Smiley Elementary

School
March 9 - 20, 2015

Important Dates
to Remember

This Weeks Focus Skills & Concepts

***Due to the four day week this week and next week, we

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will be reading the same story and covering the same
spelling and vocabulary words and other skills this week
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and next. The students will be taking their ELA and
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March 20 Report Cards/AR CelebrationSpelling tests on March 20.***
Reading:
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Conclusions- Authors do not write every single
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thing that happens in a story. Readers must use
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details from the selection and their own
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knowledge to make conclusions (smart guesses)

Weekly Homework
Reading/Phonics: Complete practice page

about the things the author does not include.

Sequence of Events- The order in which
something happens or something is done is called

Grammar: Complete practice page

the Sequence of Events.

Spelling: Study the best way you learn!

the important events of a story in their own

Math: Math Practice Page

Science/Social Studies: Study your study
guide.

Summarize- When readers summarize, they tell

words.
Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words
Phonics:
Suffixes: y, -ly, -ful
Final Stable Syllables: -tion, -ture

REMINDERS:
*Due to the four day week, homework will
not be due until Friday, March 20th.
*All changes in transportation must be
sent in writing to your childs teacher or
given directly to the office.
* Ice Cream- Tuesday & Thursday .75

Math: 3-digit Addition and Subtraction

Science/Social Studies: Matter (We will start
Economics after our test.)

Grammar: Adverbs
Writing: Informative Writing

(Informational Paragraph)

The Goat In The Rug

Narrative Fiction tells a true story about a topic
Target Vocabulary Test: Friday, March 20th
Please practice using these words in sentences.
*Spelling Words*

Test: Friday, March 20th

1. helpful
2. sadly
3. hopeful
4. thankful
5. slowly
6. wishful
7. kindly
8. useful
9. safely
10. painful
11. mouthful
12. weakly

1. yarn

thick thread made of cotton or wool

2. strands

single pieces of thread

3. spinning

twisting together material to make yarn

or thread

4. dye

a substance used to change the color of

something

5. weave

to make cloth by crossing materials

over one another

6.
sharpening

making something have a sharper edge

or point

7. duplicated to have made an exact copy of

something else

8. delicious

very good taste

Smileys Mission Statement:

Our mission is to provide a strong foundation for student success! Students will
listen, learn, and always do their best as they focus on the future to one day
leave the nest.