Spelling Sept. 26-30

TEST ON FRIDAY SEPT. 30TH
Unit List
1. stand
2. spoke
3. rest
4. bend
5. plate
6. frame
7. clock
8. twist
9. white
10. June
11. stuff
12. mile

Bonus List

1. beetle

2. office

3. fantastic

4. huge

5. telescope

6. theme

7. surprise

8. pumpkin

9. wedge

10. witch

11. crayon

12. grown

Challenge Words
*challenge

*decide

Weekly News

September 26-30

Reading: This week we are reading the story Mulan. We will be working on the skills monitor/clarify, making inferences and syllables.

Writer’s Workshop: We are introducing a new project that goes with our Zooland unit in Science. The students will begin working on an Animal Research Project.

Math: We beginning Unit 3 on exploring multiplication. This week students will interpret bar graphs, explore multiplication problem solving, and use patterns to solve multiplication problems.

Science: We are continuing our unit called Zooland this week. Each student is a zookeeper responsible for an animal. This week we will learn about the food chain, animal care, and feeding the animals.

Important Dates:

Tuesday 9/27-Early Dismissal

BIST Tip:

Protect and Teach~

The behavior intervention plan that we use here at Leawood is called BIST.  The goal of BIST is to protect both the child and his/her environment from their inappropriate behavior AND to teach the child how to change the misbehavior.  Protect, teach but not punish!

Spelling Sept. 19-23

Test on Friday Sept. 23rd

Unit List                         Bonus List

1.  smoke                         1.     froze

2.  huge                            2.     grape

3.  save                            3.     awhile

4.  life                              4.     awake

5.  wide                            5.     imitate

6.  come                           6.     quite

7. mine                             7.     telephone

8. grade                            8.     polite

9. smile                             9.     contribute

10. note                           10.   sunstroke

11. cube                          11.   attribute

12.love                            12.   mistake

                    Challenge Words              Challenge Words

                              escape                               escape

                              slope                                  slope

Weekly News

September 19-23

Reading: This week we are continuing to read the story Cliff Hanger. We will be working on the skills cause & effect, ABC order, and sentences.

Writer’s Workshop: We are introducing a new project that goes with our Zooland unit in Science. The students will begin working on an Animal Research Project.

Math: We are on subtraction strategies this week. Students will be “spinning” for differences and graphing our data. We will also work on word problems with money this week.

Science: We are continuing our unit called Zooland this week. Each student is a zookeeper responsible for an animal. This week we will learn about living/nonliving and classification of animals.

Important Dates:

Friday 9/23-Catwalk Fundraiser 9:30-10:15am

Spelling Sept. 12-16

Test on Friday September 16th

Unit List                         Bonus List

1. pond                          1.     foggy

2. luck                            2.     struck

3. drop                           3.     pulse

4. lot                              4.     monster

5. rub                             5.     done

6. does*                          6.     October

7. drum                          7.     operation

8. sock                           8.     umbrella

9. hunt                           9.     object

10.crop                          10.   hundred

11.shut                          11.   suddenly

12.won*                         12.   flock

           Challenge Words                  Challenge Words

                      dodge                               dodge

                      dusk                                  dusk

Weekly News

September 12-16

Reading: This week we are reading the story Cliff Hanger. We will be working on the skills cause & effect, base words, and types of sentences.

Writer’s Workshop: We are continuing to learn about the trait: Ideas this week in writing. We will talk about different places and ways that authors get their ideas for books.

Math: We are working on addition fact strategies this week in math. We will “spin”  for sums and also work on “magic squares”.

Science: We are beginning our first science unit this week on Plants and Animals. Mr. Curry will be working with the students on a fun unit called Zooland.

Important Dates:

Tuesday 9/13- Early Dismissal

Friday 9/16-Progress Reports Go Home

Spelling Sept. 5-9

Spelling- Test Friday Sept. 9th

Unit List                         Bonus List

1.               mix*                        1.     brick

2.               milk                         2.     fancy

3.               smell                        3.     edge

4.               last                          4.     dance

5.               head                        5.     tremble   

6.               friend*                     6.     bring

7.               class                        7.     track

8.               left                           8.     dizzy

9.               thick                        9.     grand

10.             send                        10.   wreck

11.             thin                          11.   tread*

12.             stick                        12.   friend*

   

              Challenge Words            Challenge Words

                       empty                              empty

                       glance                              glance

Spelling Information- Students may study their words however they choose throughout the week. This is part of their nightly homework. There is a yellow laminated sheet in their binder that gives suggestions for how to study their words. If a student is not showing progress with their spelling, they will be assigned a study packet.

Weekly News

September 5-9

Reading: This week we are starting our first unit in our Houghton Mifflin reading curriculum. We will be introducing the reading skills and strategies we will work on this year.   

Writer’s Workshop: We are learning all about the writing trait of Ideas this week. We will learn how authors get ideas for the stories by reading books such as The Relatives Came and If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.

Math: We are continuing our unit about sampling and classifying. We will work on bar graphing and also addition fact strategies this week.  

Social Studies: We are wrapping up our unit on Map Skills this week. We will finish up with longitude, latitude, and a geography challenge. We will also be introducing the Flat Stanley project on Thursday. Look for information coming home about that!

Important Dates:

Tuesday 9/9- Red Friday Spirit Day