READING: The Day Eddie Met the Author
Vocabulary words: conquer, resistance, assembly, plenty, dismiss, squirmed, patchwork, autographed, ponder, anticipation
LANGUAGE: Sentences: Commands and Exclamations (Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences)
SPELLING: Root or base words and –ed, -ing endings:saved, moved, riding, waking, pulled, taking, hopped, baking, picked, having, letting, running, drawing, folded, shopped
Challenge words: freezing, equipped, dancing, happening, quitting
MATH: Scott Foresman book and workbook: Place Value /Practice Sheets
Math vocabulary: ordinal numbers, digit, place value, expanded form, standard form, word form, period, compare, order, even number, odd number rounding, decimal point, dollar sign
SOCIAL SCIENCE: Ecosystems and AMSTI Plant investigations
ROBUST VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS:
1. conquer– winning or overcoming a problem or fear
2. resistance-you do not want something to happen
3. ponder– take time to think about an idea
4. anticipation– feel excitement because something is about to happen
5. assembly-group of people who have gathered for a reason
6. dismiss-give someone permission to leave
7. plenty– having more than enough of something
8. squirmed—keep wriggling around as if you were uncomfortable
9. patchwork– cloth made by sewing together small pieces of different fabrics
10. autographed– you signed your name on something
Vocabulary Homework-due Tuesdays
Use each word correctly in a sentence. Write sentences in green vocabulary folder. Underline vocabulary word.
See weekly folder for DIBELS score. Students who benchmarked at 110 no longer have to do fluency homework!!!!!
August 23, 2010
Student of the Week
Kassidy Dunaway
August Birthdays
26-Naomi Byrd
AES EVENTS
August
26-Vollunteer/Substitute Meeting 9am
September
3-T-shirt money due
6-Labor Day/ No School
9- Fall Pictures and Progress Reports
14- Open House at 6pm
October
7-Pumpkin and a Book & Fall Festival 5-8pm
11-15 Fall Break/ No School
21- Report Cards
Volunteer/Substitute Meeting
Date: August 26
Time: 9:00
Place: Lunchroom
This meeting is mandatory for anyone who would like to volunteer/substitute at AES during this academic year.
Thanks!
Lisa Stewart
Homework and Testing Schedule
Monday- Fluency Homework
Tuesday-Return signed Weekly Folder, Fluency Homework. Read basal story. Vocabulary sentences due.
Wednesday-Fluency, Practice 0-4 multiplication Fact Families.
Thursday- Fluency, Practice 0-3 multiplication Fact Families.
Friday- Chapter 1 Math test and Fact Family Test given.Reading, Spelling, and Grammar Test given.Turn in FLUENCY
Tests to look for in this weeks weekly folder: place value, fact family, spelling, reading.