Mrs. Leber’s Classroom News! Reading Skills Math Skills Language and Writing Notes and Reminders Spelling Words Contact Information [email protected] Date: January 14 -18, 2019 Theme: chopped jogging tapping rubbed patted dipped wrapped sitting running scrubbing swimming skipped grinning stopped clapped *Word Wall Assessment ● -ed / -ing Prefixes and Suffixes ● Describe the reasons to support specific points the author makes in a text. ● Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. ● Use Context Clues to determine the meaning of a word or phrase Subtraction Strategies Counting Coins Measuring Length Place Value to 1,000 Time, Graphs, Data Geometry Writing addition and subtraction Number Sentences Skip Counting Inflectional Endings Compound Sentences Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes ● Producing complete sentences ● Identify, create, and expand simple sentences; while identifying subjects and predicates Informative Writing ● Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a * ATTENTION PARENTS: Planet Projects are due Thursday, January 30 st ! Students are to create a model of the Solar System and write an informative paragraph about what they have learned on the piece of paper supplied. This project is MANDATORY for all students to complete!! Have fun and be creative!