Week of 11/14

Thanks for coming to read, Mrs. McGrath!

Dear Parents,

We had a great trip to Highland Orchards on Friday! Check out some pictures below. It is hard to believe that this is the last full week before Thanksgiving! Here are your reminders for the week:

- Test folders will be sent home tomorrow. Please sign and return on Wednesday.

- There will be a Reading and a Spelling Test on Friday.

- If you have any old coats, gloves or hats we are collecting them for Cradles to Crayons throughout the month of November.

Homework

Monday

Reading: page 140

practice Magic Words

Math: page 31

Tuesday

Reading: page 143

practice Magic Words

Math: page 32

Wednesday

Reading: page 145

practice Magic Words

Math: page 33

Thursday

Reading: write spelling words 2x each in W copybook
review story for test tomorrow

Math: play First in Math for 15 minutes
(login and password can be found in home folder)

A Peek at Our Week!

Religion

We will start Chapter 5 "Jesus Teaches About Love."

Reading

Story: "A Cupcake Party"

Target Skill: Story Structure (characters, setting, plot)

Phonics Skill: Short u sound and final blends -mp -nk

Grammar: using a, an and the. Synonyms and antonyms

Magic Words: eat, give, one, put, small, take, sing, all does, they

Spelling Words: us, fun, sun, bus, but, run, give, take, does, they, dust, jump

Math
This week we will start our subtractions unit. We will learn that subtracting means to "take away." We will learn how to write number sentences and use pictures to help us solve problems. We will also use number lines and ten frames to help us solve problems.