APPLESAUCE FUN!!!

October 3-7, 2011

Announcements:

• I will be out on Thursday and Friday. Things might be a little different on those days. Make sure to call the office on those days, if your child will be getting home a different way.
• Dates to remember:
• October 13- Fall Pictures
• October 18, 20- Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:05-6:15
• October 21- No School :)
• Book orders are due Tuesday, October 4th.
• Our PTO meeting is on Tuesday, October 4th @ 6:30 in the Primary Cafeteria.

Spelling/Phonics: -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.

*Our test will be on Monday.

Reading/Sight Words:
Make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework.

Sight Words:  make, what, how, may, had, or, they, was, her, his, all, look, take, not, are

Math:
Monday: Problem solving day
Tuesday: Introduce adding more number models
Wednesday:  Introduce taking away number models
Thursday: Review
Friday: Review

*Return all homework on Friday.

September 26-30, 2011

Announcements:

• We will be doing a unit study on apples this week. We will also be making applesauce on Friday :)
• Dates to remember:
• October 13- Fall picture retakes
• October 18,20- Parent teacher conferences 3:05-6:05
• October 21- No school

Spelling/Phonics:

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.

Reading/Sight Words:
Please make sure to check your child's folder for reading homework. Make sure to remind your child to use their strategies, when they come to a word they don't know.

Sight Words: what, how, said, make, will, all, may, go, he, she, by, look, are, come, not

*I didn't do a sight word test last week because I didn't feel we covered all the words well enough. I am going to reteach some words this week. There will be a test this Friday over these words.

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Using unit labels when solving story problems.
Wednesday- Introduce the analog clock
Thursday- Telling time to the hour
Friday- Test over lessons and problem solving

*Please return all math homework on Friday.

September 19-23, 2011

Announcements:

• This week we will be studying fall during our unit study.
• We will also be making homecoming crafts for the parade.
• The homecoming parade will be on Friday, September 23.
• I will be leaving early on Thursday, so I may not be marking in folders on that day.

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

1. desk
2. fast
3. ask
4. wasp
5. blast
6. crisp
7. are
8. as
9. can
10. his

Practice Sentence: The wasp can go fast.

Reading/Sight Words:
I have finished up Dibels testing, so be looking for reading books in your child's folder.

Sight words to review:  come, this, are, his, her, said, will, what, how, if , she, he

*I will give a test on Friday over these words. They only need to be able to read these words to me.

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Counting up and back on the number grid
Wednesday- Complements of 10
Thursday- Complements of 10 cont.
Friday- Test

*Please return all math homework on Friday.

September 12-16, 2011

Announcements:

• This week I will be doing Dibels testing during reading groups, so there may not be any reading homework.
• Please return all math homework on Friday.
• The homecoming parade will be on Friday, September 23.

Spelling/Phonics: S blends

1. skip
2. spot
3. sniff
4. smell
5. stop
6. swim
7. it
8. my
9. for
10. on

Practice sentence: I stop for a swim.

Reading/Sight Words:
Sight Words: many, or, like, have, had, come, be, this, do, by, but, not, ran, she, he

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Telling and Solving # Stories
Wednesday- Dice and Tally Roll
Thursday-  Math Rotations
Friday-  Unit 1 Math Test

* Please return math homework on Friday.

Having fun on the I-pad

Computer Center

Working on writing during centers

Listening Center

Writing Center

September 6-9, 2011

Announcements:

• No school on Monday, September 5.
• Please make sure to look over your spelling words and sight words each night.

Spelling/Phonics:  R blends

1. crab
2. trip
3. brim
4. drip
5. prop
6. trim
7. into
8. frog
9. is
10. you

Practice sentence: The frog is on the log.

Reading/Sight Words:
I will be sending home books to read in your child's homework folder, so make sure to check each night.

Sight Words: are, as, can, his, her, at, am, you, is, in, many, no, small, here, have, of, do, like

*I will give a test over these words on Friday. They will only have to read these words to me.

Math:
Tuesday- Problem solving day
Wednesday- Practice working in small groups, No HW
Thursday- Introduce exploration centers, No HW
Friday- Problem solving test

*Please return all math homework on Friday. There are four problem solving questions for homework. Feel free to work them at your own pace. Just return them on Friday :)