Greetings Parents! 

Field Studies

Payments for the 2019- 2020 Field Studies are currently due and should be made online through Parent Portal.   After making your payment, you  must electronically sign your childś premission form.   Please use the steps below to assist you with this process.  

1. Log into Parent Portal at https://psapp.richland2.org/public/
2. Scroll down on the left side of the screen. You will click on “Student Fees”
3. To sign permission form(s) click on the Permission Form icon. The permission slip form will pop up. Be sure to complete the form in full and click the BLUE SUBMIT button at the bottom when done.

December 11th EdVenture $8.00

March 3, 4, OR 5             CiCi’s Pizza (2 classes per date) $8.00
April 23rd Riverbanks Zoo $2.00

Total cost             $18.00 

Skills for the Week

• Math: Understand place value through 999 by demonstrating the hundreds digit in a three-digit
• Phonics and Decoding: Blending words with /ē/ spelled ee and ea. 
• Comprehension Skills:  Sequence Events  and  Making  Inferences.
• Writing: Non Fiction
• Science: Forces in Motion
• Social Studies:  Government  Leaders

This week’s reading selection: In My Own Backyard

Essential Question: How has Earth changed over time? What kinds of changes have occurred slowly, over long periods of time?

DISCUSS with your child how your yard or neighborhood has changed over time. Encourage your child to imagine the people and creatures that lived there long ago.


brook  - noun a small stream

plowed  - verb cut through or turned over soil

settlers  - noun people who come to live in a new land or country

mist  - noun a cloud of tiny drops of water that is in the air

sheets  - noun thin, broad pieces of things

haze  - noun mist, smoke, or dust in the air

grazed  - verb fed on growing grass

skimmed  - verb moved over lightly and swiftly

blurry  - adjective dim or hard to see; unclear

pulsed  - verb beat or vibrated



Monday
Reread the story of the week. 
Complete Text Connections question 1 - 4  at the end of the story.  


*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity 
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Tuesday
1. What is happening in the mind of the writer of the story? 
A.  The writer is listening to someone’s story. 
B.  The writer is having a nightmare. 
C.  The writer is thinking about a book. 
D.  The writer is traveling back in time. 

2. Which sentence from the story best supports your answer above?
A.  Her voice pulled me out of the past and into the present.
B.  A volcano belched smoke in the distance. 
C.  Around the coral and seaweed, unusual fish wore hard shells. 
D.  Then all at once, right before my eyes, the sawmill disappeared.

3. What did the dinosaurs eat in the story? 

4. Describe the group that came just before the settlers from Europe.

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity   (Optional)
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Wednesday
1. What time period did the writer describe first? 
   
     a. the Native Americans                     c. cave people 
  
     b. about a hundred years ago            d. when the settlers came through

2. What was the backyard like at the last time the writer imagined? 

3. What were the people like who were afraid of the big, furry elephant? 

4. What is a sawmill in the story? 

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity  (Optional)*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Thursday 

Reading:  Re Read your story for the week.  

You will take your reading and vocabulary assessment tomorrow.  

*Vocabulary:  Study     

*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Friday
No Homework