Week 19

Dear Parents,

I hope that you are keeping warm in this cold weather.

Last week we covered the following:

Reading

· New words: grow, light, long, more, other, right, small, room, these, this, that’s, smooth, why.

· We read the following stories: A Home in a Shell and Moving Day.

· Sh, th, wh clusters

English

· Pre-writing

· Exploring a Topic, Drafting,

· Revising

· Proofreading

· Following Directions

Math

· Mixed Problem Solving

· Pentagons and Hexagons

· Lesson 8.4 – Slide, Flips and Turns

· Lesson 8.5 – Algebra Readiness: Patterns

· Lesson 8.6 – Create Patterns

· Lesson 8.7 – Translate Patterns

Social Studies

We started looking at cities. In particular we looked at the types of buildings and transport we find in a city.

For next week:

Spelling List 4 – Test Friday 28 January

Top, lot, stop, job, slot, drop, spot, dock, not, box, robot, hockey

Dictation:

I put the box in the slot at the bakery. The box fell into a basket.

Words for weekly sentences:

Angry, bacon, bag, bait, bakery, barely, bark, barrel, basket, bathroom

Show and Tell

Transport

Important Dates for this week:

Wednesday, 26 January – Transport Presentation

Friday, 28 January - Math Chapter 8 Tests

Friday, 28 January – School closes at 15:00 for Chinese New Year.

School will re-open on Monday, 7 February 2011

Chinese New Year Class Party

We will be having a class party to celebrate Chinese New Year on Friday, 28 January, from 1.30. Please feel free to join us.

If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me.

Regards,

Robyn Wood