Due Date: By Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I’ve added a math vocabulary game to play that will help in learning and reviewing vocabulary for the state math assessment in late January.
Most students now have a story recorded on Voicethread. Go to: http://voicethread.com
Username and passwords are on the paper parent note that I sent home on Thursday.
Assignments:
Family Writing: Write directions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Read your directions to your mom or dad and have them make one as you tell them the direction. Revise and edit your directions. Rewrite in a final copy. Staple your first draft and final copy together with your final copy on top. Writing together encourages your child to see you having fun with writing, and allows you an opportunity to spend time with your child while he/she learns.
Literacy:
Language arts homework, “Once a Pie Man, Always a Pie Man”, is similar in format and skills to the Oregon third grade reading assessment. It will benefit your child greatly to complete it each week. PLEASE feel free to help your child with it, even on some of the reading, if necessary.
Read 30 minutes at home each day. The bookmark needs to be filled out and returned.
Spelling:
Spelling Take Home 7 (review before the test on Friday) is attached to this packet. It’s actually due Friday, December 11.
Math:
*Array cards were sent home yesterday, and supposed to be brought back today for me to check off in my grade book. The games (Multiplication Pairs and Count and Compare) that go with the array cards, were played in class this week, and need to be reinforced at home this week and during vacation.
*Continue playing “Cover 50” (It was sent home in last week’s packet.
* Math problems, similar to OAKS (state assessment), are in this packet to help students practice for their first math assessment in late January.
*Your child needs to continue working on memorizing the addition facts and memorizing the subtraction facts.
*Continue playing “Close to 100”. Please play this often at home. It will take a lot of practice! Using a 100 chart could be helpful in adding.
