December 9-20, 2013

Announcments:

• We will be continuing our Common Core Unit, Life Lessons. We will be focusing on how stories can teach us life lessons. This week the focus is on cooperation.
• Next week there will be no newsletter because we will have learning camp. The students will go to different classrooms in our pod to do activities.
• Our Christmas party is on Thursday, December 19th at 2:00.
• Christmas break is December 23-January 3.
• There will be no school for students on Monday, January 6th.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. mine
2. time
3. bite
4. five
5. drive
6. like
7. life
8. ride
9. hide
10. live

Dictation Sentence: I will drive this time.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 6.2-Count by tens from any number.

Tuesday- Lesson 6.2 continued

Wednesday- Lesson 6.3- Use models and write to show equivalent forms of tens and ones.

Thursday- Lesson 6.4- Use objects, pictures, and numbers to represent 10.

Friday- Base-10 Quiz

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Reading/Sight Words:

Sight Words Phrases:

I take every

a good jump

the four green

they don't want

right around

a pretty rabbit

I know how

where can I

the duck got

it is about

don't put any

take from

 too little

*Please read once each night. 

November 11-15, 2013

Announcements:

• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
• Thanksgiving break will be November 27-29. 
• Our class will be performing in the First grade Thanksgiving program either Monday or Tuesday, November 25, 26. I'll let you know as soon as I get the date and time.
• Please make sure to check your child's folder each night.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. go
2. so
3. no
4. also
5. me
6. be
7. he
8. we
9. she
10. maybe

Dictation Sentence: He will go to the zoo with me.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 5.1- Solving addition and subtraction problems with a model.

Tuesday- Lesson 5.2- Record related facts within 20

Wednesday- Lesson 5.3- Fact Families

Thursday- Lesson 5.4- Apply the inverse of addition and subtraction.

Friday- Take Mid Chapter 5 Test

*Please return homework on Friday.

Reading/Sight Words:

a big ride

went into

if I ask

come over with

they went

I am very

there are blue

a long book

its name

they came

just now

Hat Day!

October 21-25, 2013

Announcements:

• We will be continuing our Common Core Unit, The Amazing Animal World. Our focus is on reading to learn.
• P.E. is Wednesday. Don't forget to wear tennis shoes!
• Parent-teacher conferences are this week. October 22nd and 24th from 3:30-6:30. I look forward to seeing all of you!
• Report cards will go home on Monday, October 21st.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. deck
2. sock
3. neck
4. stick
5. black
6. trick
7. up
8. came
9. good
10. see

Dictation Sentence: I see a black sock.

Reading/Sight Words:

Sight Word Phrases

look at me

can you

a little one

you will see

what is that

my cat

 I will get

 yes, I do

when did he

like this

get them

so you will see

I could

we were

would not

*Please read once each night.

Math:

Monday- Lesson 3.10-Adding 3 #'s

Tuesday- Lesson 3.11- Adding 3 #'s

Wednesday-Lesson 3.12- Solving addition stories using pictures

Thursday- Review for Chapter 3 Test

Friday- Chapter 3 Test

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Announcements:

• This week we will be continuing our Common Core Unit, The Amazing Animal World.  We will have a focus on reading to learn. We be also be studying spiders this week. 
• Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on October 22nd and 24th from 3:30-6:30.
• Report cards go home on Monday, October 21st.
• Our P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. band
2. blend
3. mint
4. print
5. sunk
6. hang
7. I
8. at
9. be
10. this

Dictation Sentence: The band is at the game.

Math:

Monday- Introduce Doubles Plus One Strategy

Tuesday- Lesson 3.4- Using doubles to create easier sums.

Wednesday- Lesson 3.5- Doubles plus one and Minus one.

Thursday- Lesson 3.6- Use strategies to solve addition facts.

Friday- Mid Chapter Quiz

*Please return math homework on Friday.

Reading:

Sight Words: do, can, could, when, did, what, so, see, not, were

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"

Announcements:

• P.E. day is on Wednesday. Please make sure your child wears tennis shoes on that day.
• Please send your t-shirt money as soon as possible. I still have a few students without money.
• Picture day will be on Thursday, September 5th.
• No school on Monday, September 2nd.
• Please remember to initial your child's folder each night.

Reading:

This week I will be starting with reading groups, so make sure to check your child's folder each night for reading homework. I write the book on their reading log, so you know when they have a book for homework. They may not have reading homework every night.

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

*They just need to be able to read these words to me on Friday.

Spelling/Phonics:

1. blot
2. plan
3. clap
4. flap
5. slip
6. glad
7. the
8. and
9. a
10. to

Dictation sentence: The cat has a plan. (The dictation sentence will count as a bonus.) The test will be on Friday.

Math:

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Lesson 1.7- Making numbers different ways (5+1=6 is the same as 4+2=6)

Wednesday- Lesson 1.7 (cont.) Making numbers different ways

Thursday- Lesson 1.8- Build fluency for addition within 10

Friday- Math Quiz

*Please return math homework on Friday.