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Homework tonight is spelling practice.   Here's this week's words (long and short "i"):

bright
might
tight
sight
light
my
why
fly
dry
sky
visit
picnic
winter
mint
interest

Bonus Words:

appetite
attention
beginner

Don't forget to practice the addition facts for tomorrow and keep track of those Pizza Hut minutes.  Also look for Book Orders that went home tonight.  Orders will be due by Friday.

Posted by: MrSalzano at October 06, 2008 14:32 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  Try to do some extra practice on those words that were missed on the pretest. 

In math we practice the partial sums algorithm that they learned in the second grade.  Next week we'll learn and practice the tradition addition algorithm.  I do believe that the partial sums one is an important step in learning the traditional one.  We also took a reading comprehension test.

This afternoon we went to library and then worked some more on the writing test.

I decided to wait until tomorrow to send home the new math challenge.  Look for it then. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at October 02, 2008 14:40 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a grammar page practicing exclamatory and command sentences. 

We learned another diagram box in math today to help us solve comparison word problems.  I think we're making some progress on those dreaded word problems. 

This afternoon we went to our Music/PE time with Mrs. Hively.  After recess I passed out the Pizza Hut minutes calendar and went over the program.  I emphasized that we expect each child to participate and will make it part of their reading grade.  Let me know if you have any questions and start recording those reading times.  By the way, minutes you read to your child count as well.  We ended the day starting our writing test on our favorite place.  Ask your child what place he/she chose. 

Look for another important note home tomorrow night concerning a math challenge. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at October 01, 2008 14:37 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a math page of story problems using the "Start-Change-End" diagram boxes. 

We enjoyed learning about the density of hot and cold water in science this morning.  Ask your child how we discovered that hot water is less dense than cold water. 

This afternoon we wrote some commands and exclamations and practiced using the appropriate ending mark.   We ended the day by reading a play from our reading books. 

Look for an October lunch calendar that went home and look for the Pizza Hut reading calendar tomorrow night.

Don't forget tomorrow's a late start!  

Posted by: MrSalzano at September 30, 2008 14:40 | link | comments |

It's Monday so it's spelling homework.  Here's this week's words:

ranch
bank
thank
began
camping
afraid
trail
nail
aim
Maine
holiday
crayon
spray
today
gray

Bonus Words:

scary
actually
although

You'll notice that the main words have a short or long a sound.  We discussed the fact that the short a sound is surrounded by consonant letters and the long a sound has another vowel nearby ( an "i" or a "y").

We worked on addition and subtraction story problems today using a parts-total diagram box.  In social studies we started looking at the geography of our country. 

This afternoon we practiced "cause and effect" in our reading and finished the day with our spelling pretest. 

Have  a good evening. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at September 29, 2008 14:39 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  Students should make sure they now know the words they missed on Monday's pretest (see Monday's entry).

Look for Hike-a-Thon notes in your child's backpack. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at September 25, 2008 14:41 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a grammar page about ending marks.  Students should end questions with a question mark and statements should end with a period. 

We worked at extending basic addition and subtraction facts in math this morning.  We discovered that if
8 + 6 = 14 then 48 + 6 must equal 54.  In social studies we learned some more geography terms and talked about the difference between weather and climate. 

We took a reading comprehension test and worked some more on our writing this afternoon.

Have a good night. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at September 24, 2008 14:59 | link | comments |