Week 5 September 19-23

I will begin conferencing with parents this week.

Math: We are focusing on Addition and Subtraction Number Sense. During this unit students will be able to round whole numbers, use mental math and estimate sums and differences. Rounding is always a bit confusing at first. The following poem helps:
Rounding
Find your number.
Look right next door.
4 or less, just ignore!
5 or more, add one more.
Math Vocabulary includes rounding, Commutive Property of Addition, Associative Property of Addition, Identity Property of Addition, breaking apart, compensation, counting on, inverse operations. Students will be making more flashcards for homework on Tuesday night.

Reading: We are finishing Grandfather's Journey with the focus on identifying the author's viewpoint, and predicting/infering while reading. We will begin the nonfiction selection Finding the Titanic. During this story we will be learning about text organization and the reading strategy "Monitor/Clarify"

Word Work: We are focusing syllabication, and decoding longer words.
Spelling Words:  Monday, September 19 we will test on the words below.

Basic Words: snow grind still coast odd crime gold wrote flight build broke blind folk grown shock ripe coal inch sigh built
Challenge Words: remind approach rigid recognize continent

New Spelling Words will be coming home on Wednesday, Sept.21. Here is a preview:
brush  juice  fruit  tube  lunch  crumb  few  true  truth  done  suit  pump  due  dull  tune  blew  trunk  sum  glue  threw  newscast  commute  continue  attitude  slumber
Social Studies: We are studying the four regions of California: coast, mountains, central valley, and desert.

Online Game: Web Word Find
Cool ABC's: Bembo's Zoo