4/2/12
Reading:
Story of the Week: "A Birthday Basket for Tia"
Skills of the week:drawing conclusions, vocabulary words with -tion and -ture,
homonyms, and vocabulary enrichment words beginning with the letters "s"
and "t".
Genre of the story: realistic fiction
Vocabulary list for the story: present, aunt, basket, collects, bank,
favorite, pinata, ninetieth, and tia.
Vocabulary words with -tion and -ture: mixture, nation, section, future,
picture, action, caution, station, fixture, motion, nature,feature,
furniture, tuition, and adventure.
"s" and "t" vocabulary words: saturate, sequence, scamper, sacrifice,
temporary, technical, tapestry, and tattered.
Math: Estimating sums and differences. Rounding numbers.
Science: We will introduce a new chapter after Spring break.
Social Studies: We will complete Chapter 7 and have a unit test on Thursday.
English: We have one more short unit dealing with adjectives.
