Mrs. Kinney

Mrs. Kinney’s Class Notes

Week of 12-13-10* (please sign & return)

This will be my last Newsletter of 2010, and I would like to wish happy holidays to all my students and their families! I appreciate your support of your student and know you will continue that in the new year.

Spelling and Vocabulary words for all ELA students

1. Polar: North Pole, snow, ice

2. express: takes you somewhere, quickly

3. rustle: movement with soft fluttering sounds

4. conductor: person who takes your ticket on a train

5. nougat: a white candy center

6. barren: open space, hardly anything lives there

7. pranced: excited, jumped up

8. lurch: to move suddenly, jerk forward

ELA: In reading we will be analyzing The Polar Express. We will be visualizing using handouts to identify beginning, middle, and end of story, identifying literary devices of figurative language, and writing a friendly letter after studying the the parts and purpose.

Math

Students will learn rounding, recognize patters of multiples of 2,3, & 5, recognize trapezoids & hexagons, construct visual images of number facts, learn to tell time accurately, develop number sense, identify even & odd, practice mental math subtraction strategies, money, and addition.

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Homework

Monday: (1) Study Vocabulary. Spelling words are put in ABC order, 4 x each, and used in complete sentences, all due on Wednesday. Test on Friday.

Monday: Write meaningful sentences on vocabulary work sheet. Due Thursday.

Wednesday: Math homework.

Thursday: study for spelling & voc. test.

Friday: spelling & voc. Test.

*Any class work not completed in class will be homework due the next day.

Mrs. Kinney

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