Mrs. Barlow’s Class Please view our daily blog for information on student learning and upcoming events. 

Reading:  The students will identify the main idea of a book or story.

Writing:  Students will use the writing process to write a creative story of their own choosing or they can adapt a book read to them.

Spelling:

New words:  way, find, use, may, water

Review words:  are, there, their, more, make, its, people

Phonics:  o-e – home, oa – coat, ow – know, oe – toe , u-e huge

Extra words:  put, paint, need, bumped

Phonics:  Long U – u-e words like in cute and huge

Math:  We will learn place value of numbers to 1,200.
Vocabulary:  ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, base ten blocks

Social Studies:  We will read and learn about Native Americans.

Red Ribbon Week

Monday

Oct. 26 * Support drug awareness! / Wear something  RED

Tuesday

Oct. 27   * Look to the future! / Wear your favorite college or White Oak t-shirt

Wednesday

Oct. 28 * Keep your head on straight – don’t do drugs!  / Wear a hat

Thursday

Oct. 29 * Peace and hugs instead of drugs! / Wear tie dye and bring a stuffed animal

Friday

Oct. 30  * Spook out drugs! / Wear Halloween costume

(No masks or handheld props allowed.  Costumes must follow dress code)

Weekly Learning!

NO SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2015.  You can practice them for the test that will be given on November 6, 2015.

FYI – Red Ribbon Week
M – Red, T- College or WO, W – hats, Th – tie dye, F – appropriate Halloween costumes (no props)

Reading:  The students will learn about dialogue in books.  The will learn to use inflection when reading by using the punctuation to help them.   We want them to use phrasing, voice, and expression while the read.

Writing:  The students will be writing Halloween stories.  We want them to begin using the revising and editing process in all of their stories.  We will also carve a pumpkin and discuss the sequence order to write a how to page about it.

Spelling and Phonics:

New words:  way, find, use, may, water

Review words:  are, there, their, more, make, its, people

Phonics:  o-e – home, oa – coat, ow – know, oe – toe

Extra words:  put, paint, need, bumped

Math:  We will be learning about place value from ones to the thousands place.

Social Studies:  Halloween Safety

Homework: Read each night and get log signed.
Math – missing addends and coin review
Fluency Poem – read and initial each night
Spelling – We will not have a spelling test until November 6th.  We will assess long o sounds.

The HS pep rally has been cancelled today and the football game has been moved up to 6pm in Harmony.

Reading – We will learn to sort fiction and non-fiction texts.
We will compare/contrast stories.

Writing – We will learn to write fiction stories with non-fiction facts included.   We will learn to write an ad for a haunted house.  The students will learn to use describing words to attract potential spooky tenants for their house for sale.

Math – We will continue learning how to solve a problem with a missing addend.

Phonics – long i words
igh, y, i-e, ie

Spelling:

New Words:  made, over, did, down, only

Phonics Words:  eat, really, see, complete, light

Review Words:  there, many, could, than, first, its, my, I, to, we, each, said, at, the, will

Extra Words:  These will be written on the board.
want, help, friends, need, breakfast, day, teacher, story, park

Homework –
Read each night for at least 15 minutes and get your log signed.
Math – two pages due by Friday
Fluency poem – read each night and get it signed.  Turn it in on Friday.
Each time homework is done your child will receive a ticket.
Thank you for your support!

A couple of friends turned in their tickets to eat with the teacher!  It was a great lunch!