Homework

=What we did in school on = =Wednesday, September 3, 2008 =

There is a geometry video on : http://www.mathhomeworkhotline.com/angles.html. Please watch it.
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Memorize multiplication facts!
Every evening all students should be studying their multiplication facts. Students will be given flashcards with the multiplication facts on them, or they may play multiplication fact games online. Here are some great websites with games: http://www.bigbrainz.com/Download.html - Very fun game, but you need to download it onto your computer. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm# - Excellent practice! Print out the results for prizes from Mrs. Mathews! http://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html - Space themed game! This game will give you the answers if you need help!

Reading: Unit #1 - Risks and Consequences - First Story: Mrs. Frisby and the Crow.
This story is from the book __Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH__.

__Today in class:__
Today in class we started reading Mrs. Frisby and the Crow. Before reading we looked at the pictures and made predictions regarding the events of the story.

__Homework:__
-Write the spelling list three times. -Read 20-60 minutes (please sign the reading chart) -Students need to ask an adult family member about a risk that they took. Students will share some of their parents' stories with the class if they want to. We will do this all week.

__Spelling Words__:
__Spelling Words for Reading__: victims, pasture, bottomless, shrubs, silver, cactus, lettuce, doctor, principle, cockpit, minimum, billion, hundred, contact, rustic - __**Test on these words will be on Friday, September 5, 2008.**__ __Sight Words to **Read**__: son, ice, sleep, so, now, ride, hill, baby, buy, tall, bed, free, case, lake, age, scale, per, lot, act, cat, said, roll, trip, hole, poor, let's - **Test on these words - __Tuesday, September 31, 2008.__** __Sight Words to **Write**__: Can't, bill, felt, test, moon, dance, paint, mind, love, cause, rain, train, blue, wish, drop, sit, sum, wall, forest, leg, sat, main, winter, wide, kept - **Test on these words - __Tuesday, September 31, 2008.__**