Hot Topics This Week:

Red Group Spelling: brush, brag, crack, crib, dress, drum, frizz, order, open, ground

Yellow Group Spelling: carless, darkness, happily, deadly, easily, endless, sickness, colorful, homeless, finally, useful, goodness, order, open, ground

Blue Group Spelling: directly, wonderful, powerful, steadily, happiness, breathless, entirely, hopefully, quietly, closeness, effortless, wasteful, order, open, ground

Language Arts: 

• Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 18-20
• Dictionary skills
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 18-20 quiz – Thursday, February 29
• Cursive handwriting
• Spelling test – Friday, March 1
• Informational report writing

Math: 

• Topic 8 review
• 12’s multiplication quiz – Thursday, February 29
• Quarter 3 Week 8 quiz – Friday, March 1

Social Studies: 

• 3 branches of government
• State & federal government

Science: 

• Topic 5 test – Tuesday, February 27
• Adaptations

Religion:

• Honor your mother and father
• Love of your neighbor begins with love of family
• Caring for God’s creation

Social-Emotional Skills

• Self-improvement with physical needs, intellectual needs, and social/emotional needs
• Choosing your attitude about potential for self-improvement
• Having the courage to try for self-improvement 
• Importance of perseverance for self-improvement and ways to deal with setbacks
• Problems turned into opportunities

 

Homework:

• Reading: Students need to read chapters 18-20 of Mr. Popper’s Penguins.  The completed reading log is due Friday, March 1.
• Spelling:. The 3 completed activities are due Friday, March 1.
• Math: It is Quarter 3 Week 8 math homework.  The completed work is due Friday, March 1.  Students also need to study for their 12’s multiplication quiz on Thursday, February 29.  

 

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Chapters 18 – 20 Study Guide

Be able to…

• describe the weather in New York.
• describe what the penguins did on the rooftop.
• identify Mr. Swenson’s act.
• describe what the firemen saw through the window of Mr. Swensen’s dressing room.
• identify the news the theater manager gave to Mr. Popper.
• identify why Mrs. Popper couldn’t bail the penguins and Mr. Popper out of jail.
• describe how the birds changed while they were in jail.
• identify who bailed Mr. Popper and the penguins out of jail.
• describe
•  what Admiral Drake wanted to do with the penguins and why he wanted to do that.
• what Mr. Klein wanted to do with the penguins.
•  who Mr. Popper chose to send the penguins with and why.
• identify Mr. Popper’s feelings about sending the penguins away.
• describe why Admiral Drake was surprised Mr. Popper was saying goodbye to the penguins.

Know the vocabulary words.  You will have to match the word with its definition.

• Haggard – Having a very tired or worried look
• Apparent – Easy to see; clear
• Furnish – To supply with furniture
• Vexed –  To annoy or irritate
• Advantage – Anything good you get from something             
• Breed – To keep for reproduction
• Hoarse – Having a rough or weak sound because of illness or too much use
• Influence – Something that can affect something / somebody else

 

IXL Skills:

  Each week I will try to provide IXL skills that your child can work on at home. I will have individual skills under each letter starred.  These are the ones your child should be practicing.

• Language Arts: M, DD, & NN
• Math: C, D, E, F, G, H, I, & J
• Science: Skill Codes – N9R, RV5, S6C, & 8ZN
• Social Studies: Skill Codes –  T6L, A9S, & LTT

 

Dates to Remember:.

• Tuesday, February 27 – Topic 5 science test
• Thursday, February 29 – Mr. Popper’s Penguins ch. 18-20 quiz & 12’s x quiz
• Friday, March 1 – February BookIT! reading log due, Fish Dinner, all homework due (reading log, math homework, and choice board), spelling test, & math quiz on homework
• Tuesday, March 5 – Mr. Popper’s Penguins project due
• Friday, March 8 – End of 3rd grading period
• Wednesday, March 13 – Report cards emailed
• Friday, March 15 – March Scholastic book orders due
• Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22 – Spring Break

 

A Note from Miss Kilver: 

• Your child needs to be working on his/her Mr. Popper’s Penguins project.
• For the 3rd quarter, I will again be offering AR awards.  Please encourage your child to move up in his/her point club!
• Please check your child’s folder nightly.
• Please make sure your child brings a healthy snack each day.  They should also have a water bottle at their desk.
• Please send your child to school with a coat each day.  We will be going outside for recess if the temperature is above 32.
• Your child may want to bring a fleece or cardigan each day.
• If you have any questions or concerns please email me at rkilver@olofatima.org.  If you have any questions regarding religion, please email Miss Robertson at srobertson@olofatima.org.