Ms. DeMonaco Assignments

Study the r-controlled words with /ar/ 

    car, farm, garden, hard, large, march, shark, smart, star, and yard

 site words:

    round, their, too, and where

 review words:  

    try, tried, January, piece,  eight, and ate

 

spelling pretest will be Wednesday 11/8/2017

spelling final test Thursday 11/9/2017

    

your spelling for the month is in the attached file.  The words for this week are for the week of 10/30/2017.  Please categorize the spelling words by the pattern of the "U" sounds:  Practice the site words and review words.  The spelling pretest is on Thursday 11/2/2017 and the final test is Friday 11/3/2017.  

Recycle Halloween Costumes due Friday 10/27/2017.  This is a final project for Sharing the Planet 

(Think Earth Go Green)  I will be taking your child's picture on Friday for our IB wall.  You can google recyclable halloween costumes for ideas on how to make an inexpensive costume.  You need to find things around the house like plastic bottles, tubes from paper towel roll and TP roll, buttons, yarn, material, newspaper and or magazines.  Have fun with your child while you make this costume.  

SPELLING TEST:  Pretest Thursday 10/26/2017 and final spelling test Friday 10/27/2017

Study the long i words:  bright - right - night - light - high   (igh spelling for the long i)

                                      kind - child  (i spelling for the long i)

                                      cried - tried ( ie spelling for the long i)

                                      sky - dry (y spelling for the long i)

                                      many - people - near  (site words)

                                      know - said - try - look - because - queen - piece  (review words) 

We will be working on finding the main idea and details for the week of 9/11/2017 to 9/15/2017.  See the worksheets in the attachment the children will be filling out during this week. Please have your child read their AR book for 20 minutes  every night and have them discuss with you  the main idea and supporting details of their readings.