January 20-24, 2014

This week we've been working on irregular verbs in Grammar.  Some verbs do not have -ed in the past, they have special forms like came, ran, saw, said, etc.  We are also continuing to work on time in Math.  We've been working hard on quarter to, quarter after, and half past.  We've also been working on time to five-minute intervals.  Please continue to practice time at home with your child!  In addition to time, we've also been working on temperature in math as well.  In reading/spelling we are using words that have the oo, ui, ew, ue, and oe vowel sounds like in the words new, suit, boots, canoe, and glue.  A lot of our spelling words for the week contain these vowel patterns.  We are also getting into some more challenging words.  Studying every night prior to the Friday test really helps!  We had several kids do very well last week and hope to keep continuing with that this week!  Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  We did several activities from reading books about Dr. King, to watching some videos on him and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.  We also did a writing project where we wrote what our dreams would be to make this world a better place.