November 3-7, 2014

Announcements:

• Our Thanksgiving holiday will be November 26-28.
• I will be sending home a few Thanksgiving songs to practice at home. We will be performing these on stage in the cafeteria either November 24th or 25th. I'm not exactly sure of the time and date yet, but I will let you know when I do. 
• Our class will be performing at the PTO meeting on November 18. Please try to attend. Your child will get to sing on stage!

Phonics/Spelling:

1. thin
2. thank
3. math
4. path
5. whale
6. when
7. old
8. some
9. her
10. has

Math:

Monday-Review for Chapter 3 test

Tuesday- Take Chapter 3 Test

Wednesday- Introduce Subtraction Strategies-Chapter 4

Thursday- Lesson 4.1- Use count back 1,2,3 as a strategy.

Friday- Lesson 4.2-Recall addition facts to help you subtract #'s within 20.

Please return homework on Friday :)

Reading/Sight Words:

very, an, over, out, its, ride, into, just, blue, red

*Please read at least once each night. 

I will be giving a unit 2 sight word test at the end of this week. 

Red Ribbon Week Pictures and Halloween!!!

Boo!

Mrs. Ramsey came to read a Halloween story to our class on Friday!

Making our Halloween Witches' brew!

Red Ribbon Week:

Don't let drugs steal your dreams!

50th day of School!

October 27-31, 2014     Red Ribbon Week!

Announcements:

• The 50th day of school will be October 28th. We will dress in 50's attire on this day to celebrate!
• Please check your Red Ribbon Week note for daily themes. 
• Please remember to try to do math homework on the day of or after I have taught the lesson. This will really help when doing math homework. 
• If you would like to send Halloween treats or candy on Friday that is fine with me. We won't be having a party, but I do have some fun things planned. Also, the students are NOT allowed to wear costumes on Friday.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. ship
2. rich
3. flash
4. much
5. chip
6. shop
7. she
8. chat
9. such
10. crash

Reading/Sight Words:

big, went, are, come, if, now, long, no, came, ask

Math:

Monday- Lesson 3.10- Use associative property to add 3 #'s.

Tuesday- Lesson 3.11- Apply associative and commutative property to add 3 #'s.

Wednesday- Lesson 3.12- Solving adding situations using pictures.

Thursday- Bat Graphing

Friday- Halloween Addition Game

*Please return math homework on Friday. :)

Zoo Field Trip!!!

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"...

September 2-5, 2014

Announcements:

• I had hoped to get some pictures uploaded, but I just ran out of time. I promise next week I'll have some up.
• Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on Friday for P.E.
• If you haven't sent your t-shirt money, I would like to have them all in by the end of the week.
• Please make sure to initial and check your child's folder each night.
• Fall pictures will be on Thursday, September 4th.
• Book orders are due on Friday, September 5th.
• There will be no school on Monday, September 1st.

Math:

Tuesday- Lesson 1.5- Use and understand the additive identity property. (5+0=5, 0+2=2)

Wednesday- Lesson 1.6- Explore the commutative property (5+6=11 is the same as 6+5=11)

Thursday- Using ten frames and dot cards to recognize numbers.

Friday- Introduce rekenreks/ Play Shake it

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Spelling/Phonics: l blends

1. slam
2. blot
3. flag
4. flap
5. plug
6. sled
7. clip
8. clap
9. plot
10. slid

For our test, I will say a sentence using a few of these L-blend words. They will write the sentence I say. I will be checking for correct spelling of the l-blend words and correct sentence formation.

Reading/Sight Words:

We will be beginning our reading groups this week. Be sure to check you child's folder for reading homework each night. I will place a book in their folder for them to read. They won't have a book to read every night.

Sight Words:  was, said, his, that, she, for, on, they, but, had

*They only need to be able to read these words to me.

August 25-29, 2014

Announcements/Reminders:

• Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on Friday for P.E.
• If you haven't sent your t-shirt money, please do so as soon as possible.
• We will be continuing our first common core unit, Alphabet Books and the Children Who Read Them."
• Please make sure to initial your child's behavior calendar each night and return the folder the next day.
• Primary Fall Picture will be on Thursday, September 4th.

Spelling/Phonics:

We will not be having a spelling list for this week. We will be reviewing short vowels (example: cat, dog, hop, rip, etc.)

On Friday, we will have a spelling test over short vowel words. It's not for a grade, so don't let your babies get stressed.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 1.1- Use pictures to add to.

Tuesday- Lesson 1.2-Use concrete objects for "adding to."

Wednesday- Lesson 1.3- Use concrete objects to put together.

Thursday- Lesson 1.4- Using adding to and putting together.

Friday- Addition math game

*Please return math homework on Friday. :)

Reading:

This week I will continue doing some individual testing. I hope to practice Daily 5 centers on Thursday and Friday. My goal is to have centers up and running the following week. A few people have asked about the reading log. When we start reading groups, I will be assigning reading homework. I don't mind if you write down your own stories also, but I would like them to be stories that your child can read to you.

January 21-24, 2014

Announcements:

• There will be no school on Monday, January 20th.
• Group pictures will be on Thursday, January 23rd.
• Please remember to have your child wear tennis shoes on Wednesday for P.E.
• Due to inclement weather, we will be having school on February 14th and 17th.
• The Valentine's party will be on Thursday, February 13th. 

Spelling/Phonics:

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

Dictation Sentence: The girl is third in line.

Math:

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Lesson 6.9- Read and write numbers from 100-110. (101, 102, 103...)

Wednesday- Lesson 6.10- read and write numbers from 110-120 (110, 111, 112...)

Thursday- Review for Chapter 6 Test

Friday- Chapter 6 Test

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Social Studies/Common Core

We will be studying some famous African Americans.

*Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jordan, and Jackie Robinson