Jamieson Elementary School

We are raising money for our school by having our annual Jamieson Walk-a-thon! Please try to send at least $10 by this Friday so your child can walk with our class! $20 will give your chlid a t-shirt as well!
~~~As of Monday, our class in First Place with having the most participants out of the entire school! GOOD JOB!

Language Arts:
Story of the week: Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
~Concept Question:  What difference can a great idea make?
~Question of the week: Why do we want to find answers to some questions?
~Phonics skills: Words with oo sounds
~Spelling words: 1.book 2.moon 3.took 4.food 5.look 6.pool 7.zoo 8.noon 9.good 10.foot 11.instead 12.another
~Word cards: among, another, instead, more, mystery, acorn, detectives, meadow
~Comprehension skill: Compare and Contrast
~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
Verbs: Actions, something that you do
Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
Facts
Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
Writing an elaboration.
Writing a list.
Commands, Exclamations
How sentences begin and end.
~~~Tests on Friday!

Math:
Unit 9: Tens and Ones Patterns on a Number Grid, Adding and Subtracting Tens, Number Grid Puzzles, Adding and Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers, Exploring Capacity, Symmetry and Heights, Fractional Parts of the Whole, Comparing Fractions, Many Names for Fractional Parts
~~~Test 1 on Tuesday and Test 2 on Wednesday!
Unit 10: Year-End Review and Assessment
Telling Time, Mental Arithmetic, Geometry, Thermometers and Temperature, Place Value, Scrolls and Number Grids

Science
Unit 6: Land, Water and Air
Vocabulary words: sand, clay, humus, rocks, weathering, erosion, natural resources, minerals
~What makes up the earth? What changes land? How do living things use natural resources? How can we reduce, reuse, and recycle?

Homework:
Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. Math sheet. Test 1 tomorrow! 3.Sounds sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!
Tuesday: 1. Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. Math sheet. Test 2 tomorrow! 3. Writing sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!
Wednesday: 1.Write spelling sentences. 2. Math sheet. 3. Reading sheet. 4. Walk-a-thon money due Friday!
Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Home Link 10.1. 3. Spelling sheet. Tests tomorrow! 4. Walk-a-thon money due tomorrow!
Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards. 

Half-Day on Wednesday! Dismissal at 12:00 pm!
Field Trip on Friday to see the musical “Seussical”!

Language Arts:
Story of the week: Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
~Concept Question:  What difference can a great idea make?
~Question of the week: When does a problem need a clever solution? 
~Phonics skills: Words with ow/ou sounds and syllables c + le.
~Spelling words: 1.how 2.town 3.down 4.now 5.brown 6.cow 7.clown 8.frown 9.crowd 10.growl 11.eyes 12.never
~Word cards: along, behind, eyes, never, pulled, toward, pulling, favorite
~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting and Plot. Story Structure
~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
Verbs: Actions, something that you do
Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
Facts
Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
Writing an elaboration.
Writing a list.
Commands
~~~Tests on Friday!

Math:
Unit 9: Tens and Ones Patterns on a Number Grid, Adding and Subtracting Tens, Number Grid Puzzles, Adding and Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers, Exploring Capacity, Symmetry and Heights, Fractional Parts of the Whole, Comparing Fractions, Many Names for Fractional Parts

Social Studies:
Unit 4: Our Earth, Our Resources
Vocabulary words: natural resource, mountain, lake, plain, river, weather, history

Homework:
Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Home Link 9.3. 3. Spelling sheet.
Tuesday: 1. Write Spelling words 3 times each. 2. Home Link 9.4. 3. Spelling sheet.
Wednesday: 1.Write spelling sentences. 2. Math sheet. 3. Reading sheet.
Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Home Link 9.5. 3. Spelling sheet. Tests tomorrow! 4. Field Trip tomorrow!
Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards.
 

Language Arts:
Story of the week: Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House
~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
~Question of the week: What treasures can we share with neighbors?
~Phonics skills: Words with oo sounds. Words ending in -ly and -ful.
~Spelling words: 1.slowly 2.careful 3.quickly 4.useful 5.painful 6.playful 7.sadly 8.gladly 9.nicely 10.wonderful 11.because 12.across
~Word cards: told, only, across, because, dance, opened, shoes, costume
~Comprehension skill: Cause and Effect and Preview
~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
Verbs: Actions, something that you do
Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
Facts
Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds, how many and adjectives that compare.
Writing an elaboration.
Writing a list.
~~~Tests on Thursday!

Math:
Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts, Addition Facts, Symmetry.
~~~Test 1 on Monday and Test 2 on Tuesday!

Social Studies:
Unit 4: Our Earth, Our Resources
Vocabulary words: natural resource, mountain, lake, plain, river, weather, history  

Homework:
Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Math sheet. Test 2 tomorrow! 3. Book orders due Wednesday!
Tuesday: 1. Write Spelling words 3 times each. 2. Home Link 9.1. 3. Sounds sheet. 4. Book orders due tomorrow!
Wednesday: 1.Write spelling words in ABC Order. Tests tomorrow! 2. Math sheet. 3. Spelling sheet.
Thursday: 1. Write spelling sentences. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet.
Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Home Link 9.2. 4. Sounds Review sheet.    

***Field Trip on Thursday! Thanks to Mrs. Otero, Mr. Mejia, Mrs. Panatsis, and Mrs. Munteanu for volunteering to chaperone us on our trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo!

Language Arts:
Story of the week: Peter’s Chair
~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
~Question of the week: What treasures can we share at home?
~Phonics skills: Words with ue, ui, ew sounds. Compound words.
~Spelling words: 1.backpack 2.baseball 3.bluebird 4.brainstorm 5.flashlight 6.herself 7.inside 8.lunchbox 9.outside 10.suitcase 11.picture 12.remember
~Word cards: picture, remember, room, stood, thought, 
~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting, Plot
~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
Verbs: Actions, something that you do
Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
Facts
Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds and how many.
Writing an elaboration.
Writing a list.
~~~Tests on Friday!

Math:
Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts, Addition Facts, Symmetry.
~~~Test 1 next Monday!

Science:
Unit 5: Food Chains
Vocabulary: food chain, oxygen, marsh, rain forest
~We are learning about different plants an animals part of different food chains. We are learning that plants give off oxygen and we need oxygen to live. We are learning that a marsh is a wetland habitat. We are learning that a rain forest is a very rainy habitat.
~~~Test on Friday!

Homework:
Monday: 1.Write spelling words 3 times each. 2.Spelling sheet. 3. Home Link 8.7. 4. Sounds Review Sheet.
Tuesday: 1. Write spelling sentences. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Home Link 8.8.
Wednesday: 1.Writing sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. Field Trip tomorrow! Bring a bag lunch!
Thursday: 1. Write spelling words in ABC Order. 2. Spelling sheet. 3. Home Link 8.9. 4. Science Test tomorrow!
Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Reading sheet. 3. Math sheet. Test 1 on Monday! 4. Zoo animal writing sheet.  

***Wednesday is Report Card Pick-Up day! No school!
***Our Field trip has been postponed until next Thursday due to the great chance of rain this week.

Language Arts:
Story of the week: Peter’s Chair
~Concept Question:  What do we treasure?
~Question of the week: What treasures can we share at home?
~Phonics skills: Words with ue, ui, ew sounds. Compound words.
~Spelling words: 1.backpack 2.baseball 3.bluebird 4.brainstorm 5.flashlight 6.herself 7.inside 8.lunchbox 9.outside 10.suitcase 11.picture 12.remember
~Word cards: picture, remember, room, stood, thought,
~Comprehension skill: Character, Setting, Plot
~Grammar and Writing:  A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete idea. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period, question mark or an exclamation point. A sentence has to make sense with word order. Questions ask something.
Nouns:  Person, place or thing.
Plural Nouns:  More than one person, place or thing that usually ends with an s or an es.
Proper Nouns:  Nouns with special names that must begin with capital letters.
Special Titles: Some people have special titles that need capital letters. For example: Dr., Mr., Mrs. Miss, Ms., Officer
Days, Months, Holidays should always begin with capital letters
Contractions: When 2 words are smooshed together, take some letters out, and put an apostrophe in its place.
For example: can not becomes can’t, did not becomes didn’t, you will becomes you’ll, I am becomes I’m
Plural Nouns: One and more than one by adding -s or -es
Verbs: Actions, something that you do
Verbs that ends in “es”: ex. fox becomes foxes, glass becomes glasses
Verbs for now and the past: Adding -ed and -ing, sometimes doubling the consonant with the CVC pattern or not with the CC pattern ex. jog(CVC)- jogged, jogging or jump(CC)-jumped, jumping
Homonyms: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. ex. sea/see
Synonyms: Words that mean the same thing. ex. big/large
Antonyms: Words that mean the opposite of each other. ex. big/small
Compound words: Two small words put together to make one large word. ex., lunch + box=lunchbox
Facts
Verbs- am, is, are, was, were
Adjectives- Words that describe nouns
Adjectives for colors and shapes, sizes, what kinds and how many.
Writing an elaboration.
Writing a list.

Math:
Unit 8: Review Money, Dollars, Place Value: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, Shopping at the School Store, Making Change, Equal Shares, Fractions, Sharing Pennies, Exploring Fractional Parts and Addition Facts

Science:
Unit 5: Food Chains
Vocabulary: food chain, oxygen, marsh, rain forest
~We are learning about different plants an animals part of different food chains. We are learning that plants give off oxygen and we need oxygen to live. We are learning that a marsh is a wetland habitat. We are learning that a rain forest is a very rainy habitat.

Homework:
Monday: 1.Sounds sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Home Link 8.6.
Tuesday: 1. Sounds sheet. 2. Sounds Review Sheet. 3. Math sheet. 4. No School tomorrow! Report Card Pick-up Day!
Thursday: 1. Write spelling words 3 times each. 2. 2 Sounds sheets. 3. Math sheet. 4. Study word cards.
Friday: 1. Read books. Do My Book Report. 2. Write spelling words 3 times each. 3. Spelling sheet. 4. Home Link 8.7.