Happy April!
We have 30 chick eggs in our room and are hoping to see them hatch in approximately 18 days! The kids are so excited and are loving to play "mother hen" and turn the eggs three times a day. :)
April is also National Poetry Month so we will be reading lots of poems and our author of the month is Shel Silverstein.
This week in reading the phonics skills are the ou sound as in loud. We will also work on syllables. The high frequency words are door, loved, should, and wood. We are going to work on exclamation points as well.
In math we are working on story problems, making change, and beginning concepts of fractions dealing with equal shares.
Please remember to send back your permission slip to the Des Moines Playhouse that will be on April 12.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Week of March 26
I hope everyone had a great spring break (even with all this rainy weather!).
This week we are starting a new math and reading unit!
I can't believe we are already on the last reading unit of the year! The high frequency words are along, behind, eyes, never, pulling, and toward. The phonics skills are ow/ou sounds and syllables consonant+le like turtle.
In math we are going to review money, place value, and time. We will also add dollars into our money counting.
In science we will soon be starting chicks and watching them change from eggs into baby chickens!
In social studies we will finish our unit on needs, wants, goods, and services.
This week we are starting a new math and reading unit!
I can't believe we are already on the last reading unit of the year! The high frequency words are along, behind, eyes, never, pulling, and toward. The phonics skills are ow/ou sounds and syllables consonant+le like turtle.
In math we are going to review money, place value, and time. We will also add dollars into our money counting.
In science we will soon be starting chicks and watching them change from eggs into baby chickens!
In social studies we will finish our unit on needs, wants, goods, and services.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Week of March 12
Monday is the music program! Please meet me in the Eastview cafeteria at 6:30 for the 6:45 program. I hope you all can make it.
In Reading, we are finishing up unit 4 (can you believe there is only one more unit to go!). Your child should now be able to read all of the sight words for first grade through unit four. This week's words are across, because, ,dance, only, opened, shoes, and told. The phonics skills are the suffixes -ly and-ful. We also will talk about the 00 sound, as in moon. We will continue to talk about adjectives, nouns, and verbs.
In social studies, we will continue talking about needs and wants, as well as introducing goods vs. services.
In Science, they will be finishing up the plant unit.
In Math we are finishing up Unit 7 with review about geometry and taking the test before Friday.
Don't forget that spring break is next week! Enjoy the long vacation! :)
In Reading, we are finishing up unit 4 (can you believe there is only one more unit to go!). Your child should now be able to read all of the sight words for first grade through unit four. This week's words are across, because, ,dance, only, opened, shoes, and told. The phonics skills are the suffixes -ly and-ful. We also will talk about the 00 sound, as in moon. We will continue to talk about adjectives, nouns, and verbs.
In social studies, we will continue talking about needs and wants, as well as introducing goods vs. services.
In Science, they will be finishing up the plant unit.
In Math we are finishing up Unit 7 with review about geometry and taking the test before Friday.
Don't forget that spring break is next week! Enjoy the long vacation! :)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Week of March 5
Can you believe it is already March? This year has flown by! Last week we had a fun time celebrating Dr. Seuss. We will continue to read his books this week, as well.
Spring pictures are on Tuesday morning. Don't forget your order forms if you are interested!
Thursday, March 8 I will be working at Bang Bang in West Des Moines from 5-7. A percentage of the profits will go to the school if you are interested in coming for dinner.
It is early out on Wednesday, dismissal at 12.
This week in reading, the high frequency words are picture, remember, room, stood, and thought. The phonics skills are ew, ue, and ui long u sounds and compound words.
In social studies we are continuing needs and wants. In Science, they are working on plants.
In math, we are continung our geometry unit. We will continue learning about polygons and introduce 3-dimensional shapes, and symmetry.
Spring pictures are on Tuesday morning. Don't forget your order forms if you are interested!
Thursday, March 8 I will be working at Bang Bang in West Des Moines from 5-7. A percentage of the profits will go to the school if you are interested in coming for dinner.
It is early out on Wednesday, dismissal at 12.
This week in reading, the high frequency words are picture, remember, room, stood, and thought. The phonics skills are ew, ue, and ui long u sounds and compound words.
In social studies we are continuing needs and wants. In Science, they are working on plants.
In math, we are continung our geometry unit. We will continue learning about polygons and introduce 3-dimensional shapes, and symmetry.
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