September 12th, 2016
What’s happening this week in…?
Science:
-Earth surfaces
-Rock Cycle
-Types of Rocks
Social Studies:
US.II North East
VS.2 Native Americans and Languages
Math:
Adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals.
Reading:
-Literature Circles
-Spelling sorts
-Daily 5
Upcoming events:
-Spelling test on THURSDAY 9/29/2016
-Leonight 9/29/2016
-No School 9/30/2016 Parent/ Teacher Conferences
A Word from our Specials…
PE News:
Dance update
LEO Night is fast approaching. Mark your calendars for September 29. Our dance for this quarter aligns with the quarterly theme,“Exploring Identity and Location”.Dress for 4/5 is dark jeans, white tee shirt, bandannas around the neck or as a head band and tennis shoes. Looking forward to seeing ya’ll at LEO Night!
-Mrs. Hill
Homework:
Now Optional. Suggested practice:
-20 Minutes of any reading
-20 Minutes of Moby Max Math
-3 spelling assignments
-60 minutes of MobyMax of Reading Stories
The best form of communication is via email.
Miss Brennen or
Mrs. Drawdy:
Thanks to all the families who have helped make our flexible seating possible.
PBL: Out of Eden Learn-
We will launch our walking party this week! We have completed out first footstep in class! Ask your student to login at home to see what it’s all about!
This week’s Spelling Categories:
Lions:
Final /k/ sound spelled –ck, -ke, or –k
-ck
Kicj
Sick
Lock
Duck
Pack
Lick
Sock
truck
-ke
Take
Bike
Shake
Spoke
Duke
Strike
Smoke
like
-k
Took
Shook
Look
Book
cook
Tigers:
Adding –ing to words with VCe and VVC patterns
VCe
Use
Close
Write
Wave
Trade
skate
e-drop
using
closing
writing
waving
trading
skating
VVC
eat
Moan
Dream
Look
Clean
Nothing
Eating
Moaning
Dreaming
Looking
Cleaning
mailing
Bears:
Prefixes: Changes base words to tell time
Pre-
Prepare
Predict
Preface
Prehistoric
Precede
Prefix
Preseason
Preposition
prewar
Fore-
Foretell
Foreman
Foreword
Forefathers
Foresight
Forethought
Post-
Postpone
Postwar
Postseason
Postdate
Posttest
After-
Afterword
afterthought
aftertaste