Sunday, September 22, 2013

Skill Focus - Johnny Appleseed


This week we will be discussing everything JOHNNY APPLESEED.  Our spelling test will be Thursday without a pretest this week.  We will also test over vocabulary and comprehension on Thursday, instead of Friday.  There is NO SCHOOL Friday due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. 

Comprehension Main Idea and Details

Language Subjects and predicates

Writing Fact and Opinion


Spelling Words
Skill: Short/Long O

box         cone
fox          hope
dog         rose
lock         poke
pot          rope
side         nine

America       world       country
                            
Bonus: Johnny Appleseed

Sentence Dictation: They poke the dog.

Vocabulary

wagon a four-wheeled vehicle, typically horse-drawn, for transporting goods or passengers.
blossom a flower or cluster of flowers.
sprout to begin to grow.
orchard a place where fruit or nut trees are grown.
pioneer one who goes into unknown territory to settle.
 
High Frequency Words
Oral Test Thursday - Please make sure your child can read all 10 of these High Frequency Words quickly by sight.

always             gave
first                there
does               why
friend             which
those              us


Math Focus:
Place Value using numbers to 100
Vocabulary
Continue to Review Place and Value - Place refers to how many 100s, tens or ones and value refers to what the 100s, tens and ones are worth.
Greater than/Less than - also < > = symbols
Before, After, Between
Least and greatest
Pattern
Skip counting     
 
 

 

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