January 28-February 1, 2013

Announcements:

• This week will be learning about Jackie Robinson and many other famous African Americans.
• We will also be studying penguins.
• February 15th and 18th are inclement weather days. There will be no school on those days, if we do not have any snow days prior to them.
• The Valentine's party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 2:05. Please feel free to join us for the party.
• The cost for the Valentine's party is $1.00. Please send this as soon as you can.

Spelling/Phonics: ay, ai

1. wait
2. paid
3. mail
4. away
5. train
6. stay
7. paint
8. play
9. rain
10. today

Dictation Sentence: I went to get the mail today.

Reading/sight words:
Beginning this week I will be sending home a reading passage with your child's homework packet. Please do not tell your child the words in the passages. I am trying to encourage them to use their reading strategies to figure out unknown words. The passages are similar to what they will see on the test in April, so I am trying to prepare them. Just return them with the math homework on Friday.

Sight Words:
think, walk, two, going, away, saw, again, never, eight, been, find

Writing: Linking Verbs: is, are, was, were

Math:
Monday- Finding Missing Addends
Tuesday- 100th Day Activities
Wednesday- Solving # Stories
Thursday- Part, part, whole with dominoes
Friday- Weekly Test

*Please return math homework on Friday :)

January 21-25, 2013

Announcements:

• This week we will be studying Abraham Lincoln.
• We will not have school on Monday, January 21st.
• Class picture day is on Thursday, January 24th. Please try to be here on that day.
• February 15th and 18th are inclement weather days.
• Our Valentine party will be on Thursday, February 14th.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. bird
2. dirt
3. first
4. stir
5. girl
6. third
7. skirt
8. chirp
9. shirt
10. sir

Dictation Sentence: The girl was in a skirt.

Reading/Sight Words:
Make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework. Dibels testing is complete, so we are back to our regular reading groups.

Sight Words: sleep, walk, two, girl, before, eat, again, third, who, been, find

Math:
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Introduce fact families
Wednesday- Fact Triangles
Thursday- Domino Fact Families
Friday- Weekly Test

*Please return math homework on Friday :)

January 14-18, 2013

Announcements:

• We will be starting a new unit on American Contributions this week. We will study many famous Americans over the next six weeks.
• Martin Luther King Day is on January 21st. There will be no school on that day.
• Class Picture day is January 24th.
• Please return book order money by Tuesday, January 15th.

Spelling/ Phonics: or sound

1. port
2. store
3. more
4. fort
5. shore
6. horn
7. work
8. thorn
9. corn
10. fork

Dictation Sentence: I need to get more at the store.
There will also be an unknown dictation sentence on the test. The dictation sentences will be a grade of their own. I'm looking for correct spelling, spacing, capitals, and punctuation.

Math:
Monday- Place Value Concepts (ones and tens)
Tuesday- Play Base 10 exchange
Wednesday- I'll be out on this day (review)
Thursday- Making groups of ten
Friday- Weekly Test
*Please return math homework on Friday :)

Reading/Sight Words:
I will be finishing up Dibels testing on Thursday.
Sight Words: sleep, walk, two, or, before, eat, again, play, who, been, may

Writing: Punctuation Review (., !, ?)