Friday, April 24, 2009

Week of April 27-May 1

READING: Next week we will read a story called The Art Lesson by Tomie dePoala. It is a story about a boy who loves drawing pictures.
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Point of View
Grammar Skill: irregular verbs and complete sentences
Phonics: vowel pairs oo, ew, ue, ou
Vocabulary Words:
woman, gold, fair, ruin, copper, smock, practice, copy, powder,crayons, pastels, violet, turquoise

SPELLING: This week’s words include words with the oo sound like in took and soon.

MATH: We will finish Chapter 13 and take our test on Monday. We will start Chapter 14 on solid figures.

Science: We will continue our unit on Forces and Motion. We will learn about heat and electricity and learn about how heat moves.

HANDWRITING: We will be working on the letters H, K, U. Please encourage your child to sit properly and to work carefully on handwriting homework. Thank you!