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

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.