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READING- “Pepita Talks Twice”
GENRE- realistic fiction
VACABULARY WORDS-   stubborn     grumble    mumbled       exploded    darted    streak     languages
GRAMMAR-  Statements and Questions.  A statement is a sentence that tells something.   Use a period to end a statement.  A question is a sentence that asks something.  Use a question mark (?) to end a question.
SPELLING - Short I, o, and u
SPELLING WORDS- slip    fish    pick   rocks   lunch    gift   thing   inch   truck    pond     from    jump   socks   dish    thump
Extra Credit: frown, expression, surprised, emotion, smirk

character motivation
narrator
dialogue
stage directions
scene/act/role
compare/contrast
prefix/suffix
noun/verb
subject/predicate
adjective
narrative (writing, revising, and editing               
table of contents 
glossary

Reading Unit Vocabulary: 

author/illustrator 
illustration
plot (problem/solution)
setting
sequence 
genre
--realistic fiction
--folk literature
--fable
--poetry
--play (drama)
poem/line/stanza
central message/moral
point of view
character traits 

Math Vocabulary:

Adding by places
Adding one number in parts
Addition combinations
Compose
Decompose
Degree
Difference
Sum
Digit
Equation

Fahrenheit
Celsius
Nickel
Number line
Place Value
Ones place 
Tens places
Penny
Dime
Dollar
Quarter

Key Vocabulary: 
Structual Framework
Systems 
Tissue
Skeletal
Muscular
Nerve receptor
External

Science: Skeletal System													Social Studies:

Values

beliefs
traditions
society
community
artistic expression
absolute location
relative location
movement
region
place
symbol
legend
label
determine
compare
contrast

 					Culture and Geography

DATES TO REMEMBER:
September
3- Labor Day (No School)

Spelling and Reading TESTS will be on Fridays!
REMINDERS:
•	A comprehension test will be given every Friday on the reading story from the basal.   The students will able to use their reading book to answer the questions.  They need to learn to go back and look for answers that they do not know.  
•	Look at and sign agenda nightly!
•	Our school is collecting drink bottle tops, Box Tops, and Campbell Soup Labels. Please send any of these you have and collect through the year to school with your child.
•	Please send a snack and water bottle daily for your child! 
•	AR is not working at the moment, please have you child read every night. As soon as it starts working I will notify you.

CLASSROOM NEEDS: please send in any of the following items if you are able (these items will be used as rewards for good behavior and academics!

Water flavoring packs, extra snacks, chewing gum (sugar free), water bottles, stickers