I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend!!
Spelling - This week we will be concentrating on three spellings of the long A sound:
a_e as in make
ai as in mail
ay as in may
Though the children have spent an entire week on the
a (consonant) (silent e) spelling, it is difficult for many of them to differentiate between the three different spelling patterns. So, this week we present them all together so the children have to focus on which pattern to use in each word.
Vocabulary - We will be reading the book, "Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse." Our vocabulary words are:
adventure
cautiously
envy
precious
fond
transform
Math - We didn't quite get the geometry unit finished last week so we will complete that first. The children will be learning how to order rectangles from biggest to smallest. They will learn about columns and rows within a rectangle array and finish up our study of symmetry. We will then move on to some problem solving with double digit numbers using strips of 10 stickers and single stickers as a model for our problems.
Reading - I will continue giving the Fountas and Pinnell reading assessments which need to be completed before the Christmas break and as possible meeting with reading groups to firm up some skills with decoding and comprehension.
Over the next few weeks we will be learning some holiday songs, doing some art projects and also using holiday themed activities in our regular learning processes for math, reading and writing. We will also be learning some map skills and hopefully learning about holiday customs in different countries. (Please remember to volunteer to share with us if you can.)
Remember the fabric strips for the holiday project and the Christmas Around the World dolls are due on Friday December 4th. Book orders are due on Monday Nov. 30 or Tuesday Dec. 1st would be fine also.
The keyword for this week is "Holly Jolly".
Have a great week but remember to help your child read and respond every night.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Welcome Back On Track...
Fall or Winter... Hum...let me make up my mind...
I hope you had a fantastic fall off track time. This on track time is a little broken up with 1 and 1/2 weeks of school then Thanksgiving Holiday break, then 3 and 1/2 weeks of school before the Christmas Holiday break and finally 3 weeks of school in January before we go off track again for 3 weeks.
I am sending home several important items:
1- Your Child's School Pictures
2- Notice - If you need retakes on Pictures they on on Tuesday Nov. 17th that is this Tuesday
3- Book Order Catalogs - I am sending November and December catalogs. I would like to place the orders on Monday November 30th. This will ensure that orders arrive before Christmas. (If you want your book order to be a secret I can help facilitate that. Just place your order in an envelope and write "Mrs. Taylor SBO" on the envelope. {This is a signal to me that it is a Scholastic Book Order.} When the order arrives I will call you and let you arrange to pick up the order here at school.
4- Green Paper telling about the 2nd Grade Holiday Project. You will need to buy and cut fabric as per the instructions. It needs to be cut and put in a ziplock with your child's name on it and brought to school by Dec. 4th.
5- Blue Paper telling about guests (you or someone you know) coming to tell us about customs from another country or culture. If you want to participate please fill it out and return it ASAP.
6- Pink and White papers telling about the Doll Project. It is also due on Dec. 4th. Please send the dressed doll and the 1/4 size paper filled out about the doll.
7- The first part of the keyword is "Plymouth."
Math
This week and a half we will be doing a geometry unit. The children will be learning about 2D and 3D shapes. They will learn to describe the shapes with words such as sides, vertex, angles, right angle, faces, edges, polygon, quadralateral, rectangle, square, triangle, hexagon, parrallelogram, trapezoid, and symmetry. They will make a symmetrical turkey tail.
Spelling
The spelling lists were sent home on October 23rd. I really hope that your child practiced them some while off track. They are studying diagraphs which is when two letters form a new and distinct single sound. The diagraphs are ch, sh, th, ph, wh
There is a web site with a game about diagraphs at:
http://primarygames.com/see-n-spell/diagraphs
You may want to check it out and see if it is something you might want your child to use as a practice tool for working with diagraphs.
Vocabulary
We will use our vocabulary book, "Dear Mrs. LaRu," for not only vocabulary but also to study "story setting" and to help launch a writing unit on writing letters.
The vocabulary words are:
melodramatic
misconception
neglected
obedience
despair
persistent
Reading
I have put out my Thanksgiving books and of course the children always have access to all the books in the classroom which are on a level which they can read. I will be doing guided reading with the students but I will also be doing a District mandated reading test on each child between now and Christmas. I am hoping to test one child each day.
Please remember to help your child have access to books that are on the correct reading level. This will actually help them to improve their reading more quickly. They also need to remember to record all minutes read and to write in their Reading Response Journal each night.
Writing
Besides learning about the correct form for writing letters we will also be doing some writing about Thanksgiving. Each day the students will write a sentence about something they are thankful for in their Gratitude Journal.
Besides all these academic pursuits the children also participate in PE, Music, Computers, Library, Social Studies (Goods and Services is the topic this week.), and Art projects. We have several fun activities and projects for the children to participate in or make during the next week and a half.
The second part of the keyword is "Rock."
Remember the Spelling Test will be on Thursday morning and the Vocabulary Test will be on Friday morning.
I hope you had a fantastic fall off track time. This on track time is a little broken up with 1 and 1/2 weeks of school then Thanksgiving Holiday break, then 3 and 1/2 weeks of school before the Christmas Holiday break and finally 3 weeks of school in January before we go off track again for 3 weeks.
I am sending home several important items:
1- Your Child's School Pictures
2- Notice - If you need retakes on Pictures they on on Tuesday Nov. 17th that is this Tuesday
3- Book Order Catalogs - I am sending November and December catalogs. I would like to place the orders on Monday November 30th. This will ensure that orders arrive before Christmas. (If you want your book order to be a secret I can help facilitate that. Just place your order in an envelope and write "Mrs. Taylor SBO" on the envelope. {This is a signal to me that it is a Scholastic Book Order.} When the order arrives I will call you and let you arrange to pick up the order here at school.
4- Green Paper telling about the 2nd Grade Holiday Project. You will need to buy and cut fabric as per the instructions. It needs to be cut and put in a ziplock with your child's name on it and brought to school by Dec. 4th.
5- Blue Paper telling about guests (you or someone you know) coming to tell us about customs from another country or culture. If you want to participate please fill it out and return it ASAP.
6- Pink and White papers telling about the Doll Project. It is also due on Dec. 4th. Please send the dressed doll and the 1/4 size paper filled out about the doll.
7- The first part of the keyword is "Plymouth."
Math
This week and a half we will be doing a geometry unit. The children will be learning about 2D and 3D shapes. They will learn to describe the shapes with words such as sides, vertex, angles, right angle, faces, edges, polygon, quadralateral, rectangle, square, triangle, hexagon, parrallelogram, trapezoid, and symmetry. They will make a symmetrical turkey tail.
Spelling
The spelling lists were sent home on October 23rd. I really hope that your child practiced them some while off track. They are studying diagraphs which is when two letters form a new and distinct single sound. The diagraphs are ch, sh, th, ph, wh
There is a web site with a game about diagraphs at:
http://primarygames.com/see-n-spell/diagraphs
You may want to check it out and see if it is something you might want your child to use as a practice tool for working with diagraphs.
Vocabulary
We will use our vocabulary book, "Dear Mrs. LaRu," for not only vocabulary but also to study "story setting" and to help launch a writing unit on writing letters.
The vocabulary words are:
melodramatic
misconception
neglected
obedience
despair
persistent
Reading
I have put out my Thanksgiving books and of course the children always have access to all the books in the classroom which are on a level which they can read. I will be doing guided reading with the students but I will also be doing a District mandated reading test on each child between now and Christmas. I am hoping to test one child each day.
Please remember to help your child have access to books that are on the correct reading level. This will actually help them to improve their reading more quickly. They also need to remember to record all minutes read and to write in their Reading Response Journal each night.
Writing
Besides learning about the correct form for writing letters we will also be doing some writing about Thanksgiving. Each day the students will write a sentence about something they are thankful for in their Gratitude Journal.
Besides all these academic pursuits the children also participate in PE, Music, Computers, Library, Social Studies (Goods and Services is the topic this week.), and Art projects. We have several fun activities and projects for the children to participate in or make during the next week and a half.
The second part of the keyword is "Rock."
Remember the Spelling Test will be on Thursday morning and the Vocabulary Test will be on Friday morning.
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