Wednesday, February 17, 2016

This Week's News - Feb. 15-19

This week’s spelling words: yelled, yarn, yellow, myth, yes, symbol, system, cry, frying, satisfy, yawn, sticky, lying, energy, edge

Homework

Tuesday       Spelling words, yellow fluency paper.
Wednesday   Worksheet 17.4 Please return to class.
Thursday      The King’s Birthday. Read the story for fluency. This does not need to be returned.
Friday         Spelling test

Please keep reading at least 20 minutes each night.

*Don’t forget to mark the reading calendar each day*

We will review Chapter 5, 2-digit subtraction, on Tuesday.  The test will be on Thursday. We will begin Chapter 6 next week. In this chapter we will learn strategies for adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers. 


We have completed our unit on the Western Expansion. Next, we will be learning about insects. We will learn that insects are the largest group of animals on Earth. We will learn the characteristics of insects, the life cycles of insects, how insects can be categorized as solitary or social, and how insects are viewed as both helpful and harmful.