News for the Week of March 16-20

Post date: Mar 12, 2020 5:46:08 PM

This week in Reading our main selection is realistic fiction called Bad Dog, Dodger! Vocabulary words to know from this selection are:

chased, chewing, dripping, grabbed, practice, treat, wagged. We will be working on plot and theme, using background knowledge when we read, and reading with expression.

For Phonics and Spelling this week's skill is consonant patterns kn, wr, gn, and mb. Spelling words for Friday's test are:

knock

wrong

wrap

lamb

sign

write

wren

comb

knee

climb

gnat

knob

certainly

listen

practice

In Math we will be finishing up Topic 11: Subtract Within 1,000 Using Models and Strategies this week and likely have our Topic Test on Thursday. Our next topic is Topic 12: Measuring Length.

If you are interesting in ordering from the Scholastic Book forms recently sent home, please do so by March 25. I'd like to get the order in by then to ensure that any gift books ordered arrive before Easter break.