The week of 11/17/2014

Ahoy all!

After a crazy week last week I am excited to have a full week ahead of us! There is a lot of learning to be done this week!

Reading: Started our final story for our Tiger's unit. Working on compare and contrast of fiction and non-fiction, finding the main idea of the text, and finally looking at character traits.

Math: Working on multiplication. Please work with your students on their multiplication facts! Finishing up using arrays and are now starting to work using a number line to show multiplication.

Writing: Starting our second narrative. Working on telling short stories!

Spelling:
thought
something
school
there
need
could
hand
important
don't
far
your
high
again
once
they
year
than
enough

Challenge:
business
errand
service
mighty
knot

Tuesday the 18th is our make up family reading night! Please join us for a celebration and soup at 5:30!

Thanks for all you do for your kids!

Miss Irwin

11/3-11/7

Sorry this post is a little late! I will usually update it on Tuesday.

This week in review:

Math: Continuing our introduction to multiplication.
Science: Doing experiments based on how animals use sound waves to hunt.
Reading: Continuing our unit on tigers.
Writing: Finishing our fall walk paragraphs.

Spelling words:
often
use
kind
head
also
four
show
been
around
began
above
long
took
air
there
were
large
might

Challenge Words:

insect
themselves
evidence
ancient
abdomen

Thanks,
Miss Irwin