Blue Hens Beat shares the love with West Park Place! Go see the video: http://www.bluehens.com/bluehensbeat/12.html
Quick Announcements
DCAS Missions are on-going. Math 24 Game user names and passwords have been distributed. Please encourage your child to use both.
Valentine’s Party will be on Tuesday at 2pm.
Mid-Chapter 9 Test will be on Tuesday, 2/14.
Scholastic News Test will be on Tuesday, 2/14.
Story 17 Albertosaurus Mystery Test will be on Thursday, 2/16.
No School on 2/17 due to Parent/Teacher Conferences.
READING HOMEWORK: Read 20 minutes a night and complete the 500 Book Challenge Sheet.
Science: Joints, Tendons, and Bones of Humans will be explored this week!!!
the yuckiest site: http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000008.html
Scholastic News Link:
Read this week’s edition by going to:
http://sni.scholastic.com/SN3/02_13_12_SN3/book
Also, check out the archives for past issues.
This week’s ELA goals:
• Comprehension skill: Conclusions
• Phonics: Words with /j/ and /s/
• Grammar: Adjectives & Articles
Vocabulary:
clues
skeletons
remains
uncovering
evidence
buried
prove
fierce
fossils
location
This week’s Math Goals:
• Problem-Solving Strategy: work backward
• Measure length to centimeter & millimeter
• Metric units of length
• Perimeter
• Measure area
Improve your skills by working on DCAS missions, Math 24 Game, and taking this chapter’s on-line test!
Go to this Fact Dash Link:
http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/assets/factdash.html
Math 24 Game link: http://www.firstinmath.com/
Parents, please verify your child has played on Fact Dash or Math 24 Game on any 5 days. Please add your signature to complete this math log
Day 1-- ________________________________
Day 2-- ________________________________
Day 3-- ________________________________
Day 4-- ________________________________
Day 5-- ________________________________
Spelling Homework this week: Use each word in a sentence. Draw a line under the subject. Draw two lines under the predicate.
Vowel + r Sounds
age
circle
space
once
change
large
jawbone
dance
giant
bounce
pencil
huge