will be completing our daily DOL Lessons,
which focus on a variety of language skills, including
capitalization, punctuation, correct verb usage, etc.
In order to be prepared for the week, we
have reviewed Mrs. Moffett’s Weekly
Anchor.
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Spelling
TEST - Thursday
Unit 9 Words with the /är/ & /ôr/ Sounds.
Complete one Spelling Contract activity each night.
Please work each night to improve success!
The words for this week are:
door
dart
fort
mornin carpet
g
ford core
cord spark
award
smar charg wor argue stormy
t
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n
bore guard war warp
barnya
d
d
rd
shri
scree thro *foreca *charc
mp
ch
at
st
oal
Underlined words are Review words and * Bonus words..
Science
This week we will begin our SOUND Unit. Information is
located in the Science book, pages 118- 123, as well as a
study guide. Students should study daily to prepare for the
test. .
Social Studies
Grow 7 due by Thursday - Capitalization and Spelling
Count!
We will begin studying the Regions of the United States.
WE will begin with Regions and Landforms pages 10-17
from our social Studies book. The Study Guide is located in
the Social Studies folder pages 20-26
Get a head start, learn the location of all 50 states of the
USA. Below is a link to help students learn these states.
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html
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Have a Great Week!!!
Mrs. Moffett