February 21-25, 2011

Announcements:

• Book orders are due by Friday, February 25th.
• We have a dentist coming to visit our classroom on Friday.
• We will being studying George Washington and Abraham Lincoln this week.
• Please talk with your child about bringing toys to school. I don't mind if they bring them for the playground, but they are not allowed inside the classroom. They must stay in their backpacks at all times. Also, remind them not to give their personal items away to other students. We have been having some problems with this lately. Thanks, :)

Spelling/Phonics:

1. pie
2. lie
3. tie
4. sight
5. right
6. might
7. your
8. were
9. went
10. saw

Practice sentence: The pie went to the right.

Reading/Sight Words:
of, are, I, with, to, look, is, a, the, for, have, now, all, was, put, you

Please check your child's folder every night for reading homework.

Math:
Monday- Introduce the centimeter, HW 6.6
Tuesday- Exploration Centers, HW 6.7
Wednesday- Extend the "What's my Rule" routine, HW 6.8
Thursday- Take test over lessons 6.4-6.8
Friday- Counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, HW 6.9

Due to the weather, we will continue the same spelling words and sight words for next week. I hope you enjoy your snow days :)  Please make sure to send your valentine's cards on Monday. Our party will be at 2:00!

100th Day Pictures!!!



Working hard on writing 100 words.



Making our 100 piece trail mix.

February 7-11, 2011

This week we will be doing a unit study on Valentine's day. In language/reading we will be working with linking verbs: is, are, was, were. In math we will be working with fact families, fact triangles, and name collection boxes.

Announcements:

• Our class will be performing at the PTO meeting on Tuesday, February 8th. We need to be at the primary cafeteria at 6:20.
• If you haven't sent your party money, please do so as soon as possible.
• Our Valentine's party will be on Monday, February 14th at 2:00. We would love to see you there!
• We will be making Valentine's bags in class, but if you've made one at home you may send it as well. I've already sent home our class list of names, so please let me know if you need another.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. meal
2. free
3. three
4. degree
5. clean
6. reach
7. from
8. way
9. with
10. would

Practice sentence: The man gave me a free meal.

Math:
Monday- Name collection boxes, HW 6.2
Tuesday- Fact Families, HW 6.3
Wednesday- Take Quiz over 6.1-6.3, No HW
Thursday- Introduce fact triangles, HW 6.4
Friday- Using the fact table for subtraction, HW 6.5

Reading/Sight Words:
put, new, all, one, I, the, a, small, my, want, to, here, of, some, what, or

Linking verbs: is, are, was, were

January 24-28, 2011

Announcements:

• Group pictures will be on Thursday, January 27th.
• Our 100th day of school is Wednesday, February 2nd.

Spelling/Phonics:  ai/ay

1. paid
2. faint
3. drain
4. trail
5. stay
6. play
7. two
8. then
9. them
10. very

Practice Sentence:  I play with the train.

Math:
Monday- Finding differences in # stories, HW 5.7
Tuesday- Making and solving # stories, HW 5.8
Wednesday- Making sums with dice, HW 5.9
Thursday- Turn around facts, 5+7, 7+5, No HW
Friday- Fact Power- easy math facts, No HW
Test over lessons 5.7-5.10

Reading/ Sight words:
make, look, like, are, have, the, to, here, play, were, was, is, I, all, other, what, walk

January 10-14, 2011

Announcements:

• We will be studying penguins and Martin Luther King Jr.  this week.
• The primary school will be sending report cards home on Monday, January 10th.
• January 11th is the end of the 2nd 9 weeks.
• Book orders are due on Friday, January 14th.
• No school on Monday, January 17th.

Spelling/Phonics:

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

Dictation sentence:  I want to do some math.
This sentence will be for a grade on the spelling test.

Sight Words:
something, what, or, some, see, do, say, need, when, that, here, to, have, a

Math:
Monday- Exploration Centers, HW 5.4
Tuesday- Introduce 2-digit addition, HW 5.5
Wednesday- <, >, =, HW 5.6
Thursday- Take quiz over 5.4-5.6
Friday- CGI story problems, No HW

January 3-7, 2011

Announcements:

• No school for students on Monday, January 3rd.
• Please remember to check your child's folder for homework and notes each night.
• We will be doing a unit study on snowmen this week.

Spelling/Phonics:  ch, sh

1. chat
2. such
3. flash
4. shift
5. crush
6. rich
7. do
8. into
9. him
10. boy

Practice sentence: The boy likes to chat.
This sentence will be a grade on the next spelling test. Make sure to practice the correct way to write it.

Reading/Sight Words:
three, back, walk, you, have, the, a, play, of, are, see, that, were, to, out, your, from, once

Math:
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Place Value, HW 5.1
Wednesday- Review place value and frames and arrows, HW 5.2
Thursday- Introduce <, >, =, HW 5.3
Friday- Test over lessons 5.1-5.3

**Christmas Party Pictures**