Due Date: By Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Assignments:
*Poetry Speech:
Next week students will be presenting their poems (that they had memorized for reciting this week) within a speech. The introduction to their speech needs to be how and why they selected their poem (a short personal story), their poem presented again with expression, and to conclude, tell how they practiced their poem and the hardest/and or best part about memorizing and presenting their poem to others.
*Family Writing: Write one paragraph on how or why you selected the poem that you memorized. Write one paragraph about how you practiced and memorized your poem and the best/hardest part about memorizing your poem. This information may be used in your “Poetry Speech”, but you may not use the paragraphs during your speech. A note card with a few words on it (like an outline) may be used during your speech. 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, “Power Snack”, 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:
*Dictated sentences to be edited and recopied will be coming home on Friday. They’ll be due on Monday, January 25.
Math:
* 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 and subtraction facts. I gave a quick assessment recently, and most students have slipped in their scores!
*Work on multiplication facts with flashcards at home.
