September 22-26, 2014

Annoucements:

• We will completing our common core unit, "Alphabet Books and the Children who Read Them."
• We will also be doing some apple activities this week in class. If you could send an apple of your child's choice this week, that would be great!
• Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on Friday for P.E.
• Parent/Teacher conferences will be on Monday, September 29th from 12:00-8:00.
• Picture re-takes will be on October 8th.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. scrub
2. strap
3. sprig
4. squint
5. scrap
6. strut
7. split
8. strand
9. the
10. it

On Friday, I will have students use these words in a dictation sentence. I will be checking for correct spelling of the 3 letter s blend and correct sentence formation.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 2.4- Use model to solve taking from and taking apart problems.

Tuesday- Lesson 2.5- Compare pictorial groups to show meaning of subtraction.

Wednesday-Lesson 2.6- Model and compare groups to show meaning of subtraction.

Thursday- Comparing to understand the meaning of subtraction. Play the Different Game.

Friday- Take Mid-Chapter Quiz

*Please return homework on Friday.

Reading/Sight Words:

Be sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework. 

Sight Words:  out, be, as, have, go, we, am, then, little, down (They just need to be able to read these words to me.)

Students performing "Little Red Riding Hood"

( I had to cut the video short because there wasn't enough space for the whole thing...sorry)

September 8-12, 2014

Announcements:

• Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on Friday for P.E.
• Parent/teacher conferences will be on Monday, September 29th from 12:00-8:00. I will be sending home information in a few weeks.
• Please make sure to initial your child's calendar each night and check for reading homework.

Spelling/Phonics:

R-blend Words

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

They will have a short test over these blends on Friday. They need to be able to identify the sound each blend makes. (cr, br, dr, pr, tr, fr)

Reading/Sight Word Phrases:

I will starting our DIBELS assessment this week. I plan to continue reading groups this week, so make sure to check for reading homework each night.

Fluency Phrases: Read at least once each night.

he had to

she said that

to the

you and I

but they said

on a

for his

of that

it was

Math:

Monday-Lesson 1.7- Model and record ways to make different #'s. Example: 3+3=6, 2+4=6, 5+1=6

Tuesday-Lesson 1.7 cont.-Model and record ways to make #'s. We will be working on ways to make 10.

Wednesday- Lesson 1.8- Build fluency for addition within 10

Thursday- Review for Chapter 1 Test

Friday- Take Chapter 1 Test

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Playing "Shake it"...