Math for this week: November 1-5

The concepts we will be learning in math this week include: estimating sums, adding 2-digit numbers, adding 3-digit numbers, and adding 3 or more numbers. If your child is struggling with any of the concepts, I encourage you to go to the Pearson Successnet website (pearsonsuccessnet.com). Your child's username is the first initial of his/her last name and the first initial of his/her first name plus the last four digits of his/her student id. On the site, there are videos explaining the concepts, plus activities and questions that can help him/her learn the concepts. If you have any trouble getting onto the site, please let me know.

Scholastic Book Orders

I will be sending home the November Scholastic book orders on Monday, November 1. The deadline for ordering will be Friday, November 12. I encourage you to order online (the one-time code for ordering online is FWFFF). Or you can send a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs. If you would like to keep your order a secret, let me know, and I can call you when your order comes in.

Penguin Chick: Vocabulary and Spelling Words for the Week of November 1-5

Here is the list of vocabulary and spelling words for the week of Nov. 1-5. Test will be on Friday, November 5.

Vocabulary Words
cuddles: holds close and tenderly
flippers: broad, flat limbs on a penguin used for swimming and moving along on land
frozen: hardened with cold; turned into ice
hatch: to come from an egg
pecks: strikes something with the beak in a quick, short motion
preen: to smooth or clean with the beak
snuggles: holds closely for warmth, protection, or affection

Spelling Words
1. finish
2. pilot
3. even
4. wagon
5. music
6. silent
7. rapid
8. female
9. lemon
10. pupil
11. focus
12. robot
13. tulip
14. camel
15. salad
challenge words
16. resident
17. spinach
18. climate
19. tradition
20. innocent
frequently misspelled words
21. favorite
22. before
23. pretty

Rows and Piles of Coins: Vocabulary and Spelling Words

Here is the list of vocabulary words and spelling words for the week of October 25. The test will be October 29.

Vocabulary Words
arranged: put in order or position
bundles: things tied or wrapped together so that they are easier to carry
dangerously: unsafely
errands: short trips to do something
excitedly: with strong lively feelings
steady: firmly fixed; not swaying
unwrapped: uncovered by removing something placed around an item
wobbled: moved from side to side in an unsteady or shaky way

Spelling Words
Vowel diphthongs: oi and oy; ou and ow

1. proud
2. shower
3. hour
4. amount
5. voyage
6. choice
7. avoid
8. thousand
9. prowl
10. employ
11. bounce
12. poison
13. annoy
14. appoint
15. broil

Challenge Words
16. however
17. mountain
18. coward
19. turmoil
20. chowder

Frequently misspelled words
21. found
22. house

Halloween Poems

For our fluency homework for the next two weeks, your child will memorize one Halloween poem each week (2 poems total) and present it to the class when ready. Please encourage your child to practice each day until they can recite it from memory. Your child should be bringing home the collection of Halloween poems on Monday, October 18.

Supermarket: Vocabulary and Spelling Words

Here is the list of spelling and vocabulary words. Next test will be Friday, October 22.

Vocabulary Words:
laundry: clothes that need washing or are being washed
section: part of something
shelves: flat surfaces attached to a wall for storage
spoiled: became bad, not good to eat
store: a place where things are sold
thousands: tens of hundreds
traded: exchanged one thing for another
variety: a selection of different things

Spelling Words (long vowel digraphs):
1. clean
2. agree
3. teeth
4. dream
5. grain
6. coach
7. display
8. window
9. shadow
10. cheese
11. peach
12. braid
13. Sunday
14. float
15. thrown

Challenge Words:
16. entertain
17. complain
18. bleachers
19. willow
20. wheat

Frequently Misspelled Words
21. Halloween
22. really

No Spelling or Vocabulary Test for Week of October 11-15

Because of our very short week due to the field trip on Monday and UEA on Thursday and Friday, we won't be having a spelling or vocabulary test until Friday, October 22. On Monday (October 11) I will send home the new vocabulary and spelling words and their graded tests from this week. And we also won't be having any Fluency Homework.

But please encourage your child to read (Reading for All Learners books and AR books) and to practice math facts.

SEP Conferences

Our SEP conferences are this Thursday and Friday. Thanks to all those who have signed up. If you haven't signed up yet but would like to, please either email me or call me to find out the open slots that I still have available. If you would like to get a reminder email or have forgotten when you have signed up, please let me know.

Walking Field Trip Through Mendon

We are postponing our field trip until Monday. There is supposed to be a 60-70% chance of rain/thunderstorms today, and we really didn't want our children to be out there during a thunderstorm. The forecast for this weekend through next Tuesday is sunny, with highs in the 60's so it should be a really nice day on Monday.

October 2010 Lunch Menu

Here is the link for the October school lunch menu: http://www.ccsdut.org/lunch_menu.cfm

Pearson Successnet website

Our Reading Street basal reader and Math Envision program is online at https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp.

Your child's username is their first and last initials and the last four digits of their student id number. And the password is "cookies". I sent home a parent letter after tech. night that had their username and password. If you need their username, please let me know.

If you go on this site, there will be a myriad of resources, games, etc. to help your child with vocabulary terms, math concepts, etc.

Kumak's Fish: Vocabulary Words and Spelling Words

Here are the vocabulary and spelling words for the week. Our next vocabulary and spelling test will be this Friday, October 8, 2010. Please have your child practice their vocabulary and spelling words before the test.

Vocabulary Words:
gear: equipment needed for some purpose
parka: a jacket with a hood
splendid: very good, excellent
twitch: to move with a quick jerk
willow: a tree with tough slender branches
yanked: pulled or jerked

Spelling Words
1. using
2. getting
3. easiest
4. swimming
5. heavier
6. greatest
7. pleased
8. emptied
9. leaving
10. worried
11. strangest
12. freezing
13. funniest
14. angrier
15. shopped

Challenge words:
16. included
17. occurred
18. supplying
19. scarier
20. happiest

Frequently Misspelled Words
21. started
22. getting
23. swimming

Finding AR Levels and Points of Different Books

Here is information on finding the AR level and points of books you own at home.

Go to http://www.renlearn.com
Go to the blue bar at top and select "store."
On the blue box labeled Quiz store, select "quiz search"
Type in the title of your book, press "go" and information about the AR level and points should appear.