January 25, 2010

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed your extra days off last week. Because of yesterday’s flooding, this will be another 4-day week — so get your homework done early! We will read a story about a family in New York City, a culture far away from North Carolina. In math we will work on regrouping with subtraction and will also review measurement and telling time, something done earlier this year. We will be writing a story about snow and snowmen and will continue our study of solids, liquids, and gases in science. It should be a good week.

On Feb. 12, a week from Friday, we will have our Valentines party. Your child may bring in a box to decorate, and if you have an extra box, please have your child bring this in to share. A list of children in our room was sent home in the homework folder in case you want to begin writing Valentines this week. Have a good week – Mrs. Hallquist

Homework

Reading: Read story, Jamaica Louise James, pp. 367-392. Do workbook pages.

Talk about and ask questions about story. Test on Friday.

Remember to read every night!

Spelling: Words with long |e|  — Test on Thursday

clean  •  keep  •  please  •  feel  •  eat  •  tree  •  mean  •  read  •  steep  •  

we  •  be  •  the  //  people  •  stream

Vocabulary:  Test on Friday

booth— a small stand where things are shown or sold

plaque— a flat piece of wood, metal, or stone that has words on it about a person or event

station— 1.  a stopping place along a route for taking on and letting off passengers

2.  a place or building where community helpers work

subway— a train that travels through underground tunnels

token— a piece of stamped metal that is used instead of money, as on buses or subways

Math: Study simple subtraction facts.

Do workbook pages.

Writing: Write a paragraph that uses all |ee| spelling words  keep, feel, tree, steep.

To make this fun, you may use other words that have |ee| in them as well.

Homework Folder Due on Friday