Pictures of us making our witches' brew

October 25-29, 2010

This week we will be doing a unit study on Halloween!!!

Reminders:

• Parent-teacher conferences are Monday, October 25th from 2:30-8:30. We will be dismissing school at 2:00.
• There will be no school on Tuesday, October 26th.
• RIF is on Wednesday, October 27th. Your child will get to choose a book to take home.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. split
2. squint
3. strap
4. strand
5. spring
6. scrub
7. by
8. come
9. but
10. not

Practice Sentence:  I come by the street.

Reading:

Sight words:  a, ball, does, do, he, of, home, like, need, now, put, said, then, was, we, you

Math:

Monday- Review Counting Coins, HW 3.10
Tuesday- No School
Wednesday- Introduce Dimes, HW 3.11
Thursday- Counting dimes, nickels, and pennies, HW 3.12
Friday- Counting Coins, No HW

Practice counting dimes, nickels, and pennies at home. Here are some pictures of us working hard on some patterns in class...

October 18-22, 2010

This week we will be studying spiders!!!

• Wednesday, October 20th will be the end of the 1st 9 weeks.
• Parent teacher conferences are Monday, October 25th from 2:30-9:30p.m.
• There will be no school on Tuesday, October 26th.

Spelling/Phonics: Endling blends: -ft, -lp, -lt, -mp

1. craft
2. gift
3. yelp
4. help
5. lamp
6. melt
7. have
8. or
9. like
10. had

Practice sentence: I like my gift.

Reading/Sight Words:

want, to, go, home, my, is, you, are, say, the, come, with, we, me, make, for

Math Homework:

Monday- Counting on the # line. HW 3.5

Tuesday- Adding/Subtracting on the # line, HW 3.6

Wednesday- Telling time to the half hour, HW 3.7

Thursday- Introduce frames and arrows, HW 3.8

Friday- More Frames and arrows, HW 3.9



Pumpkin Patch Pictures

October 10-14, 2010

This week we are studying pumpkins! Our field trip will be Tuesday, October 12th. If you haven't sent your permission slip and money, please do so as soon as possible. If you are planning on attending, we will be leaving the school around 9:00.

REMINDERS:

• Picture retakes will be Thursday, October 14th. Send money that day, if you would like to purchase pictures.

Spelling/Phonics

Ending blends: -ng, -nk, -nd, -nt

1. band
2. blend
3. mint
4. print
5. sunk
6. hang
7. I
8. at
9. be
10. this

Practice sentence:  The band  is grand.

Sight Words:

1. this
2. is
3. they
4. are
5. a
6. plays
7. new
8. do
9. the
10. go
11. for
12. likes
13. to
14. have
15. dog
16. and
17. could

Math:

Monday- Extending patterns, HW 3.1
Tuesday-Field Trip, No HW
Wednesday- Even and Odd #'s, HW 3.2
Thursday- Skip Counting on # Grid, HW 3.3
Friday- Exploration Centers, HW 3.4

October 4-8, 2010

We had a blast at the homecoming parade Friday!!!

Announcements:

• We will be having our TLI math assessment on Thursday, October 7th. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a good breakfast.
• Our Pumpkin Patch field trip will be Tuesday, October 12th. Please return your permission slip and money by Friday, October 8th.

Spelling/Phonics: Ending blends: -sk, -st, -sp

• desk
• fast
• ask
• wasp
• blast
• crisp
• are
• as
• can
• his

Practice sentence: The wasp can go fast.

Sight Words:  (They only need to be able to read these words for the test.)

• was
• he
• could
• the
• then
• a
• put
• to
• and
• now
• has
• is
• his
• I

Math:

• Monday- Addition # stories, HW Lesson 2.11
• Tuesday- Subtraction # stories, HW Lesson 2.12
• Wednesday- Counting nickels and pennies, HW 2.13
• Thursday-TLI test, No HW
• Friday Take Test over Unit 2, No HW

Keep practicing counting and trading nickels and pennies.