Peek of the Week for Oct.31-Nov.4
Spelling: Special sounds this week: oo in book, oo in tooth
The spelling words are: cook, look, took, brook, shook, foot, wood, good, stood, bookmark, too, soon, food, pool, school, toothbrush, loose, move, flood, lose
Reading: Our story this week: “Lemonade for Sale”
Genre: Realistic Fiction – Realistic fiction is a story with characters and events that are like people and events in real life.
Our focus this week in reading will be compare and contrast.
Vocabulary
1. announced – made something known to many people
2. arrived – came to a place
3. glum – gloomy; sad
4. members – those who belong to a group
5. rebuild – make something again; build again
Math: Begin Ch 5
Timed tests: We will begin working on our subtraction timed tests. On Wednesday, we will do 25 problems differences of 0,1 in 2 minutes. For example: 2-0, 4-1.
Social Science: We will test on government on Thursday. A study guide will come home. We will then begin a unit on the election.
*Requests and Reminders:
*Oct. 31st: pumpkin due for book report if you are choosing to do it.
*Don't forget to return a signed copy of the report card in the envelope.
*Nov. 8th: our field trip
*Nov. 11th: Veteran's Day holiday
*Nov. 17th: Grandparents' day