1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books.
2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day.
3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day.
4. The children were given a book to read called the War with Grandpa. The tests will be similar to last year's tests and it is important for them to take notes as they read. Notes will be written in the back of the Reading NB and will be started in class. The children will be able to use their notes on the test but not the book. A date for the test will be decided at a later time.
4. The children were given a book to read called the War with Grandpa. The tests will be similar to last year's tests and it is important for them to take notes as they read. Notes will be written in the back of the Reading NB and will be started in class. The children will be able to use their notes on the test but not the book. A date for the test will be decided at a later time.
TESTS:
1.There will be a Vocabulary Test every Friday on 15 words created by all three teachers. Each teacher will give 5 words a week, which will be written in the Vocabulary NB. The children should study these words each night. On Friday there will be a test.
2. Almost every week the children will be given 20-25 spelling words. They should review these words each night. There will be a Spelling Test on Friday and the children will need to write the words and also make sentences using the words. The spelling words will be written in the Reading NB.
VOCABULARY:
1. 5 words for the week (will be tested on Friday): immediately, peculiar, accuse, challenge, complicated. Check the Vocabulary NB for these words.
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Because of Winn Dixie: grand, memorial, peculiar, positive, prideful, recalls, selecting, consisted, friendless, attention, kindness, understanding, den, keen, prey. Check the Reading NB for these words.
SPELLING:
Check Reading NB for these words.
admire, magnet, contest, method, custom, rally, soccer, engine, sudden, finger, accident, mitten, intend, fabric, flatten, rascal, gutter, mammal, happen, cannon
Challenge Words: dungeon, magnify, festival, thunderstorm, injury
HOMEWORK:
Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: write each spelling word 5x each in the Reading NB. Please write a Heading on the top of the page.
TUESDAY: Write a sentence for spelling words 1-13 in Reading NB. (Include a Heading and underline each Spelling Word).
WEDNESDAY: Write a sentence for words 14-25. (Include a Heading and underline each Spelling Word.
THURSDAY: Study 15 vocabulary words in the Vocabulary NB and also the 25 Spelling Words. There will be a test for each tomorrow.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or magazine that you like or The War with Grandpa. JUST READ!!!!!!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!
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