Milam’s Messages September 4-7, 2018 Math Test: Wednesday Reading, Grammar, and Spelling Tests: Friday Announcements: Dates: FRIDAY: September 6: Fall Pictures; Progress Reports Issued Please send your child to September 7: YMCA Water Safety Field Trip; Goal Setting Day school with a swimsuit and towel in a plastic bag. September 11: Open House 6:30 may be worn to the September 13: Catalog Sale Ends YMCA, but tennis shoes are required for P.E. Reading Story and Skills: Selection Vocabulary: cactus – a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places Story: A Walk in climate – the kind of weather a place has the Desert, coyote – a small animal wolf by Caroline Arnold desert – a part of land that is sandy and without much water harsh – very rough Phonics/Fluency: inflected endings Amazing Words: (-ed, -ing) arid – very dry Text Based landform – a shape on the surface of the land Comprehension: precipitation –rain, snow, hail, or other forms of water that come down Main Idea and from the clouds Details, Important dunes – sand hills piled up by the wind Ideas ledge – a narrow shelf haven – a safe place Language: extinct – no longer existing or living Declarative and forbidding – scary or dangerous Interrogative Sentences High Frequency Words: (identify these words, will be tested) animals, full, early, warm, eyes, water Writing: personal narrative Math Social Studies/Science Topic 1: Understanding Addition and Subtraction Lesson 1: Writing Addition Number Sentences We are going over what it means to Lesson 2: Stories About Joining be a scientist. We will also cover Lesson 3: Writing Subtraction Number Sentences the tools they use, in particular the scientific method. Spelling Words: dropped exciting hugged smiling dropping lifted hugging talked excited lifting smiled talking
Milam’s Messages September 4-7, 2018 Math Test: Wednesday Reading, Grammar, and Spelling Tests: Friday Announcements: FRIDAY: Please send your child to school with a swimsuit and towel in a plastic bag. may be worn to the YMCA, but tennis shoes are required for P.E. Dates: September 6: Fall Pictures; Progress Reports Issued September 7: YMCA Water Safety Field Trip; Goal Setting Day September 11: Open House 6:30 September 13: Catalog Sale Ends Reading Story and Skills: Story: A Walk in the Desert, by Caroline Arnold Phonics/Fluency: inflected endings (-ed, -ing) Text Based Comprehension: Main Idea and Details, Important Ideas Language: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Writing: personal narrative Selection Vocabulary: cactus – a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places climate – the kind of weather a place has coyote – a small animal wolf desert – a part of land that is sandy and without much water harsh – very rough Amazing Words: arid – very dry landform – a shape on the surface of the land precipitation –rain, snow, hail, or other forms of water that come down from the clouds dunes – sand hills piled up by the wind ledge – a narrow shelf haven – a safe place extinct – no longer existing or living forbidding – scary or dangerous High Frequency Words: (identify these words, will be tested) animals, full, early, warm, eyes, water Math Topic 1: Understanding Addition and Subtraction Lesson 1: Writing Addition Number Sentences Lesson 2: Stories About Joining Lesson 3: Writing Subtraction Number Sentences Social Studies/Science We are going over what it means to be a scientist. We will also cover the tools they use, in particular the scientific method. Spelling Words: dropped dropping excited exciting lifted lifting hugged hugging smiled smiling talked talking
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