Monday, October 5, 2009

Weekly Gazette (Week of Oct.5-Oct.9)

What is My Child Learning This Week?

Reading-We continue working on character traits and main idea. Main idea is a very difficult skill. Please practice asking your child about the main idea of what he or she is reading at home.

Math- We will work on comparing and ordering numbers. We review writing numbers in pictures, numbers, and words. We begin learning about ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.)

Writing- We work on making sure a story has a beginning, middle, and end. We alsof focus on adding important details.

Science-We continue working on the Solar System. We are doing some really cool experiments this week!

Word Wall- it's, nice, phone, small, thing, two


Tests/Quizzes
  • Word Wall quiz this Friday, October 9th.
  • Math quiz on reading, writing, and drawing three-digit numbers Wednesday, October 7th.
  • Reading quiz on main idea Thursday, October 8th.
  • Reading quiz on character traits, Friday, October 9th.
  • Solar system quiz Tuesday, October 6th. Students will compare/contrast two planets and list facts of each.

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