Week of January 11th

Here is what is going on this week!

Language Arts
Comprehension Focus

• Fiction and Nonfiction
• Author's Purpose
  
• Monitoring Comprehension: Rereading
• Pronouns
  

Spelling Words: bar, port, forty, shore, gorilla, short, large, snore, morning, sort, part, warn
Bonus Words: picture, minute, sure, question, tough, enjoy, worry, imagine

High-Frequency Words: (review) draw, picture, question, minute, bought, worry, especially, sure, imagine, favorite, year, enjoy, cook, board, popular, expensive, wear, tough, woman, young, shoes, wash, above, interesting, thumb, touch, care, sweat, father

Robust Vocabulary and Student-Friendly Explanations:
bewildered - When you are bewildered, you are confused and unable to understand something.
evasive - When someone tries to avoid answering a question, that person is being evasive.
mull - When you think through possible solutions to a problem, or the answer to a question, you mull over the information.
startle - If someone comes up quietly behind you and surprises you, the person may startle you.
distrust - When someone is not honest with you, you might distrust that person.
witness - If someone sees an event and can tell about it, that person is a witness.
lock - A group of hairs that hang together is a lock of hair.
beneath - If you stand under a tree, you are standing beneath the tree.

Math

* Data
* Mixed Addition and Subtraction Stories
* Subtraction Strategies
* Exploring Arrays, Coins, and Division

Current Events:

Monday: Reece and Michael
Tuesday: Mace and Luke M.
Wednesday: Simon and Anna
Thursday: Madison and Christina
Friday: none

Library Volunteer: Ann Goldman - January 25th

** We will be in charge of doing something at Town Hall Meeting on January 25th. Please mark your calendars to join us!