Fifty-Eighth Day

Today we reviewed long vowel spellings and had our first dictation with 2 syllable long vowel words. Two students had a perfect paper; a few others only had one mistake.

In science we explored the behavior of small particles of matter.

We have another pattern page for homework.

Fifty-Fifth Day

Thanks parents for the very quick folding. It's nice to be done for the year.

Today we blended with long 'i'. Our two spellings today were 'i_e' and 'i all alone or i at the end of a syllable.' We also learned the third stanza of our vowel poem; you should find a copy of the poem in backpacks. We began our second writing assessment by making a tree map for our community worker. Tomorrow we will complete the assessment by writing our essay.

We reviewed patterns in math. We attempted to isolate the repeated elements in a pattern (not always easy). Homework is to finish the folded lesson page as that's all we had time for.

We took a test in science to show how much we knew about matter.

Eighth Day

Today we learned and practiced the important science concept observe or observation. We learned the different forms of matter (solid, liquid, and gas). We then observed a collection of 8 solids and came up with a list of properties to describe them. On another day we will choose two objects and record properties on a table.

Tomorrow or Friday (depending on attendance) we will have our first math test. The test questions will look very much like the questions on the math page that is going home today. That paper may stay at home. For homework have your child complete the letter writing page.