Week of November 2, 2009 - Homework

Is it November already?

Yet another successful week under our belts...

What great Halloween costumes we donned! We had witches, a gypsy, a very authentic mummy, a Clone Trooper from Star Wars and an Angel/Devil...all were very creative and interesting! Thank you to all parents for assisting with the Halloween party and your contributions. What a fun time!

Reading: We are moving along in Charlotte's Web and the story is becoming very interesting as the plot unfolds! The small reading group (Joseph, Grace, Taylor and Sam) is also making progress in reasing Rent a Third Grader and completing sections of their book reports.

Writing: We reviewed the steps in the Writing Process and published a story on Halloween in our writing journals after pre-writing, drafting and editing/proofreading. Our artistic abilities shone as we were not only authors but illustrators as well!

Geography and Social Studies: We are becoming very familiar with reading maps: grids, legends and indexes. We can identify capitals, cities and boundaries and provide directions to various destinations using the Compass Rose.

Library: We visited the library and students chose a chapter book and a"fun" book for their personal reading.


Homework Schedule:

PLEASE NOTE: Students are expected to read at least 20 - 30 minutes each evening and respond in their Reading Journals a couple of times a week to communicate their thoughts on their reading. This assignment is not always written down each night unless something specific is required.

Spelling Words: Word List 5
assist, avoid, depart, exile, expert, harvest, haul, inn, mar, mate, navigate, protect, vat

Dolch words:
made, many, off, or, pull

Monday 11/02/09

• ELA (English LanguageArts):

1. Read 20 - 30 minutes/journal entries or book report pages
2. For the students reading Rent a Third Grader: please prepare the Venn diagram page in the book report.

• Social Studies: Complete "Picturing the US" handout.
• WW: Review List 5 spelling words and properly plan to complete each exercise in the section. All sections need to be completed by 11/5, but it is helpful to prepare at least one section a night to become more comfortable with the words and definitions.
• "Hootie" The Take Home Owl Project will be completed and brought back to school by Joseph and Taylor Cirone and another student will take it home and complete the assignment. Have fun and whooooooooo will be next to take home Hootie......

Tuesday 11/3/09

• ELA:

1. Vocabulary Packet: Complete pp 15 - 18. Please read directions carefully and do not go beyond the assigned pages.
2. Reading Comprehension: Please complete your next assigned section and make sure to prepare the "Write about it" questions if you have them. Please DO NOT go ahead until I correct your current section!:)

Wednesday 11/4/09

Thursday11/5/09

• WW: please complete the List 5 section exercises, pp18 -21
• WW: Pre-test

Friday 11/6/09

• WW: Test, spelling and definitions.