Jamieson Elementary School

We will be having our “Frog and Toad Together”  Reading, Spelling and Spelling Dictation Tests on Wednesday, Feb.22. Please scroll down(Feb. 14-17) to see the skills that will be tested on last week’s post.

Language Arts

*Featured Story (starting on Thursday) “I‘m a Caterpillar“
*Concept Question – What is changing in our world? What changes can we observe in nature?
*Genre – Narrative Nonfiction
*Phonics – r-Controlled er, ir, ur and contractions ‘s, ‘ve, ‘re
*Comprehension Skill – Draw Conclusions
*Comprehension  - Text Structure – Things often happen in a certain order.
*High Frequency Words – 1.done 2.know 3.push 4.visit 5.wait
*Spelling Words – 1.her 2.first 3.bird 4.girl 5.burn 6.were 7.shirt 8.fur 9.hurt 10.sir 11.visit 12.done

Writing
*Trait of the Week – All sentences should focus on a main idea.
*Topic Sentence – Body Sentences – Concluding Sentence
*Class participates in creating a cycle chart showing the different stages in the life of a butterfly.
Grammar 

*Words that tell about NOW – am, is, are; Words that tell about the PAST – was, were
*Contractions – ‘s ‘ve ‘re

Math
*Addition and Subtraction facts through the sum of 14
*Turn-around Facts
*The Function Machine
*Story Problems
*Fact Families
*Place Value

Science
*Habitats
*Dioramas are due Feb.21
*Science Test

Social Studies
*George Washington

HOMEWORK
Tuesday – Study for the Spelling and Reading Tests; Spelling, Reading and Math Sheets
Wednesday – Write Spelling Words 4x each; Math Sheet; Six Flags Reading Sheet; 100 Day Collection in a Bag due Feb.24

Language Arts

Featured Story – “Frog and Toad Together” by Arnold Lobel
*Concept Question – What is changing in our world? What changes happen in a garden?
*Genre – Animal Fantasy
*Phonics – Inflected Endings  -ed, -ing and r-Controlled ar
*Comprehension Skill – Plot
*Comprehension Skill – Visualize
*High Frequency Words – 1.afraid 2.again 3.few 4.how 5.read 6.soon
*Spelling Words –  1.ask 2.asked 3.plan 4.planned 5.help 6.helped 7.jog 8.jogged 9.call 10.called 11.again 12.soon
Writing
*Topic Sentence
*Body Sentences
*Conclusion  Sentence
*Writing complete sentences when answering a question
*Restating the question when answering a question
Grammar
*Nouns; Plural Nouns
*Proper Nouns
*Verbs for Now and the Past

Math
*Number Stories
*Fact Families
*Function Machine
*Addition and Subtraction Facts through the sum of 14.

Science
*Habitats
Habitat Diorama due February 21.  The diorama must show either a wetland, desert, forest or ocean habitat. Both plants and animals need to be represented in the diorama.

Social Studies
*Abraham Lincoln – Test on Thursday
*George Washington

 HOMEWORK
 *Tuesday - Write Spelling Words 4x each; Math Sheet; Six Flags Reading Sheet due Feb. 29
*Wednesday - Write Spelling Words 4x each; Home Link; Six Flags Reading Sheet
*Thursday – Spelling, Reading and Math Sheets; Read “Mom Races” or “Bean Sprouts”
*Friday – Write 10 Spelling Sentences 5(.) 5(?) Grammar, Reading and Math Sheets; Work on Habitat Diorama-due Feb.21.

LANGUAGE ARTS

*Monday’s Featured Story – “Jan’s New Home”
*Concept Question – What is changing in our world? Why are changes exciting?
*Genre – Realistic Fiction
*Phonics – Ending -es, Plural -es, and r-controlled or,  ore
*Comprehension Skill – Theme
*Comprehension Strategy – Monitor and Fix Up
*High Frequency Words – 1.away 2.car 3.friends 4.house 5.our 6.school 7.very
*Spelling Words – 1.fix 2.fixes 3.class 4.classes 5.wish 6.wishes 7.kiss 8.kisses 9.bus 10.buses 11.friends 12.very

WRITING
*Trait of the Week – Voice is the way a writer feels about a topic.
*Children write about small moments in their life……journal writing using inventive spelling.
*Children write about how they would welcome a new student to their class.
*Children write letters to “Jan” telling her about their school/class.
*Emphasis on writing 4-5 sentences on one topic.
Grammar
*Verbs that do not add -s

MATH
*Fast Math – Addition and Subtraction Facts through the sum of 12.
*Place Value
*Relations – Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To
*Exploring Weights and Comparing Them
*More Than and Less Than Number Stories
*Fact Families – 3+4=7   4+3=7   7-4=3   7-3=4
*Exploring Differences 

SCIENCE
*Habitats
The class will be learning about different kinds of habitats animals live in.They will learn that habitats are places where plants  and animals live. We will explore forests, wetlands, oceans and deserts.

SOCIAL STUDIES
*Presidents – Abraham Lincoln
We will be learning about our 16th President as a child, through adulthood, and on to his Presidency.
We will be touching on the subject of slavery and the Civil War.

HOMEWORK
Monday – Write Spelling Words 4x each; Study New Words; Home Link
Tuesday – Write Spelling Words 4x each; Home Link; Science Sheet; Remember to bring Tissue Box by Friday, please.
Wednesday – Write 8 Spelling Sentences 4(.) 4(?); Reading and Math Sheets
Thursday – Study for the Reading and Spelling Tests; Spelling and Reading Sheets; Home Link; Tissue Boxes due tomorrow.
Friday – Grammar and Math Sheets; Work on the Science Diorama; Bring in Valentines and goodies on Tuesday.

*New Words (High Frequency Words)  for the story “Jan’s New Home” will be given out on Monday. They are also listed under Language Arts.

LANGUAGE ARTS

*Monday’s Featured Story – “Jan’s New Home”
*Concept Question – What is changing in our world? Why are changes exciting?
*Genre – Realistic Fiction
*Phonics – Ending -es, Plural -es, and r-controlled or,  ore
*Comprehension Skill – Theme
*Comprehension Strategy – Monitor and Fix Up
*High Frequency Words – 1.away 2.car 3.friends 4.house 5.our 6.school 7.very
*Spelling Words – 1.fix 2.fixes 3.class 4.classes 5.wish 6.wishes 7.kiss 8.kisses 9.bus 10.buses 11.friends 12.very

WRITING
*Trait of the Week – Voice is the way a writer feels about a topic.
*Children write about small moments in their life……journal writing using inventive spelling.
*Children write about how they would welcome a new student to their class.
*Children write letters to “Jan” telling her about their school/class.
*Emphasis on writing 4-5 sentences on one topic.

MATH
*Fast Math – Addition and Subtraction Facts through the sum of 12.
*Place Value
*Relations – Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal To
*Exploring Weights and Comparing Them
*More Than and Less Than Number Stories 

SCIENCE
*Habitats
The class will be learning about different kinds of habitats animals live in.They will learn that habitats are places where plants  and animals live. We will explore forests, wetlands, oceans and deserts.

SOCIAL STUDIES
*Presidents – Abraham Lincoln
We will be learning about our 16th President as a child, through adulthood, and on to his Presidency.
We will be touching on the subject of slavery and the Civil War.

HOMEWORK

*Monday – Reading, Spelling and Math Sheets
*Tuesday – Write 8 Spelling Sentences 4(.) 4(?); Math Sheet
*Wednesday – Spelling, Reading and Math Sheets; Study for the Spelling and Reading Tests.
*Thursday – Book Report; Math, Social Studies and Grammar Sheets 

Language Arts
*Testing on the story “An Egg is an Egg” will be on Tuesday, January 24. Please see last week’s post for the skills, High Frequency Words and Spelling Words that will be included in testing.
*Featured Story…..starting Wednesday…..”Ruby in Her Own Time”
*Concept Question – What is changing in our world? What do we learn as we change and grow?
*Genre – Animal Fantasy
*Phonics – Final ng, nk and Compound Words
*Comprehension Skill – Plot
*Comprehension Strategy – Summarize
*High Frequency Words – 1..any 2.enough 3.ever 4.every 5.own 6.sure 7.were
*Spelling Words – 1.bring 2.trunk 3.pink 4.bank 5.sang 6.wing 7.rink 8.blank 9.rang 10.sunk 11.every 12.sure
WRITING
* “Small Moment” journal writing
*Organization/Paragraphs –  Tell what happens in the right order so your paragraph makes sense.
GRAMMAR
*Verbs that add  s – A verb can tell what one person, animal, or thing does. Add -s to show what is being done now.

MATH
Unit 5
*”Fast Math” daily drills; Addition and Subtraction Facts through the sum of 12.
*Greater than >   Less than<
*Place Value
*Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies

SCIENCE
*Habitats 

SOCIAL  STUDIES
*Presidents – Abraham Lincoln & George Washington

HOMEWORK
*Monday – Study for the Reading and Spelling Tests; Reading and Spelling Sheets; Home Link
*Tuesday – Grammar Sheet; Home Link
*Wednesday – Study New Words; Write Spelling Words 4x each; Math Sheet
*Thursday – Spelling Words 4x each; Read “The Family Picnic/Grandpa’s Trunk”
                       Math and Reading Sheet; Please send in 6 new pencils(sharpened if possible)