I hope everyone had an amazing Labor Day weekend! I am happy to be past my sickness, and ready to get this week started. Here is our schedule for the week:
Monday: No School-Labor Day
Tuesday: read 20 minutes, study spelling words, specials: art, return Weekly Report from last week, Bookmobile
Wednesday: read 20 minutes, study spelling words, specials: p.e.
Thursday: read 20 minutes, study spelling words, specials: library
Friday: read 20 minutes, spelling test, specials: music, Character Families, Wildcat Assembly 2:50, new Friday Reports going home
Reading: This week we will continue our beginning of the year testing called IXL. These beginning of the year tests help us pinpoint areas of strength and areas for growth in reading. We will use these results to work on these skills in small groups during our reading block this quarter. We will also focus on looking for main idea and details in nonfiction biographies. Students can practice these skills at the following websites:
- https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/MainIdea/play.htmlMain Idea and Details game
- Main Idea Millionaire game
- Tower Blocks Main Idea and Details game
Spelling: We will continue our spelling pattern of words with suffixes this week. Our words include:
Base
Basic
Able
Ability
Festive
Festivity
Management
Loyalty
Safety
commune
You can practice the words at Spelling City and Spelling Training.