September 28, 2012

READING

          Our story for next week will be Mrs. Brown Went to Town, by Wong Herbert Yee.  This story is about a woman whose farm animal move into her house while she is away.  They have a lot of fun! 

            We will be working on the comprehension strategies of predicting outcomes and connecting and comparing.  Phonics lessons will include the long vowels a and i following a cvce pattern (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent e)  Vocabulary words will be commotion, wearing, delivered, tire, feathers, releases.  High-frequency story words are floor, letter, move, poor and word.  Our grammar lessons will focus on verbs.                                     

                          MATH

                  

            Our next chapter is on number concepts and patterns. We will be learning about ordinal numbers, greater than, less than, odd and even numbers and skip counting.  Please remember to practice flash cards daily.

Science

            We are learning about energy in motion.  We are learning how heat and light are forms of energy and can change matter.   I am asking that your child bring to school 2 packages of 3X5 index cards for science.  We will be using them to write our vocabulary words that we will be learning in each chapter.  Please send this in by Monday, Oct. 1^st.

Student  of the Week

Brianna is the Student of the Week!  She likes to draw pictures, jump rope and play with her dog.  Her favorite animal is a dog and her favorite color is red.   When Brianna grows up she wants to be a Teacher.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

On Monday, October 1^st at 8:45 a.m. there will be a link sent to you so you can sign up for our Parent/Teacher Conferences. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 8th – Columbus Day - No School

October 25^th – Early Dismissal at 12:00

October 26^th – PTO Family Halloween Party

October 30th – Report cards to home

October 31^st – Classroom Halloween Party

September 21. 2012

READING

                      Next week we will be studying the genre poetry.  We will be reading several poems to discuss the comprehension strategy of understanding poetry.  Phonics lessons will emphasize the short vowels with the VCCV pattern.  Our vocabulary words will be describe, imagine, rhyme, rhythm and stanza.  Our grammar lessons will focus on run on sentences.  We will be writing a poem on our own this week.

                MATH

                        We have started a new chapter on place value.  We will be counting, reading and writing numbers up to 100.  We will identify the place value of each digit (ones, tens, hundreds).  We will be comparing numbers.  Remember to keep practicing the addition and subtraction flash cards at home.

Social Studies/Science

            We will be finishing our unit on communities.  We will have a unit test next week.

Student  of the Week

Anna is the Student of the Week!  She likes being a green belt in karate, she was born in Russia and likes to ice skate and swim. Her favorite animal is a dog and her favorite color is blue.   When Anna grows up she wants to be a Veterinarian.

Reading Logs

        Reading logs are due on October 1st.  All the children who have read for 21 days in September will participate in a reading party.  We will have lunch in our classroom and watch a movie.  This will be the first week in October.

        ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sept. 25th and 27th - Magazine Turn in Days

September 27^th – School Picture Day

September 28th - Early Dismissal at 12:00

October 1^st – Reading Logs are due

October 8th – Columbus Day - No School

September 14, 2012

READING

            Next week our story is Julius by Angela Johnson. We'll read about Maya's pig, Julius.  Julius and Maya learn a lot from each other – Julius teaches Maya fun activities like trying on hats and dancing to jazz, and Maya teaches Julius how to be polite.  The comprehension strategies will be fantasy/realism, rereading for understanding and drawing conclusions.

            In spelling, we started having a dictated spelling  sentence test with includes some spelling words in the sentence.  You child will earn the following points on this test.  2 points for each spelling word spelled correctly (these can be from previous spelling lists), 1 point for each capital letter, 1 point for each end mark and 1 point for all the other words in the sentence.  This will be a part of their language arts grade.

                                    

                                    MATH

           

            In math we are working on subtraction.  We are working on fact families, counting back and using addition to solve subtraction problems.  Next week we will finish our chapter on subtraction.  Our math test will be on Wednesday.  Our next chapter will be on place value.

             Please remember to review math facts with your child.

Social Studies

            In Social Studies we are comparing rural, urban and suburban communities.  We are locating communities, states and countries on a map.  Next week we will finish Unit one on communities and have a test. 

Student  of the Week

Nicholas is the Student of the Week!  He likes to build with legos, do math problems and he has been to Hawaii twice. His favorite animal is a dog and his favorite color is red.   When Nicholas grows up he wants to be an Architect.

Happy Birthday!

Ryan – September 16

Book Fair

Thank you to all the children who gave our class a gift certificate to purchase books.  We will enjoy reading them!  I appreciate your thoughtfulness!  Thank you PTO for hosting this special event!

Magazine Drive

The Magazine Drive started on last Tuesday with a short assembly.  Packets went home with the children.  If you need more forms, you may pick them up in the office, or e-mail me and I’ll send them home with your child. 

            ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 27^th – School Picture Day

September 28th - Early Dismissal at 12:00

October 1^st – Reading Logs are due

October 8th – Columbus Day - No School

September 7, 2012

 Reading

            Next week we will be following the five steps of the writing process to write a story.  We will be choosing a topic, exploring and planning our story and organizing the details to include a beginning, middle and end.  We will be concentrating on writing complete sentences and proofreading our story to make corrections and revisions.

            In spelling, we will be focusing on sight words.  The children will have a pre-test of the week's spelling words on Monday.  They need to study the highlighted words, which includes the missed regular spelling words and challenge words during the week for a test on Friday. 

           

Curriculum Night

            Thank you for attending Curriculum Night and signing up to help in the classroom.  If you were unable to make it to Curriculum Night, I have sent home the information that was handed out last night.

 MATH

            In math we finished our chapter on adding numbers to 18.  We reviewed the strategy adding three numbers and draw a picture to solve a story problem. 

            Next week on Monday, we will have a chapter test.  Our next chapter is on subtraction facts and strategies.   

Social Studies

            We began our unit on Neighborhoods and Communities.  We discussed rules in our classroom and rules in the community.  Next week we will be learning about comparing urban, rural and suburban communities and learning about our state and country.

Student of the Week

            We will be starting Student of the Week in our classroom.  The children are chosen randomly to be our “Student of the Week”.  When it is your child's turn please make sure you return the poster to us on Monday.  You are invited to be a guest reader in our classroom and read one of your child's favorite books to the class on either Wednesday or Thursday at 2:45 of that week. 

If those times don't work with your schedule, please let me know so we can set up a better time for you to read to the class.  Each day that your child is student of the week they can bring in a show and tell item to share with our class.  We want to learn more about our friends at school!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 13^th – Magazine Kick-Off

September 13th^_ Book Fair 6:30-8:00

September 27^th – School Picture Day

September 28th - Early Dismissal at 12:00

October 1^st – Reading Logs are Due

October 8th – Columbus Day - No School