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 This week we will read Red Eyed Tree Frog and have our Theme 6 cumulative
tests. Please review each day.
 If you know a child that will be five on or before September 30, 2014, please remind the
child’s parents to register him or her for kindergarten.
Have your child read to you every day.
 Each Friday your child will be allowed to bring in one item for “Show and Share”. Your
child will be learning how to write a description and “Show and Share” will help make the
process much more fun and engaging. Each student will write a description of his/her item
each Friday and his or her goal is to see if I can guess what they brought from their
description!
 Remediation Dates for upcoming Thursdays:
o February 27
o March 6, 20, 27
Reading—Red Eyed Tree Frog
We will have our cumulative Theme 6 tests next week. The Theme 6 Review is on the back.
Please listen to your child read the story listed above each night. Also, please practice the
words listed below each night. Help your child to look for cause and effect as he or she reads
this week.
High Frequency Words—
been
evening
far
forest
goes
hungry
near
soon
moves
eyes
Story Vocabulary:
boa
caterpillar eyed
eyes
iguana
iguanas
katydid
macaw
moves
poisonous tongue
toucan
Thursday—Vocabulary Quiz, Theme 6 Phonics Test
Friday—Comprehension Quiz , Theme 6 Comprehension Test
Spelling (SOL 1.1-1.9)—Words with long vowel sounds will be our focus this week.
far
park part
Friday—Test
dark herd dirt
fork horn turn burn
Language (SOL 1.2, 1.12)—We will review nouns and continue studying verbs.
We will also
identify complete sentences and write asking and telling sentences correctly.
Bring in an item to “Show and Share” on Friday.
Math (1.7, 1.11)
We will be counting money and working with calendar terms. We will also
review graphs, addition, subtraction, and place value. Practice counting change each day.
Reading Review-Theme 6
Dear Parents,
Your child will have a test on the Theme 6 stories and reading words this week. Students will have to read
twenty words chosen from this list. They will also have to read sentences made from these words. In addition, your
child will have a skills and comprehension test. In order to study for the tests, please review the reading words and
the skills listed below.
Students will also need to know all story vocabulary for each story.
The Sleeping Pig-story
by
found
out
show
began
climb
morning
shout
huge
will
EEK!-There’s a Mouse in the House-story
cow
door
horse
now
table
there
through
wall
mouse
send
Red-Eyed Tree Frog-story
been
hungry near
evening far
soon
forest moves
goes
eyes
The following skills will also be tested:
-Long “O” words
-Long “U” words
-Long “E” words
-Final Sounds (ft, lk, nt)
-High Frequency Words
-Spelling (identify correctly spelled words)
-Grammar -identify a complete sentence (begins with a capital letter, correct
ending punctuation and makes sense)
-asking and telling sentences
-Noting Details
-Making Predictions (what do you think will happen next?)
-Story Structure
Characters-Who is in the story?
Setting-Where and when did the story happen?
Problem-What is wrong in the story?
Solution-How was the problem solved?
Sequence of Events-What happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story?