Friday, January 31, 2014

3rd Quarter


Mrs. McMorris

February 3rd-February 7th     

·      Tuesday folders will go home on the 4th, please return them on the 5th.

·      100th DAY OF SCHOOL-February 5th

·      Friday is Hats/Sweats Day for I Love to Read Month

 

Spelling Words:  

Skill: /ea/ as in meat or thread

peacock         threadbare     steamship      breakfast      

gemstone       moonbeam     footpath         soybean

letterhead      health             seamstress    sweatshirt

seaweed        proofread       southeastern

 

 

Reading Class  - AR required points for 3rd quarter is 20 point.

·       5 points = nonfiction

·       15 points = fiction

This week in reading our class will be working on unit 9 in our English books.  This unit contains: capitalization, punctuation, abbreviations, book titles, commas, and quotation marks.  We will also continue the nonfiction novel Who is Marco Polo?  We will be concentrating on nonfiction novels for the next few months.

 

Math Class 

My Math class this week is focusing on multiplication.  We will also start our timings for Rocket Math.

·       Timings (Rocket Math)

·       Multiplication facts with factors of 0,1,2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8

·       Story problems with multiplication

·       Patterns in multiplication

·       Properties of multiplication

·       Flash cards will start to come home every night to practice.  Please sign the parent signature sheet so your child can receive credit for homework.

 

Social Studies

I will have my homeroom for Social Studies for the next 6 weeks.  The class will be learning all about communities and the 3 branches of government.  We will be creating a community book that follows the standards for this subject.  We will also be studying the history of Billings during this time.

 

Specials this Week!

          Monday- P.E.

                   Tuesday-Music

                             Wednesday-Library

                                      Thursday-Health

                                                Friday-Music

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Have a super week! 

Mrs. McMorris

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