Announcements:

• The week we will be starting our new Common Core Unit: The Amazing Animal World.
• We will also be doing out apple study this week. Please send your child's favorite kind of apple by Wednesday of this week.
• Book orders are due by Friday, October 4th.
• Parent-teacher conference will be on October 22nd and 24th.

Spelling/Phonics:

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

Dictation Sentence: The apples are crisp.

Math: 

Monday- Introduce Chapter 3: Addition Strategies

Tuesday- Lesson 3.1- Review the Commutative Property of Addition (5+3, 3+5)

Wednesday- Lesson 3.2- Using Counting on 1, 2, and 3 as a strategy

Thursday- Lesson 3.3- Using doubles as a strategy

Friday- Continue Doubles Facts (Addition Fact Quiz)

**Please return homework on Friday.

Reading:

Sight Word Phrases

look at him

as little

at all

I have a

there is

down there

then we have

look up

look at her

we go out

I am

*Please read these once each night. :)

Homecoming Parade Pics!!!

September 9-13, 2013

Announcements:

• Please make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework.
• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday, so make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
• Spelling city is a great website for spelling practice. You can enter the words for the week. There are several activities for your child. This may be a fun alternative to writing their words.

Spelling/Phonics: R blends: cr,tr, br, dr, fr, pr

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

Dictation Sentence: The frog is on the log.

Reading:

Sight Words Phrases              Please have your child 

he had to                                 read these each night :)

she said that

to the

you and I

but they said

on a

for his

of that

it was

Math:

Monday- Review for Chapter 1 test (Addition concepts)

Tuesday- Take Chapter 1 test

Wednesday- Lesson 2.1- Using pictures to show "taking away"

Thursday- Lesson 2.2- Using concrete objects to show "taking away"

Friday- Lesson 2.3- Using concrete objects to show "taking away"