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Important Dates to Remember

May 16th – June 10th SOL Testing (See testing schedule below) Make sure your child arrives on time (at least by 9:00am) Make sure your child is well rested and has plenty of sleep, and has a healthy breakfast.

May 17^th  History SOL Reading SOL

May 23^rd  Reading SOL

May 24^th  Reading SOL

May 31^st  Math SOL

June 5th  Science SOL

June 10thLast day of SOL testing

 Local Benchmark Tests:

May 20^th  Vowel Patterns 2.5

May21st  Fiction, Context Clues

 May 22nd Social Studies Benchmark

May 30^th Science Benchmark

May 27th Memorial Day (School closed for ALL)

June 12th – 14th Early Dismissal (Elementary 12:45PM)

June 14th Last Day of School for STUDENTS

June 16th Father’s Day

Week of May 20^th – 24^th

Homework:  Reading Review sent home Monday.   *No Spelling due to testing.

You can study for Friday’s DLR with these practices.

4^th Nine weeks DLR Review #7 Monday,  May 20th

1. Read the sentences below.  Which sentence is written correctly?

a.  Annie was excited because a clue fell off the bench and onto the lawn.        

b.  Annie was excited because a clue fell off the bench and onto the lawn?

2. What are the guide words for here?

 A.  giant-head                  B.  help-hospital                              c.  humming-ice

3. Find the missing word.  

Annie had a  ____________ stone.  It was huge!     

1. A.        large        B.   larger C.   largest

4. Which words are in alphabetical order?

     A. smooth, sport, soar                   B. smooth, soar, sport         C. soar, smooth, sport

5.  The _______ drives the water cycle. It helps a ___________ to grow.  

   a.  sun, flower                 b. sun, flour      c. son, flower

4^th Nine weeks DLR Review #7  Tuesday

1. Write the missing punctuation mark in this sentence.

I loved this book, it was very interesting___

2.  Find the antonym for noisy

A. loud     B. yell              C. scream          D. quiet

3. Verbs are action words. Circle the2 verbs in this sentence.

                The lady walked and talked for one mile.

4. Which prefix means, “not” or “the opposite of”?

a.  unsnap       b.  reshape     c. preheat

5.  Find the meaning of the underlined word by looking for

Context Clues in the text.

What word gives a clue for the meaning of task.

Read: Mr. Boone gave the children a “task” to do.

He gave them a job to find the treasure.  

a.  job          b.  treasure  c.  children

4^th Nine weeks   DLR Review #7                Wednesday

1. Write the missing punctuation mark in this sentence.

Are tools capital resources ___

2.  Circle the 2 nouns in the sentence.

The twins love to rock in the chair.

3. Fill in the sentence with two adjective.

The water park was _______ and _______.

4. Find and circle the antonym for clean.

a. tidy           b. messy          c. spotless

5. The larva (or caterpillar) ate and ate. Then it wrapped up and became 

A.  an egg              B.  a pupa                   C. a tadpole

^4th Nine weeks                  DLR Review #7                 Thursday

1. Write the missing punctuation mark in this sentence.

The birthday cake was fancy and delicious ___

2.  Find and circle the synonym for light.

dark               dim                              bright                         large

3. Circle the 2 verbs in the sentence below.

       I rode my skate board and then I flipped onto the sidewalk.

4. Which set of words would be guide words for the word dirty ? 

                Cute-Damp        Destroy-D o       Dull-Easy

 5. Find the context clue for single

The lady gave Annie one clue.  The lady knew that Annie

could not find the map with a single clue.

In this selection “single” means _______

Friday May 24^th, DLR quiz

Important Events

1. slid

2. slide

3. plan

4. plane

5. hop

6. hope

7. shin

8. shine

9. tap

10.tape

11. dim

12. dime

13. cut

April 29th- May 3rd

April 29th – May 3rd PALs testing

May 6th – 10th Teacher Appreciation Week

May 7th PTA Night (Driver’s Annual Talent Show)

May 8th Teacher Assistant Day

May 10th Field Day

May 10th Interim Reports Issued

I can hardly believe that May will arrive this week!  Please make sure students get

 plenty of sleep and healthful meals this week for PALS testing.

This week’s focus is:

English 2.5b, long & short vowels, 2.7a homophones, 2.8i 2.9 drawing conclusions.

Writing-Research on a state.

Math 2.11 linear measurements, 2.10 money, 2.90 input/output.

Social Studies (SS) we will continue to learn about Economics: Bartering/money, scarcity,                                                                                                                    producers, consumers, goods, & services.

Homework:  April 29^th -May 3^rd

Read AR, fill in log, and be ready to test. Must have 85 % comprehension rate and completed 44% of your goal points by Friday! *Please Read AR daily and test.  For Chapter Books please aim for 2 pts. each week. Reading Rockets are due Friday!

Math homework is given Mon-Friday and is due the next day. An A. Math Exercise will be given each night. Students will complete at least 10 problems each night and return it the next day whether it is finished or not. Please help your child pack up as needed.

Science & Studies review will be due on Friday.

Spelling words: 1. Made, 2. Flap, 3. Star, 4. Street, 5. Went. 6. Herd, 7. High, 8. Trip, 9. Girl, 10. Home, 11. Frost, 12. Sort, 13. Tube, 14. Chunk, 15. Burn

April 22-26

Important Events:
The Book Fair is here, Last day, April 24th
Family Reading Night is Monday from 6-7. The book fair will be open from 4-6 that night.
The Second and Third Grade Awards Assembly will take place Wednesday, April 24th at 9:30.

This week’s focus:
Reading- Please read AR every night and test the next day. Homophones and vowel sounds.
Math-weight and liquid measurement and 2-digit addition with regrouping and estimation.
Writing-Research on a state
Science-Plants and their products

Spelling words;
these
choke
brace
purse
plow
glide
slave
blade
goat
dream
bright
fort
taught
slurp
twig

Have a great week!

April 15-19, 2013

Important Events:

 Monday: Read AR book,  Daily A. Math, Reading Rockets 2-Monday

Tuesday: Read AR book ,A. Math daily Daily Reading Rockets 2-Tuesday

Wednesday: Read AR /Fill in log,  A Math Daily,  Reading Rockets 2-

Thursday: Read AR book and Daily Reading Rockets 2-Thursday

SS: Study;  Sol 2.8 Natural, capital, & human Resources

Goods & Services

Goods – things that people make or use or grow that can be purchased.  Goods are used to satisfy needs and wants

Services- activities performed by other people that satisfy people’s needs and wants

SS Review 2:  SOL: 2.11 TSW identify Famous Americans: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reading Rocket below spelling!

Spelling Words : Continue to study difficult words next week

2. Coat

3. Wise

4. Deep

5. Fight

6. Park

7. Church

8. birth

9. Train

10. Sent

11. Thin

12. Club

13. Five

14. Dress

15. Drink