Week of November 17-21

Dear Parents,    
    We will have a reading theme test this week, probably on Wednesday. I'll list the parts of the test below. 
     The information for the St. Jude's Math-a-thon came home this past week. The permission slip is due by Tuesday of this week, so the books and DVDs can be ordered.
                                                           God bless,
                                                           Ms. Rita
Tuesday         Library, math test
Wednesday    Spelling test
Thursday       Word Test- Unit 9
Friday            Mass, Spelling test

Religion     Chapters 1- 8  This will be a review week.
                  Character word -- Caring

Reading    Stories:
                         Hild Hen's Scary Night (not in reader)
                         What a Trip!
                         Fishy Facts (paperback to come home)
                        An Egg is an Egg (not in reader)
                        Who's in a Family
                Word List
                        Word List Test on Thursday -- Unit 9
                            for those who haven't passed Unit 9 as yet
                           
                Skills:
                        Identify consonant sounds
                        Identify Vowels -- short a, e, i, o, u,  long a, e, i, o, u
                        Sentence structure, Capital letters, Punctuation
                        Rhyming words, action words, naming words
                        Naming part and Action part of sentence
                        Verbs with endings -- s, ed, ing
                        Topic, Main Idea, Noting Details
                        Story structure, plurals
                        Possessives, possessive pronouns
                        Cluster with r
                        Categorize and classify      

Reading Theme Test
    Blending short a and short i words
    Double final consonants  
    Plurals with s
    Verb endings s, ing, ed
    Clusters with r
    Possessives with 's; Contractions with 's
    High-Frequency words
    Topic, Main Idea, Details
    Making Predictions
    Categorize and Classify
    Spelling
    Naming and action parts of sentences            
                       

Spelling        List 1   grill, chill, skill, spill, still, will, bill, fill
                                She will fill the grill.
                    List 2    brag, shag, snag, drag, plan, scan, clap, chap
                                They will drag the box.
                    Test on List 1 on Wednesday. If your child makes 100%, the s/he may choose to take
                    List 1 or List 2 on Friday. If s/he takes List 2 then the grades for List 1 and 2 will be
                    averaged together.

 Math       Addition, number sentences
                Vertical / Horizontal addition
                Subtraction
                Subtract to compare
                Numberline, doubles
                Related facts
                Fact families