This week is a fun one!
Thursday, February 2nd is Groundhog's day and the 100th day of school! If your child would like to bring in 100 of something you own on Thursday, you may.
This week we are starting Unit 4. The high frequency words are about,enjoy, give, surprise, worry, and would. In phonics we are working on the long a sound is ai and ay and possessives. We are starting work on adjectives.
In Math we will be working on subtraction facts, measuring to the centimeter, and more what's my rule problems.
In Social Studies we are continuing work on maps. In Science they are starting a unit on plants.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Week of January 23
Happy Chinese New Year!
This week is an early out on Wednesday. Dismissal is at noon.
In Social Studies we will begin our map unit.
In Reading, the high frequency words are: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't. Your child should now be able to read all of the unit 3 words. The phonics skills are -er and -est (big, bigger, biggest) and -dge words (budge).
In Math, we are starting Unit 6. This deals with more addition and subtraction tables. This week we will start with fact families, fact triangles, and equivalent names (2= 1+1 and 2+0).
This week is an early out on Wednesday. Dismissal is at noon.
In Social Studies we will begin our map unit.
In Reading, the high frequency words are: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't. Your child should now be able to read all of the unit 3 words. The phonics skills are -er and -est (big, bigger, biggest) and -dge words (budge).
In Math, we are starting Unit 6. This deals with more addition and subtraction tables. This week we will start with fact families, fact triangles, and equivalent names (2= 1+1 and 2+0).
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Week of January 16
I hope everyone enjoys a day off on Monday! :) We have briefly discussed Martin Luther King, Jr. and will continue to do so this week. Also, in Social Studies we are beginning a unit on maps.
In Reading, the high frequency words are done, know, push, visit, and wait. The phonics skills are the rest of the r-controlled vowels er, ir, and ur. We will review contractions and learn some new ones: 's, 've, and 're. We will also be talking about life cycles as the story is about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. :)
In math we will be finishing up Unit 5. We will continue with "what's my rule" problems, review for the test and take the test this week.
On Friday, we have our mini-field trip to the Middle School to hear the Swing Choir. Don't forget to return your permission slips!
In Reading, the high frequency words are done, know, push, visit, and wait. The phonics skills are the rest of the r-controlled vowels er, ir, and ur. We will review contractions and learn some new ones: 's, 've, and 're. We will also be talking about life cycles as the story is about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. :)
In math we will be finishing up Unit 5. We will continue with "what's my rule" problems, review for the test and take the test this week.
On Friday, we have our mini-field trip to the Middle School to hear the Swing Choir. Don't forget to return your permission slips!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Week of January 9th
This week in Reading our story of the week is Frog and Toad Together. The high frequency words are afraid, again, few, how, read, and soon. The phonics skills -ed and -ing endings along with r controlled ar.
In Math we will do several activities to work on "fact power," or adding without using a number line quickly: dice sums (addition facts), turn-around facts, easy facts fluency (doubles, +1,+0, sums to 10), and what's my rule? (addition patterns).
Friday is our Banana Buck Sale!
In Social Studies, we will be continuing with Chinese New Year.
In Math we will do several activities to work on "fact power," or adding without using a number line quickly: dice sums (addition facts), turn-around facts, easy facts fluency (doubles, +1,+0, sums to 10), and what's my rule? (addition patterns).
Friday is our Banana Buck Sale!
In Social Studies, we will be continuing with Chinese New Year.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Week of January 3rd
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday and break from school! I know I did! It was nice to visit family and have a break.
This week we are back to the grind! In reading we will be talking about plural words with the -es ending. We are also talking about bossy r with r controlled vowels-or and ore. The high frequency words are away, car, friends, house, our, school, and very.
In math, we will continue with greater than and less than number stories and sentences, comparison math problems, number stories, and dice sums (addition).
In Social studies we will talk about the Chinese New Year and our new year by making resolutions, and discussing the Chinese traditions.
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday and break from school! I know I did! It was nice to visit family and have a break.
This week we are back to the grind! In reading we will be talking about plural words with the -es ending. We are also talking about bossy r with r controlled vowels-or and ore. The high frequency words are away, car, friends, house, our, school, and very.
In math, we will continue with greater than and less than number stories and sentences, comparison math problems, number stories, and dice sums (addition).
In Social studies we will talk about the Chinese New Year and our new year by making resolutions, and discussing the Chinese traditions.
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