Monday, November 25, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
November 17-21
Here goes with what we are learning this week:
Math: We are learning about balancing equations and determining if equations are true. We will also be working on missing addends.
Phonics: This week's phonics focuses are th digraphs.
Social Studies: We will continue with our landforms unit. Benjamin Franklin project is due on Monday. We will be working on a STEM project. We will be reading the Great Turkey Race and discussing obstacle courses. We will be using the coding mice to create an obstacle course.
Language Arts/Daily 5: This week we are finishing up Nonfiction text features. We will be working on different Thanksgiving writing activities: how to cook a turkey and thankful writing. We will work on discussing nouns if time permits and ABC order with some Thanksgiving words. We will also be working on wild turkey writing and close reading passage about turkeys during small group reading time.
Important Dates:
November 21st: Thanksgiving Lunch for 1st and 2nd grade. Progress Reports will go home. (only to students not meeting standards) Our lunch time is 12:25. Hope you can make it to our special lunch.
November 25 - 29: Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
Friday, November 8, 2019
Science Lab- November 6- Light and Shadows
We had so much fun exploring light and making shadow puppets!
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Halloween Fun!
We had fun today working on some Halloween activities! We worked in addition , subtraction, graphing, syllables and the children even wrote about what I should be for Halloween and the reasons why. The kids loved using food for our graphing activity!
Monday, October 28, 2019
October 28- November 1
Happy Halloween and Happy Fall everyone! I wanted to share with you what we are learning and working on in the classroom. Please note that we will not be having a spelling test this week due to Halloween. Please do homework the other days as usual and work on spelling activities as well.
Language Arts- We will be working on learning about informational writing this quarter. I will be introducing this type of writing this week. We will be discussing syllables. We have worked on syllables in Music too! We are working on open ended vowels this week. We are working hard in Daily 5 (small groups). We are working hard on Reading to Self, Listening to Reading, reading groups with me, writing and word work (spelling words and making words with different materials)
Math- We are working on graphs. We are working on creating graphs and interpreting the data and answering questions. (most, least, same, how much more?) We are discussing math strategies as well. (making a 10, doubles, doubles plus 1, number line, counting on, fact families)
Social Studies- We are discussing Ben Franklin. We are discussing character traits this week. We will be comparing his life to our life now and discussing the differences.
Wish List Items for the Classroom:
Language Arts- We will be working on learning about informational writing this quarter. I will be introducing this type of writing this week. We will be discussing syllables. We have worked on syllables in Music too! We are working on open ended vowels this week. We are working hard in Daily 5 (small groups). We are working hard on Reading to Self, Listening to Reading, reading groups with me, writing and word work (spelling words and making words with different materials)
Math- We are working on graphs. We are working on creating graphs and interpreting the data and answering questions. (most, least, same, how much more?) We are discussing math strategies as well. (making a 10, doubles, doubles plus 1, number line, counting on, fact families)
Social Studies- We are discussing Ben Franklin. We are discussing character traits this week. We will be comparing his life to our life now and discussing the differences.
Wish List Items for the Classroom:
- foam hand soap
- snacks for snack bank
- headphones (2-3 pairs for computers in classroom)
- magnetic or small plastic letters for Word Work
Due to Halloween being on Thursday this year, we will not be having a spelling test this week. We are working on the words during Daily 5 and please do at home as well. They are short easier words this week.
| Here are some important upcoming dates to add to your calendar: ( if you have a child in more than one grade level you may choose the date that works best for you to eat lunch. Just let the office know when you check in if its not our day-we will be eating lunch in our classroom on other grade level days)
November 2nd: Garden Work Day 8:00 - 12:00 November 5th: NO SCHOOL for the kiddos November 11th: Progress Reports go home November 21st: Thanksgiving Lunch for 1st and 2nd grade November 25 - 29: Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL | |||||||||
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Boovie Night- Friday October 25th
Parents we need your help! Please consider signing up to volunteer during Boovie Night Friday October 25th to help us make this event a success. Middle school and high school students in need of service hours are welcome to sign up too! Thank you for your support!
Thanks for your time! It is greatly appreciated!
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