News for the Week of May 3-7

Post date: Apr 30, 2021 8:51:37 PM

The countdown to summer break has begun - just 23 1/2 more school days to go!

This week our main Reading selection is Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag. Vocabulary words to know from this informational text are: America, birthday, flag, freedom, nicknames, stars, stripes. We will review Author's Purpose and Summarizing as this week's comprehension focus.

Our phonics and spelling focus this week is on abbreviations. Friday's weekly spelling list includes:

Mr.

Jan.

Dr.

Oct.

Mrs.

Feb.

Ms.

Nov.

St.Aug.

Rd.

Dec.

won

learn

In Math we are enjoying Topic 12: Graphs and Data. We expect to finish this short chapter at the end of the week and may have an assessment on Friday.

Please continue to encourage iReady use at home. On some days it is the only homework assigned and students earn reading or math points if they complete their 45 minutes each week.