August 27-31, 2012
Announcements:
- If you haven't sent your $5.00 for a t-shirt, please do so as soon as possible.
- Our P.E. day is Wednesday, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
- Please be sure to initial your child's behavior calendar each night and check for any reading homework.
Spelling/Phonics: Short Vowel Review
- fed
- red
- bed
- had
- dad
- bug
- rug
- hug
- is
- it
Dictation Sentence: The bug is red.
Reading/Sight Words:
This week we will be beginning our literacy centers. I hope to begin reading groups by the middle of the week, so be looking for books in your child's homework folder. Please initial on the reading log after they read :)
Sight Words: in, is, you, am, at, the, and, a, to, me
I will be giving a test over these words on Friday.
(Please disregard the sight words on the newsletter. We decided there were too many)
Math:
Monday- Finding one more and one less
Tuesday- Counting on the # line and Comparing #'s
Wednesday- Adding/ Subtracting on the # line
Thursday- Find missing #'s on a hundreds chart and investigating equal chance events (dice roll game)
Friday- Weekly Test (Using the # line, simple story problems)
*No math homework this week!
August 20-24, 2012
Announcements:
- I am so excited to have your child in my class this year!
- This week we will be reviewing the alphabet. Please return alphabet homework on Friday :)
- If you haven't sent your $5.00 for a t-shirt, please do so as soon as possible.
- Our P.E. day is Wednesday, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes.
- Please be sure to initial your child's behavior calendar each night.
- If there are any changes in the way your child gets home, please send me a note or call the office.
Spelling/Phonics:
This week we will be reviewing our letter names and sounds. We will also be working on /at/ and /an/ word families. Examples: cat, bat, rat, can, man, tan. We will have a practice spelling test on Friday over these words,but it will not be for a grade.
Math:
Monday- Introduce routines and counting by tens and ones.
Tuesday- Number line and play "Monster Squeeze"
Wednesday- Introduce math tools and play penny dice game
Thursday-Practice writing numbers
Friday- Play # bingo and Solve number stories
*No math homework this week :)
Reading/Sight Words:
This week we will be reviewing concepts about print. (where to start reading, where to go after each line, parts of a book, difference between words and letters). Try to read to your child at least once this week and ask them some of these questions.
Sight Words: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in
