The Shrinking Mouse Week.......................

MATH:
· We will work on chapter 18 - Time.
· Return the HW folder by Friday.

READING AND SPELLING:
· Our story is The Shrinking Mouse. This story tells about forest animals and how they look smaller as they go further away.
· Language: adjectives
· Spelling Words: long e (spelled ea)

Long e (spelled ea)

1. bead
2. beak
3. sneak
4. speak
5. squeak
6. beat
7. heat
8. seat
9. meat
10. neat
11. when
12. come

· Reading Skills: comprehension, newsletters, predictions, -ing endings

Phonics:

Lesson 88 Spelling with the Dropping Rule

• Dropping rule: When a root word ends with a sneaky or silent e, drop the e before adding a vowel suffix.
  take + -ing = taking vote + -ed = voted solve + -ing = solving

Lesson 89 Diphthongs oi, oy

• Diphthong: Two vowel sounds that come together so fast that they are considered one syllable.
• Like combinations, diphthongs are coded with arcs.
• Your child learned diphthongs oi, as in “soil,” and oy, as in “boy.”

Lesson 90 Assessment

Lesson 91 Spelling with oi and oy

• These diphthongs make the same sound. But - "oi" is usually found in the initial or medial position. "oy" is found in the final position at the end of the word.

Lesson 92 The Rule vc\cvc\cv

OTHER NEWS:

Interims will be coming home soon.

Pennies for Patients: Please bring in any loose change you have at home. This money goes to kids that have cancer. The class with the most money will win a pizza party!

Box Tops: Keep on bringing in those box tops! The class at the end of the year also wins a pizza party!