Weekly Report from Miss Spiggle’s Class
January 28 – January 30, 2015
Reading
Grammar/Phonics/Usage/Mechanics/Vocabulary
Guided Reading Groups--Group 1-The Hyenas: A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Group 2-The Monkeys: Let’s Read About . . . Martin Luther King, Jr.
Group 3-The Llamas: Young Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream”
Integrating Social Studies SOL 2.11 -identify Martin Luther King, Jr.
as an American whose contributions improved the lives of other
Americans
 Explain cause and effect relationships
 Compare and contrast different personalities and behaviors
Essential Question: How did Martin Luther King, Jr. help to improve
the lives of other Americans?
Culminating Activities with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Understand and use antonyms
Read and write words with suffixes –ful and –less
Understand the meaning of words with suffixes –ful and –less
Use editing marks to show corrections
Understand and use capitalization rules, periods and question
marks
Appreciate and use similes
Identify compound words
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Writing
Goal: Writing a simple explanation---how-to make toast
We will use the five steps of the writing process.
Mathematics
2.7 Subtraction---given two whole numbers, each of which is 99 or less, will find the difference, using various methods of calculation
(subtraction with and without regrouping)
Social Studies-Mrs. M. George
2.2 Native Americans
---identify the lives (homes, occupations, and transportation) and
contributions of the Pueblo (Southwest)
Terms to know:
culture is the beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group of people,
region is places that have common (the same) characteristics
environment is surroundings
Science
2.7---Investigate and understand that weather and seasonal
changes affect plants and animals
 Describe the terms: adaptation, migration, hibernation, dormant,
and seasonal camouflage
 Identify how animals adapt to changing weather and seasonal
patterns (migration, hibernation, and camouflage)
 Name animals that are light sleepers and have seasonal
camouflage
 Identify how plants are affected by weather and seasonal
changes
Weekly Schedule
Monday—NO School----Professional Day
Tuesday---NO school---Professional Day
Wednesday---Day 8--- Specials (Art, Library Skills, Music, Technology)
Thursday---Day 1--- Physical Education Physical Education
Friday—Day 2--- Specials (Art, Library Skills, Music, Technology) Specials (Art, Library Skills, Music, Technology)
***We will purchase ice cream on Friday, January 30th. The cost is $.50.
Assignments and Important Events
January 28-January 30:
Superkids Level 5----Unit 4
Practice Words with Backpack Page 59
Practice fluency with Backpack Page 60 “It Isn’t Fair”
Please return the stamped practice tasks the following day.
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Spelling Backpack Page 62
Thursday: Study for Spelling Test
Friday: Spelling Test on Friday, January 30th, 2015
Other Reminders:
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Due mid-year assessments, we will continue to work on some of our
skills from the last two to three weeks.
January 5th- January 30th ----The Big Collection---Our school will
be collecting Box Tops, Campbell Soup Labels, and Coke Points. The
class with the most points will win $100 for their class.
Friday, January 23rd— End of Q2 Grading Period
January 26-Janaury 27, no school due to Professional Days
for teachers.
Friday, January 30th---Report Cards issued—please sign and
return envelope as soon as possible.
Practice addition and subtraction facts to 20.
Practice oral reading every night to improve fluency skills.
BONUS/CHALLENGE:
already
Spelling/Word Work
2.5 Using phonetic strategies to spell
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Encode Pattern words with –ōld, ōst, īld, īnd, and ea /ĕ/
Group 1 and Group 2--Spelling Test will be on Friday, January 30th
told
gold
hold
most
post
child
mild
wild
kind
find
instead
steak
break
Memory Words:
bread
thread
great
healthy