Friday, September 30, 2011

Week 7 - Week of October 3

Monday is a Minimum Day. School will be dismissed at 1:20.
Math: We are beginning a unit on understanding multiplication. Please have your child practice flashcards at home so they are more successful during math.
Reading: We are reading the story On the Shores of Silver Lake. This is part of a Laura Ingalls Wilder book. It describes train travel in the late 1800's.

Word Work: We are focusing syllabication, and decoding longer words.
Spelling Words:  We are looking at homophones. These are words that sound similar, but are spelled differently, and have different meanings.
steel steal  lead  led  wait  weight  wear  ware  creak  creek  beet  beat  meet  meat  peek  peak  deer  dear  ring  wring  its  it's  there  their  they're

Online Game: E Word Game
Cool ABC's: Bembo's Zoo