• Week of May 12-16, 2008

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This week we will begin Literature Circles. This exciting, cooperative learning activity will require the children to exercise responsibility to read each evening and complete their literature circle job for the following school day. Some evenings they will also have a math assignment to complete. It is important that the students utilize their after school time so that they may thoroughly and neatly complete their homework. This experience will also help prepare them for the homework assigned in the fourth grade.
Finally, each literature circle will determine their own Spelling list. The children in each of the 4 groups will receive their group's list each Friday, but we will not have a formal Spelling packet sent home for Monday's homework. Beginning next Monday, the 17th, the students will be responsible to independently study throughout the week for their Spelling test on Friday.

Other Notes This Week:

Monday- Library books due

Thursday-RAA materials

Friday- K-Buddy book

To view our Read Across America link, click Read Across America

Spelling-Complete your spelling packet. 

This week's words focus on ending sounds-ory, ary, ery.

Literature Circle Reading and Job

• Tuesday

Math-Interpreting a table

• Wednesday

Poetry-Work on publishing poetry.

• Thursday

Literature Circle Reading and Job

Study for Spelling Test

• Friday

Please remember to get your parents to sign your Friday folder and write in your journal. Have a great weekend!

• Special Notes and Comments

Spelling Words:

bakery

pottery

battery

grocery

cemetery

flattery

dictionary

boundary

library

elementary

necessary

primary

literary

inventory

territory

circulatory

laboratory

category

mandatory

*survey

*conjure

Core spelling words: PDF format to download and print.

e-mails: lpflieger@jtdschool.com and sgreen@jtdschool.com

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