Homework for Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Post date: Apr 17, 2019 7:41:20 PM

Reading: Read on a nightly basis. Document the time spent reading,

title of the book, and a parent signature Monday through Thursday.

Vocabulary Test over "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic" on Thursday.

The Prefix/Suffix test will be on Monday, April 22, 2019.

Spelling Information for the Week of April 15, 2019 to April 18, 2019

(Early release April 18th and no school on April 19th)

Dear Parents,

Red Words: brought, enough, parent, another, bury

Red Word Focus

The Red Words for the week will be the 3rd Grade, 2nd and 3rd Quarter Red Words, brought, enough, parent, another, and bury. The final test for these words will be on Thursday, April 18th. The words are non-decodable words and do not follow the rules of phonics. Students will take a test over these Red Words on Thursday, April 18, 2019.

Green Word Focus

RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

Our Green Word pattern will be a review of the following vowel teams (VT): ai, ea, ee, ay, oa, and oe. In class we will be decoding words with these vowel team patterns. Please practice these words as your child brings them home on dictation pages. Weekly spelling words will come from the dictation pages. Students will be expected to apply all classroom information to ten or more words on their Thursday, April 18, 2019, spelling test.

Reading Focus

We will continue to study about the Titanic. Please enjoy the photograph that was sent home with your child. Students will continue to learn about the famous Titanic, including how it was constructed and the recent discovery of the vessel. Our reading selection will be I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic. Our writing focus will continue to be poetry CCSS.ELA-WRITING.2.5)), and our grammar focus will be identifying and using prefixes and suffixes. We will have a test over prefixes and suffixes on Thursday, April 18th. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.CCSS.ELA-ITERACY.L.2.1.E

On Thursday, April 18, 2019, the spelling test will include Red Words brought, enough, parent, another, bury, and the Vowel Teams (Green Word Pattern) ai, ea, ee, ay, oa, and oe.

Thank you,

Mrs. Arp and Mrs. Dillion