Mrs Tapleys

Class News
September 7- September 11
Skills for the Week

Upcoming Tests:

Just a Thought

Language Arts
Complex Sentences

Upcoming: Nouns

Reading
Ask and Answer, Cause &
Effect, Biography
Math
Addition/Subtraction
Social Studies/Science
Maps/Earth Materials

Please remember to check

your childs binder each
night for homework and
behavior. Math homework
will be assigned each
night.

This Weeks Reading Skills

"Today a reader,
tomorrow a
leader."
Margaret Fuller

Wednesday, 9/9
Tentative
Chapter 1
Addition/Subtraction
Strategies
Thursday, 9/10
Spelling
Friday, 9/11
1.4 Reading Assessment
Addition Fact Drill

Mark the Date

*Ask and Answer Questions Good readers

ask questions about events or information they do not

understand; look for details explicitly in the text to support
answers to their questions, and when they dont find the
answer to a questions, they reread the text.

*Cause and Effect-Text structure is a way that

authors organize text. Cause and effect is a type of
text structure. It shows the order of how and why
things happen. Sometimes an author will use a series
of cause and effect in relationships in sequence. Look
for words and phrases like because, so, and as a
result of.
*Biography Written by someone other than the person

9/7: Labor Day

No School
9/8: Progress Reports

it is about, gives an accurate story of a real persons life, tell

sabout someones accomplishments, and may include
dialogue and details to add interest.

Septembers Habit for Happy Kids

Spelling Words

plain
fail
snail
tray
stay
fake
weigh
paint

braid
grain
sway
gray
state
same
they

Vocabulary Words!

Begin With the End in Mind

I have a plan!

Please review these

words with your child.

I set goals for myself. I have a plan for how I will accomplish my
goals. I think about what I want to be when I grow up and how I will
get there.

design, encouraged,
examine, investigation,
quality, simple,
solution, substitutes