I can't believe that it's April! Time flies when you're having fun.
This week we will be finishing up weather and moving onto a study of insects. We will continue learning about fractions in math. Our long vowel team this week is igh and i-e.
As spring fever hits make sure your child reads each night. The material continues to get harder and it's important to keep moving forward.
Our spelling words for this week are: lie, pie, tie, light, night, right, been, found, cat's, dog's. Bonus Words are: insect, butterfly, grasshopper.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
The Week of March 25
This is a short but busy week. We will continue our unit on weather. We'll learn about the water cycle and what makes a rainbow. In math we will learn about fractions.
As students are reading more and more difficult selections please make sure that they read each night and that they understand what they are reading. Have them retell the story and ask them about the characters, setting, problem and solution.
We are adding ten more words to our word wall. The words for the next two weeks are: around, her, new, old, show, been, first, found, start, together.
Spelling words this week are: grow, growing, float, floating, show, showing, around, old, coat, yellow
Bonus Words are: baseball, Easter Basket, tooth fairy
As students are reading more and more difficult selections please make sure that they read each night and that they understand what they are reading. Have them retell the story and ask them about the characters, setting, problem and solution.
We are adding ten more words to our word wall. The words for the next two weeks are: around, her, new, old, show, been, first, found, start, together.
Spelling words this week are: grow, growing, float, floating, show, showing, around, old, coat, yellow
Bonus Words are: baseball, Easter Basket, tooth fairy
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Week of March 18th
This week we will begin a study of weather. Different types of storms and the water cycle will be discussed.
In math we will continue with combinations of money. It would be helpful to practice at home. Students will learn about fractions and we will continue with addition facts beyond 15.
We are looking forward to reading with our dog friends on Wednesday.
A reminder that our castle projects are due on Tuesday. If you get a chance stop in and see all of the creations!
Our spelling words this week are: say, play, way, may, wait, rain, when, from, don't, I'm
Bonus Words are: hurricane, cloudy, umbrella
In math we will continue with combinations of money. It would be helpful to practice at home. Students will learn about fractions and we will continue with addition facts beyond 15.
We are looking forward to reading with our dog friends on Wednesday.
A reminder that our castle projects are due on Tuesday. If you get a chance stop in and see all of the creations!
Our spelling words this week are: say, play, way, may, wait, rain, when, from, don't, I'm
Bonus Words are: hurricane, cloudy, umbrella
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Week of March 11th
This week we will be starting Unit 5 in our Scott Foresman Series. The students will be taking the unit test. Last week we discovered that long e sounds can be made using silent e and the vowel team ee. This week's phonics focus will be on the vowel team ea.
In math we will learn about symmetry and review time and money.
The class has been enjoying many different fairy tales. Students have been sequencing the stories, writing their own versions, writing opinion pieces and writing about the main characters. We have been comparing and contrasting various tales.
We will also learn about the legend of St. Patrick and leprechauns!
Reminder: Castle projects are due the 19th.
Word Wall Words for the next two weeks are: buy, don't , only, from, or, hear, right, live, think and when. (Watch for a list to come home to study for a test of all the words so far)
Spelling Words are: ask, asked, call, called, clean, cleaned, think, only, teach, neat Bonus Words Are: Patrick, Leprechaun and rainbow
In math we will learn about symmetry and review time and money.
The class has been enjoying many different fairy tales. Students have been sequencing the stories, writing their own versions, writing opinion pieces and writing about the main characters. We have been comparing and contrasting various tales.
We will also learn about the legend of St. Patrick and leprechauns!
Reminder: Castle projects are due the 19th.
Word Wall Words for the next two weeks are: buy, don't , only, from, or, hear, right, live, think and when. (Watch for a list to come home to study for a test of all the words so far)
Spelling Words are: ask, asked, call, called, clean, cleaned, think, only, teach, neat Bonus Words Are: Patrick, Leprechaun and rainbow
Friday, March 1, 2013
The Week of March 4
I can't believe it's March! Spring is just around the corner!!!
This week will start with a Bear Assembly. Our dog friends will be in to visit us on Wednesday. Hopefully everyone got a copy of the castle project letter. If not let me know.
We will continue with fairy tales this week and begin talking about weather. In math we will continue with shapes and polygons. We will be finishling Unit 4 in Scott Foresman. Only 2 more to go!
Our spelling words this week are: we, he, she, deed, meet, green, any, kind, anything, inside.
Bonus Words are: weather, thunder and tornado
This week will start with a Bear Assembly. Our dog friends will be in to visit us on Wednesday. Hopefully everyone got a copy of the castle project letter. If not let me know.
We will continue with fairy tales this week and begin talking about weather. In math we will continue with shapes and polygons. We will be finishling Unit 4 in Scott Foresman. Only 2 more to go!
Our spelling words this week are: we, he, she, deed, meet, green, any, kind, anything, inside.
Bonus Words are: weather, thunder and tornado
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