Mrs. Bartley’s Reading   Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

This week we will be reading A Weed is a Flower.  It is a story about the life of George Washington Carver.  We will work on cause and effect and also drawing conclusions. 

Spelling:  Comparative Endings

sooner                             smaller

soonest                            smallest

hotter                              fatter

hottest                             fattest

busier                              angrier

busiest                             angriest

happier                            straighter

happiest                           straightest

English: am, is are, was and were

Homework:  Monday and Wednesday please listen to your child read the book they bring home.  Please sign the book and send it back to school.

Jump Rope for Heart is on February 14.   If you have not signed the permission form please do so and send it back to school.  The money is due on February 14.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading for Jan. 17 – 20

Since we missed Friday, today we took our spelling, reading, and English test.  Also since we have a short week and had to make up tests from Friday, we will not have a spelling, reading, or English test on Friday, January 20^th. 

We will work on reading comprehension and reading fluency this week by reading The Trouble with Parents.   Ask your child to tell you about this book.  It is a very funny story.  We will also review nouns, verbs, and complete sentences. 

Math

We will continue with 2 digit subtraction with and without regrouping.  Please check over your child’s work.  Have them correct any problems they may have missed.  We will have a test over subtraction on Friday.

Mrs. Bartley’s Reading Jan. 9 - 13

This week we will read Anansi Goes Fishing.  We will work on cause and effect and answering questions from the story.  In English we will work on verbs for past, present, and future.

Spelling:  compound words

basketball                          driveway

someone                            bedtime

weekend                            raindrop

something                         mailbox

birthday                            grandparent

riverbank                          rattlesnake

bathtub                             earthquake

backyard

Homework: Monday and Wednesday Your child will have a book to read.  Please listen to them read.  Sign the book and send it back to school.

Math

We will begin subtraction with 2 digit numbers with and without regrouping.

I now have a blog.  You can go to my blog at www.robinbartley.blogspot.com

If you have any questions you can email me at robin.bartley@glasgow.kyschools.us or call 659-0432 at 9:45 during my planning or after school.