Homework for Mrs. Rouse’s Students
May 20 - 24, 2013
Monday, Due Tuesday
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Read for at least 15 minutes. Title: ___________________________________________________________
Testing is tomorrow. Eat a good breakfast and arrive early.
Bring a “SNUGGLY” that will fit in the backpack. We’ll keep them at school all week.
Both sides of Math Topic 12 Test on fractions.
Both sides of Math Topic 18 Test on multiplication.
No math facts or optional enrichment math during math testing.
Spelling: Practice Book 175/176
Citizenship: Do one good deed (or plan to do it on the weekend).
“I checked the completed homework assignment for accuracy.”
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Tuesday, Due Wednesday
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Adult’s Initials _______
Adult’s Initials _______
[Recorded as complete by Mrs. Rouse _______]
Read for at least 15 minutes. Title: ___________________________________________________________ Adult’s Initials _______
Testing continues tomorrow. Eat a good breakfast and arrive early.
Both sides of Math Topic 5 Test (geometry).
Both sides of Math Topic 11 Test (linear measurement). Use the small paper ruler to do the measuring.
No math facts or optional enrichment math during math testing.
Spelling: Word Shapes. Challenge Spelling: Coded Words.
Work on the Memory Challenge poem, Living in the USA.
Citizenship: Do one good deed (or plan to do it on the weekend).
“I checked the completed homework assignment for accuracy.”
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Wednesday, Due Thursday
[Recorded as complete by Mrs. Rouse _______]
1. Read for at least 15 minutes. The final (9 ) book report is due next week. The “Fan Fold Stand Up” book
report does not require an oral report in front of the class. The form is being sent home today.
Title (book read and/or reported):________________________________________________________________ Adult’s Initials _______
2. Testing finishes tomorrow. Eat a good breakfast and arrive early.
3. Both sides of Math Topic 17 Test on triple digit addition and subtraction.
4. No math facts or optional enrichment math during math testing.
5. Work on the Memory Challenge poem, Living in the USA.
6. Citizenship: Do one good deed (or plan to do it on the weekend).
7. “I checked the completed homework assignment for accuracy.”
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Thursday, Due Friday
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Read for at least 15 minutes. Title: ___________________________________________________________ Adult’s Initials _______
Math p. 311 (review triple digit subtraction).
No math facts or optional enrichment math during testing.
Spelling: Trace the spelling words on both sides of the page. Typing the words twice each on the computer is
an acceptable substitute as long as the student does the typing.
5. Optional challenge spelling: Write or type ten sentences with two spelling words in each sentence.
6. Citizenship: Do one good deed (or plan to do it on the weekend).
7. “I checked the completed homework assignment for accuracy.”
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Citizenship Due Next Monday (or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday)
Do four good deeds any time during the week. Four good deeds are always due even on short weeks.
My child did at least one good deed today.
Initials____________________ Date ___________________
My child did at least one good deed today.
Initials____________________ Date ___________________
My child did at least one good deed today.
Initials____________________ Date ___________________
My child did at least one good deed today.
Initials____________________ Date ___________________
Curriculum Information
On Saturday, June 1, we will have an optional voluntary afternoon field trip to La Sierra University’s
Geology/Biology Museum. Although I will be there, this field trip is not sponsored by Lincoln or CNUSD and
is totally voluntary. The small museum is free and very close. The exhibits include rocks, gems, and
minerals, which we will be studying beginning next week, and biology specimens from around the world.
There will be special interactive activities set up for our students by the university students. I will give
science extra credit to those who attend. La Sierra University is on Riverwalk, off the Pierce Street exit,
which is the first exit east of McKinley. More information and a map will come later. Families and friends
are invited to participate. Bring the family or plan a carpool.
STAR testing (also known as CST or California Standards Test) is scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday this week. Tests begin first thing in the morning. Remind your children to gets lots of sleep and eat
a good breakfast before the testing. Because bananas and protein are supposed to keep brains alert, please give
your child a banana and some protein as part of the breakfast. Students must be on time. They may bring
baseball-style “thinking caps” to wear during the testing and at recess.
Our reading this week focuses on comparison and contrast of Cinderella stories from various cultures
around the world. (Comparing multi-cultural fairy tales is a state standard for second grade.) We’ll make a
chart showing the similarities and differences among the various stories. I have Cinderella stories from many
different cultures, and have tried to collect ones that come from ancestral cultures of as many students in my class as
possible. We’ll compare the stories (tell how they are the same) and contrast them (tell how they are different).
This week students may bring “snugglies” (soft items for snuggling with) while I read Cinderella stories from
many different cultures. The snuggly items must fit in the backpack. Your child may bring a teddy bear, pillow,
blanket, or even two of these, if they both fit in the backpack. Remind your child that the “snugglies” cannot be
taken out of the backpacks before school or during dismissal after school. We’ll keep the “snugglies” at school all
week so that we can use them throughout the week.
The Oriental silk moths are spinning their cocoons and are entering the pupa stage. Real silk is made from
these cocoons. After this pupa stage (the third in the four stages of complete metamorphosis), the adult silk moths
will dissolve the ends of their cocoons and emerge to live very short lives. All they do is mate, lay eggs, and die.
Spelling Words – Test Friday
Words that are commonly misspelled
being
never
coming new
other
started
going school
very outside
yet
people
Voluntary Challenge Words
common
picture
animal
complete idea
become else
something
enough
several
perhaps
system probably thought
possible sandwich using
toward carefully unusual
All students are tested on ten or twelve of the regular words, and possibly some other words that follow the same pattern.
Those who need more challenge should learn the Voluntary Challenge Words.
Important Dates
May 21 - 23
May 27
May 30
June 1
June 6
June 7
June 28
State STAR Testing on Math
No School: Memorial Day Holiday
Fan-fold Book Report Due
Afternoon Field Trip to La Sierra University Geology/Biology Museum (This is
not school sponsored and is totally voluntary. Science extra credit is available.)
Open House
Living in the USA Memory Challenge Due
Eleven books on the orange Classical Book List should have been signed as
“signature only” and nine book reports should be completed.
Last Day of School