Just a heads up on this week's vocabulary words. Please talk with your child about these words. They will be tested on these on Friday morning. Thanks!
autumn
creature
harvest
snug
accomplished
conclude
Look for a full blog entry for next week. This week's keyword is "Vocabulary."
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Book Orders Due Tomorrow
Remember that the book orders are due on Tuesday September 20th. You can fill them out and send them to class with a check made out to Scholastic Book Clubs or order online. If you order online we receive $3.00 in an account which I can use to buy books for the classroom.
Field Trip
The District cannot process all of the fingerprinting as fast as they thought they could. To go on the field trip with us on Oct. 7th you need to fill out the District Volunteer form and return it to our school. Fingerprinting before the Field Trip will not be required.
The complete process will follow these steps. After the Principal signs the forms the form will be sent back to the individual and they will need to take it to the District Offices for fingerprinting. Then a list of those who's background checks have been completed will be sent back to the school.
Spelling
This week's spelling words are words with consonant blends. Help your child practice blending the sounds but realizing that they still hear both sounds and that the words are spelled with both letters in the blend.
I am sending home their center time work papers tomorrow. These have Work Completion score on them. Each child was to complete 4 assignments during this time. They may have done more but this is all that was turned in. They need to do the work and file it in their spelling folder. That folder is turned in on Thursday with their Spelling Test and all Center Work Papers.
Vocabulary
This week's words come from the book "Six Dinner Sid." The words are: damp, suspicious, gullible, versatile, nasty, and one other one I can't remember right now. I will put it in when I get to school in the morning.
Math
I hope you are enjoying playing the math games that have been sent home. I will also soon send home some math facts cards. I will send these home one week and they will be tested in class on them the following week. Each week I will send home more sets of math facts which use a specific strategy to help the child solve them. Keep practicing these every night please.
Science
We are studying rocks. The Rock Cycle teaches about the formation of the three main types of rocks: Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks and Igneous Rocks. We also talk about how rocks are broken down into smaller rocks and eventually into sediment through the processes of weathering and erosion. Next week we will explore the many uses of rocks.
Keyword: "Rock On!"
Field Trip
The District cannot process all of the fingerprinting as fast as they thought they could. To go on the field trip with us on Oct. 7th you need to fill out the District Volunteer form and return it to our school. Fingerprinting before the Field Trip will not be required.
The complete process will follow these steps. After the Principal signs the forms the form will be sent back to the individual and they will need to take it to the District Offices for fingerprinting. Then a list of those who's background checks have been completed will be sent back to the school.
Spelling
This week's spelling words are words with consonant blends. Help your child practice blending the sounds but realizing that they still hear both sounds and that the words are spelled with both letters in the blend.
I am sending home their center time work papers tomorrow. These have Work Completion score on them. Each child was to complete 4 assignments during this time. They may have done more but this is all that was turned in. They need to do the work and file it in their spelling folder. That folder is turned in on Thursday with their Spelling Test and all Center Work Papers.
Vocabulary
This week's words come from the book "Six Dinner Sid." The words are: damp, suspicious, gullible, versatile, nasty, and one other one I can't remember right now. I will put it in when I get to school in the morning.
Math
I hope you are enjoying playing the math games that have been sent home. I will also soon send home some math facts cards. I will send these home one week and they will be tested in class on them the following week. Each week I will send home more sets of math facts which use a specific strategy to help the child solve them. Keep practicing these every night please.
Science
We are studying rocks. The Rock Cycle teaches about the formation of the three main types of rocks: Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks and Igneous Rocks. We also talk about how rocks are broken down into smaller rocks and eventually into sediment through the processes of weathering and erosion. Next week we will explore the many uses of rocks.
Keyword: "Rock On!"
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Seeing Some Progress
At the beginning of the school year each teacher has to remember these new students are a year behind the students that she just sent on to 3rd grade. The students take longer to do less and everything has to be taught to them step by step. They are now showing some progress. Most of them are able to copy the weather box and graph the weather on a daily basis. Nearly all of them are able to do the Math Journal starter each morning though it is still taking much longer than I would like it to take. We are just beginning to learn the different spelling practice activities and phonics activities.
Spelling
The first spelling test will be Thursday morning. Thank you ahead of time to the volunteers who will be correcting the spelling tests. We could not do the individualized spelling without their help. Thanks to all parents who are helping their child study each night.
When the spelling test comes home it will have been corrected and the last weeks list and new spelling list will be attached to the test. Each week I will alternate the color of the lists so you don't confuse the new list with the old list.
Language Arts
We are learning the new Language Arts core as we start implementing it. We are integrating Science and Social Studies concepts as the content as we learn language arts concepts. We have learned about our earth; the land and water, names of oceans and the 7 continents. We learned a song and poem about the 7 Continents. We learned about movement of the earth around the sun and that we have seasons because of the tilt of the earth's axis. We have read a book called "For the Love of Autumn" and determined the beginning, middle and end portions of the book. We will explore beginning chapter books together as a class. We'll begin with a Henry and Mudge book called "The Green Time." As we read about seasons and related topics we will continue the study of beginning, middle and ending of stories.
Next we will learn how a book is made and learn more about the role of the author and the illustrator. Your students will get practice being the author for an illustration and the illustrator for a story written by someone else. These are important concepts for your students both as readers and as beginning writers.
Math
We have begun at the beginning with study of number sense, place value and simple computation (fact families). We are also taking time to learn how to use the many math tools we will use throughout this year such as: pattern blocks, number line, 100's chart, linking cubes, base ten blocks, etc..
Vocabulary
We read the book "Mice Make Trouble". The words from the story that we are learning
are: assortment, civilized, orderly, inappropriate, contributed, and concoct. You can use these in sentences at home to help your child remember their meaning.
Science
We are also beginning our study of rocks. The three main types of rocks are Sedimentary, which is formed in layers, Metamorphic, which is formed from other rocks that have been heated and placed under extreme pressure, and Igneous rock which is formed from molten or melted rock. We will look for these three types of rock when we visit the cemetery on our field trip.
Handwriting Many of the students are still struggling with their handwriting. Often they are making backwards letters and numbers. Please continue to help them correct these problems as you work with them at home.
Please remember that each child needs to return their homework folder to school every day along with their tracking sheet and their Reading Response Journal (RRJ). They are given tokens for doing this. They should be reading 15 - 20 minutes every night and writing one well thought out response to their reading each night.
This week's keyword phrase is: "We have seasons because the earth is tilted." Please watch for book orders to come home soon, they are due on the 20th. If you order online we earn $3 for the class.
Thanks for your help and support!
Spelling
The first spelling test will be Thursday morning. Thank you ahead of time to the volunteers who will be correcting the spelling tests. We could not do the individualized spelling without their help. Thanks to all parents who are helping their child study each night.
When the spelling test comes home it will have been corrected and the last weeks list and new spelling list will be attached to the test. Each week I will alternate the color of the lists so you don't confuse the new list with the old list.
Language Arts
We are learning the new Language Arts core as we start implementing it. We are integrating Science and Social Studies concepts as the content as we learn language arts concepts. We have learned about our earth; the land and water, names of oceans and the 7 continents. We learned a song and poem about the 7 Continents. We learned about movement of the earth around the sun and that we have seasons because of the tilt of the earth's axis. We have read a book called "For the Love of Autumn" and determined the beginning, middle and end portions of the book. We will explore beginning chapter books together as a class. We'll begin with a Henry and Mudge book called "The Green Time." As we read about seasons and related topics we will continue the study of beginning, middle and ending of stories.
Next we will learn how a book is made and learn more about the role of the author and the illustrator. Your students will get practice being the author for an illustration and the illustrator for a story written by someone else. These are important concepts for your students both as readers and as beginning writers.
Math
We have begun at the beginning with study of number sense, place value and simple computation (fact families). We are also taking time to learn how to use the many math tools we will use throughout this year such as: pattern blocks, number line, 100's chart, linking cubes, base ten blocks, etc..
Vocabulary
We read the book "Mice Make Trouble". The words from the story that we are learning
are: assortment, civilized, orderly, inappropriate, contributed, and concoct. You can use these in sentences at home to help your child remember their meaning.
Science
We are also beginning our study of rocks. The three main types of rocks are Sedimentary, which is formed in layers, Metamorphic, which is formed from other rocks that have been heated and placed under extreme pressure, and Igneous rock which is formed from molten or melted rock. We will look for these three types of rock when we visit the cemetery on our field trip.
Handwriting Many of the students are still struggling with their handwriting. Often they are making backwards letters and numbers. Please continue to help them correct these problems as you work with them at home.
Please remember that each child needs to return their homework folder to school every day along with their tracking sheet and their Reading Response Journal (RRJ). They are given tokens for doing this. They should be reading 15 - 20 minutes every night and writing one well thought out response to their reading each night.
This week's keyword phrase is: "We have seasons because the earth is tilted." Please watch for book orders to come home soon, they are due on the 20th. If you order online we earn $3 for the class.
Thanks for your help and support!
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