November 16 - 20

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I will be in Salt Lake at the Professional Learning Community conference.  Mrs. Navarro will still be at school.  Please remind your child about your expectations for their behavior when we have a substitute.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

• phonics: adjectives
• phonics: spelling with -ke
• phonics: phonetic skills 3 & 4 (phonetic skill 3 is the 'sneaky e rule' and 4 is 'two vowels walking')
• math: review of standard, expanded, and pictorial forms of numbers
• writing: writing sentences that compare and contrast two different things
• writing: beginning work on a narrative that outlines the process of making a choice
• reading: begin reading Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday (objective - identify how characters respond to major events or challenges)
• power hour: continued practice in reading, spelling, and comprehension

November 9-13

Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• phonics: linking verbs
• phonics: subject/verb agreement
• phonics: vowel families o & i (-old, -olt, -ost, -ind, -ild) - these are single vowel words in which the vowel sound is long
• phonics: phonetic skill #3 (when a vowel stands alone, the vowel sound is long - for example, in the word 'she' or 'go')
• writing: writing sentences that compare and contrast two different things
• reading: The House on Maple Street (objective: to describe the overall structure of a story, and to use information from words and pictures in a text to show understanding of setting)
• power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending

There is no school on Friday.  It is a professional development day for teachers.