January 30- February 3, 2012

Announcements:

• Our Valentine's Day party will be on Friday, February 10th at 2:00. We would love to see you there :)
• Book orders are due by Friday of this week.
• I will be sending Valentine's Party information home this week, so be looking for it.
• We will be studying hibernation this week, as well as, animal adaptations.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. try
2. funny
3. baby
4. sky
5. happy
6. cry
7. don't
8. I'm
9. can't
10. won't

Dictation Sentence: I was happy to see the funny baby.

Reading/Sight Words:
Sight Words: when, who, mother, father, where, there, went, were, from, saw, would, could

Language: Introduce linking verbs

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Introduce Fact Triangles
Wednesday- Fact Power Game
Thursday- Exploration Centers
Friday- Test over lessons 6.4, 6.5, and 6.7

*Please return all math homework on Friday.

100th Day Pictures!!!!

Writing 100 Words!

Making our 100th day trail mix.

We're 100 days smarter!!!

January 23-27, 2012

Announcements:

• We will have group pictures on Thursday, January 26th.
• Our 100th day of school will be on Monday, January 23rd.
• Our Valentine's Day party will be on Friday, February 10th.
• Please encourage your child to try their best to become part of the alpha-pack for 3rd 9 weeks.
• This week we will be doing a unit study on Bears.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. pie
2. lie
3. sight
4. tie
5. right
6. might
7. your
8. were
9. went
10. saw

Dictation Sentence: I like to eat pie at night.

*We will also have an unknown dictation sentence.

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

Sight Words: when, who, mother, father, put, where, there, went, were, from, saw, would, could, your

Math:
Monday- 100th day math activities
Tuesday- Explore sums of 2 dice. Remind your child that a sum is the answer to an addition problem...it has been hard for some to remember :)
Wednesday- Introduce collection boxes
Thursday- Introduce fact families with dominoes
Friday- Take Test over Lessons 6.1-6.3

*Please return all math homework on Friday :)

January 16-20, 2012


Announcements:

• We will be learning about Penguins this week.
• There will be no school on Monday, January 16th. 
• We will be having two dictation sentences on our spelling tests. One will be the practice sentence, and one will be an unknown sentence. 
• Group pictures will be on January 26th.
• Please remember to encourage your child to be a member of the Alpha Pack! 

Spelling/Phonics:

1. meal
2. free
3. three
4. tree
5. clean
6. reach
7. from
8. way
9. with
10. would

Dictation Sentence: The man gave me a free meal.

Reading/Sight Words:

I will be sending book home for your child to read, so make sure to check the reading log.

Sight Words: when, who, mother, father, put, where, there, out, with, from, way, would, could

Language: Review action verbs and nouns. Introduce past and present tense 

Math:

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Introduce "What's my Rule?"

Wednesday- Finding inputs and outputs

Thursday- Unit 5 Test

Friday- Review/Problem Solving

*Please return all math homework on Friday :)

January 9-13, 2012

Announcements:

• There will be no school on Monday, January 16th for MLK day.
• We will have group pictures on January 26th.
• Please return book orders by Friday, January 13th.
• Beginning Friday, we will be having two dictation sentences. One of them will be an unknown sentence for them to write.
• Reading groups will resume on Monday, so be looking for books in your child's folder.
• Report cards go home on Monday, January 9th.

Spelling/Phonics

1. boat
2. goat
3. snow
4. grow
5. cold
6. bold
7. put
8. where
9. there
10. out

Dictation Sentence:  Where did you put my coat?

Reading/Sight Words:
Remember to initial your child's folder each night they read. Also, remember to ask your child questions about they stories they read.

Sight Words:  when, boy, who, very, some, then, mother, father, put, where, there, out

Math:
Monday- Problem Solving Day
Tuesday- Dice Sums
Wednesday- Turn-around facts (5+6, 6+5)
Thursday- Doubles Facts (4+4) and sums of ten (6+4, 7+3, 5+5, 9+1...)
Friday- Math Test

**Please return all math homework on Friday :)

Language: We will be introducing action verbs.

January 5-6, 2012

• We will return to school on Thursday, January 5th.
• We will be reviewing on Thursday and Friday, since it is a short week. We'll return to our regular schedule next week.
• There will be no school on Monday, January 16th.
• I will be Dibels testing when we return, so I will start reading groups on Wednesday of the following week.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!