Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Spelling list for this week:
May 26
1. machine 2. probably 3. Canada 4. stomach 5. yesterday 6. favorite 7. suppose 8. especially 9. giant 10. canoe 11. moment 12. animals 13. welcome 14. August 15. usually 16. buffalo 17. relatives 18. cement 19. iron 20. support

Have a great week!

Monday, May 18, 2009

week of May 18

Wow! The warm weather is here. We are continuing with our lessons about the Oregon Trail with Mrs. Judd. They are learning a lot and having a great time. Mrs. Judd will be leaving this Friday. It was great to have her here for the short time.
We will be continuing regular instruction through June 5th. The last week of school will be filled with assemblies, special activities and closing out the year with some fun. Homework will continue to be reading and spelling and math.
Here are the words for the week:
distance
ground
children
trail
pioneers
dangerous
emigrants
disease
wagon
sickness
dried
challenges
property
family
travel
fort
supplies
going

Have a great week!
Mrs. Hoopes

Monday, May 11, 2009

Week of May 11

Hope you are having a good start of May! We've enjoyed some fun activities the last few weeks. Here are the spelling words for the week.

Week of 5-11
another
complete
important
leave
pattern
perhaps
possible
sentence
someone
understand
weather
thought
through
several
voice
would

Challenge Words:
**requirement
**raccoon
**fundamental
**furious
**athlete
**innocent
**unnecessary
**debris
**judgment
**deposit

Homework: 20 minutes of reading daily
Monday: Spelling (choose 5 to look up in the dictionary) Choose 10 to use in a complete sentence.
Tuesday: Math practice
Wednesday: Writing
Thursday: Reading log

Monday, May 4, 2009

Week of May 4

We are in the first week of May! Happy Cinco de Mayo. We are looking forward to Mrs. Judd coming on Wednesday to work in our classroom. We will also be finishing up testing and having a great assembly by a few members of the Globetrotters on Thursday. It should be a great week!
Below are the spelling words. This week I will only be sending home reading and spelling.

Week 33 words
study
America
beautiful
between
there
often
always
language
poor
job
surface
usually
friend
however
it's
world's
together
hundreds
learn

Challenge:
**1. galaxy
2. government
3. county
4. settlement
5. emigrant
6. appreciate
7. concentration
8. fierce
9. replacement
10. measurement
11. conversion

Homework:
Monday: Spelling--either use all of the words in a story, sentences or definitions
Reading 20 minutes.
Tuesday-Thursday: Reading and unfinished work

Have a great week!