The Week of May 3rd

Calendar:
May 7 Hat Day

LIFESKILL OF THE WEEK:
The lifeskill that we are working on this week is Caring.

Reading/Spelling
This week we will be reading the 28h story in our reading book, "Children of Clay." The skill we will be focusing on is Steps In a Process. Telling the steps in a process is telling the order of steps to complete an action. Clue words like first, next, and last or numbers can show the order of the steps. At other times you have to picture the steps in your mind. For example, in “Children of Clay,” the author tells the steps in the process of making clay pots and figurines. Photographs help readers picture each step in the process.

Sometimes illustrations show the steps. At other times you have to picture the steps in your mind and put them in order.
The spelling words this week are words that are capitalized or are used as abbreviations. The words this week are
They are: May, Kwanzaa, September, June, November, Memorial Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Sun,. Feb., Dec., Wed., Dr., Ms., Mrs., Mr., Rd., and Ave.. Spelling homework is to use the words in sentences. The students should underline each spelling word. The Tuesday night homework is due on Wednesday. The vocabulary for this week is: figures, polish, pottery, screens, slip, and symbols. The challenge vocabulary words are: bond, fragile, galleries, and sandpaper.

READING
Reading every night is very important to your child's success in school. Please have them read a minimum of twenty minutes each night and write a 1/2 page reading response. Please sign your initials on their agenda. It is a great way for them to visualize their successes and to be a part of our reading celebration here at Weddle.

Book Report
The May book report is a BIOGRAPHY. The book report is due May 31 (Monday). The questions are as follows:

1. Why do you think a book was written about this person?

2. List three facts that made this person famous.

3. What do you think was this person’s most important accomplishment?

4. Make a time line of the important events in the life of the main character.

5. How did you feel about this person before reading the story?

6. How that you’ve read the book, how do you feel about the main character?

7. Write a paragraph explaining how you think the course of history and the lives of the people in this book would have been different if the main character had not existed. What things would not have happened? What might have happened instead?

8. Make a puppet dressed as you chosen famous person. Have your puppet introduce himself/herself to the class and describe himself.
* Make a time line of events of the story

Each Monday I send a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous weeks. The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. The following students were responsible about all of their work in class this term, and are on AAI:

Pedur, Liliana, Anthony, Daniel, Solomon, Audrey, Jordyn, Kayla, Larry, Joseph, Casandra, Shania, Myjha, and Parker