Curriculum

Spelling words: jelly, belly, funny, bunny, furry, hurry, take, came, world, over

Sentence: The furry bunny has jelly on his belly.

Sight words: different, old, water, years

Math: Simple word problems, fact families, 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less continued

Writing: We will continue with persuasion writing – coming up with audiences and arguments.

Social Studies/Science: Black history (black history month is February)

Reading: At Home Around the World, groups with leveled books, and Orton Gillingham drills.

Upcoming Events

Don’t forget, it’s a 4-day weekend coming up. Presidents Day - Woohoo!! Monday through Thursday there is school, but then Friday and the following Monday the children are out.

And thank you so much to them many parents that contributed to the class this week. It has been much appreciated.

Friday Folders: Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

HAPPY 100^th DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!! We have a bunch of exciting activities planned for today, so you’ll have to ask your children what they did to celebrate their 100^th day of school.

Curriculum

Spelling words: low, bow, row, soap, boat, road, wiggle, middle, talk, school

Sentence: Can you row a boat made of soap.

Sight words: door, kind, made, who, would

Math: Practice test, review, base ten assessment on Friday

Writing: We are going to finish up Informational writing.

Social Studies/Science: Weather continued.

Reading: The Fox and the Stork, groups with leveled books, and Orton Gillingham drills.

Reminders: Make sure that your child brings in their permission slip for music if they haven’t already. Also, some children have lines to memorize for music class – they should have the packets.

Remember the big math assessment is coming up in 2 weeks so please continue to study from that review packet that was sent home. Thanks!

Friday Folders: Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for everyone’s help in volunteering. It is such a blessing to have awesome parents come in to help with PowerReaders and centers. Please continue to sign up – the kids love you and I love having you.

Have a great week!

Curriculum

Spelling words

Or, for, corn, cork, fork, more, hang, ring, two, from

Sentence: Is more corn on the cork or the fork?

Sight words: four, five, into, over, starts, three, two, watch

Math: We worked on a couple different things this week: skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s, filling out our hundreds chart, and even and odd. Next week we’ll be going into time.

Writing: We did a sequencing project this week on the life of a frog. We also did some work with contractions. Next week we will continue with various forms of non-fiction writing.  

Social Studies/Science: We learned about nutrition this week – healthy and unhealthy foods and why. We will continue our nutrition unit through next week. Also, attached to the homework is a form to fill out all the food they eat in 24 hours. Please help them fill it out on one of the days over the weekend and have them bring it in on Monday.

Reading: Please continue to read with your children at home – this has such a dramatic impact on their ability to read. They are all doing great and making incredible progress. Also, we went to the James and the Giant Peach Play and it was AWESOME! The kids really enjoyed it!

Friday Folders: Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

Curriculum

Tell your children they get a bit of a break next week. No spelling and sight words! And no homework! Due to the short school week, we feel it is not a good idea to have homework – I’m sure we all have enough on our plates with Thanksgiving coming up (heh heh, no put intendedJ). Next week will be primarily review of concepts already learned this year.

Math: We had a lot more fun with graphing and data this week. The students enjoyed a really cool activity with Skittles, they got to tally heads and tails for flipping pennies, and much more. The children have become pros at collecting, interpreting, and graphing data. The test is today and I’m sure they will do great.

Writing: This week we did a couple fun projects with writing, one of which was done in preparation for the grand-parents tea coming up next week.

Social Studies/Science: We  learned about Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea this week. The students got the opportunity to play the roles of both Lewis and Clark as we mapped the school campus and documented plants and nature as we traveled.

Reading: Please continue to read with your children at home – this has such a dramatic impact on their ability to read. They are all doing great and making incredible progress.

Projects

Way to go on the turkey projects! They were amazing! They are hanging up in the hall and the creativity blows my mind.

Friday Folders: Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

Curriculum

Spelling words for next week                                              
us, sun, but, fun, bus, run, jump, must                        

Sight Words
  eat, give, one, put, small, take

Sentence of the week: We must have fun when we jump in the sun.

Math: We took our unit 2 geometry test today. For the most part, our students performed very well. Please review the math test with your children and help to clear up any confusion. Next week we start with fractions!

Writing/grammar: We continued to work on personal narratives this week. The students are getting better and better at reviewing their writing and producing quality papers. Next week we will work hard at using good word choice. We will also cover synonyms.

Social Studies/Science: We again review some geography, and we also studied about magnets. Next week we will talk about the accomplishments and impact of Theodore Roosevelt.

Reading: We read about Dr. Seuss this week and also Jim Henson. The students are getting so much better at reading – it’s so exciting to see. Please keep reading with them at home – it has such an immense impact on their reading ability.

Needed Items

Large construction paper

Friday Folders

 Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

Curriculum

Spelling words for next week                                              

yes,  let,  red,  ten,  bed,  get,  sled,  step      

Sight Words

after,  draw,  pictures,  read,  was,  write

Math: We continue to enjoy the wonderful world of shapes. Students learned their 3D shapes this week, today we plan to make some shapes with Marsh Mellows and tooth picks! We will have a couple more days to review next week, and then we will have the shape assessment on Thursday. Please review with your children on occasion to help ensure they are prepared.

Writing: This week we revisited personal narratives. We discussed having a topic sentence, and then at least two detail sentences. I am impressed with their progress. Next week we will review these concepts once more: topic sentence, detail, detail, detail. And we will add word choice.

Social Studies/Science: We discussed the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus this week and we also reviewed geography of the continents. Next week we will learn about magnets.

Reading: We read various stories about music this week. The students continue to improve their reading strategies. Thank you so much for reading with your children at home. Please continue to do so – it is so important.

Needed Items

None at the moment – you guys are awesome!

Friday Folders

 Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.

Curriculum

Spelling words for next week                                              

on            hop          fox         not                                             

got          clock         block                                                        

Sight Words

her            now           our

she           today         would
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Math: Students did very well on their unit 1 math test – I’m very proud of them. Last week we learned about plane shapes (circle, square, rectangle, hexagon, octagon, triangle, pentagon) and their attributes. This week we’re moving onto 3 dimensional shapes (sphere, rectangular prism, pyramid, cone, cube).

Writing: The students are becoming better and better writers. We continue to work on Capital letters at the beginning of the sentence, period at the end, good spacing, and quality letters. This week we will focus on the who and what of personal narratives.

Social Studies/Science: Last week we discussed fire safety. This week we’ll talk about Christopher Columbus and review some geography.

Reading: Last week we read How Animals Communicate as a class. We also read leveled books in small groups. This week we’ll be reading A Musical Day and other books related to music.

Needed Items:

-Construction paper

-Small containers of Plato

Friday Folders Please don’t forget to review your student’s progress report and review all material sent home. Thank you so much for your support and let me know if there’s anything I can do.