Homework for Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Post date: Jan 21, 2015 10:15:48 PM
Reading: "Time for Kids" and worksheet
Continue to complete "Reading Logs" for the 3rd Nine Weeks
Please note that two books must be read by Interim time. and four by the end of the 3rd quarter.
*Reading Logs from Homeward Bound books - please read on a nightly basis. Students are required to read these books at home. Each student needs to turn in 2 reading log sheets per Interim, and a total of 4 reading log sheets per report card. Your child will receive a grade for turning in his/her completed reading logs.
Spelling: Study for test on Friday.
The students will continue to learn about “magic e.” The concept of magic e is a difficult one for many children. They have learned the name of each vowel and its short sound. The students, conditioned to respond to the symbols of the vowels with a short sound, are now asked to change their response to the established cue. When the one-syllable word ends in e, they must change their response to the long sound of the vowel. This week we will continue to add and review two-syllable magic e words.
When introducing this new sound for the vowel, we prefer to use the term “name of the vowel” rather than “long vowel,” as the students have been taught that the vowel has a name and “says” a particular sound. We will practice spelling and writing words with “magic e” during class each day.
Our red words will now be from the third grade required red word list. Students will be required weekly to spell three “red words” on his/her final spelling test on Friday. Our red words for this week are already, among, and another.
Our “Gold Vocabulary” words are as follows:
breeding 5. continents 9. dinosaur
endangered 6. fossils 10. skeletons
extinct 7. herbivore
predators 8. carnivore
Please note that this week’s final spelling test will be on Friday, January 23, 2015.
New Red Words: already, among, another
Math: Practice B "Sprint"
Continue to save all "Problem Set" homework activities to review for testing and to answer homework questions.
Science: We will continue our "Nature Quest" reading activities.
Two more "Nature Quest" reading journals will be due by Friday, January 23, 2015. The "Nature Quest" backpack and all books must also be returned on this date.