This week we did a lot with different version of The Three Bill Goats Gruff ~ please talk to your child about which one they liked the best.  We are also working on our own versions.  In phonics we worked on Bossy R ~ ar and or. In writing we continued our opinion pieces.  In math we worked on adding two-digit numbers with one digit number. In social studies we started Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea.

Next Week in the Classroom…

 

Phonics:  igh     RED WORDS:  all, call, been & said

Reading:  fiction text, compare and contrast, character traits

Writing: Opinion Writing

Math:  Adding and subtracting 10, 10 more/10 Less, word problems

Social Studies:  Lewis and Clark

 

Upcoming School Wide…

February 8^th ~ Crumbl Spirit Night

February 10^th ~ MOD Pizza and Yogli Mogli Spirit Night

February 11^th ~ Wear Pro Football Attire for Super Bowl

3 Qtr Progress Reports Go Home

February 14^th ~ Valentine’s Day ~ exchange Valentines

February 16^th ~ Spring Picture Day

February 17th ~ Roadrunner Race

February 21 ~ 25th ~ February Break

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

It’s hard to believe that we have been in school over 100 days.  We have all learned so much.  In phonics we worked on Bossy R ~ ir, er, and ur. This week in reading read books about polar bears and brown bears.  We also read individual passages to gain additional information and completed a compare and contrast between the two types of bears.  In writing we continued our opinion pieces.  In math we worked on addends and subtrahends. In social studies we worked on different types of landforms.

Next Week in the Classroom…

Phonics:  Bossy R ar and or, vowel-rr     RED WORDS:  part, before, large, for

Reading:  fiction text, compare and contrast, character traits

Writing: Opinion Writing

Math:  Addition double digit number plus single digit, word problems

Social Studies:  Lewis and Clark

 

Upcoming School Wide…

January 31^st ~ Zaxby’s Spirit Night 5 to 8 pm

February 4th~ Foundation RR Race Kick-Off and start day of the Olympics

End of Qtr 3 4 ½ weeks

February 8^th ~ Crumbl Spirit Night

February 10^th ~ MOD Pizza and Yogli Mogli Spirit Night

February 17th ~ Roadrunner Race

February 21 ~ 25th ~ February Break

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

We have had a wonderful week!  We read different versions of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  We worked on retelling and compare/contrast.  In writing the students wrote about their favorite piece of fruit and their favorite toy.  We are working on giving one reason and supporting it with a detail. In math we worked on greater than, less than and equal to.    In social studies we worked on knowing not only where the continents and oceans but also facts about each one.  For those students who did not do well on the map test I will give them another test on Friday, January 28^th.

Next Week in the Classroom…

Can you believe that it is going to be the 100^th day of school on Monday?  We will be doing activities in the classroom, but you do need to send in anything.

 

Phonics:  Bossy R      RED WORDS:  mother, water, other, number

Reading:  Informational text, compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction

Writing: Opinion Writing

Math:  Missing addend and subtrahends

Social Studies:  Landforms

 

Upcoming School Wide…

Monday, January 24th ~ 100th day of school

Thursday, January 27th ~ 6:00 Virtual PTA Meeting

February 4th~ Foundation RR Race Kick-Off and start day of the Olympics

End of Qtr 3 4 ½ weeks

February 17th ~ Roadrunner Race

February 21 ~ 25th ~ February Break

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Our first full week back.  This week we have read different Jan Brett books.  We have compared them.  We also have worked on characters, setting, problems, solutions, cause and effect.   In phonics we worked on ow and oe.  We started our opinion writing unit.  We started off with just talking about facts and opinions. We talked about introducing your opinion, stating a reason for that opinion and providing a detail to support the reason.   In math we worked on comparison word problems. We will continue to work on this skill.  Another thing introduced in math was 10 more/10 less.   In social studies we introduced Lewis and Clark but took a break to go over continents and oceans.

Next week…

Phonics: ew, ui, ue    RED WORDS: follow, different, another & around

Reading: We will be looking at different versions of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. Skills:  Whose point of view is told in each part of the story? Compare and contrast, What is the lesson/message?

Writing: Opinion Writing

Math: Greater than, less than, equal to

Social Studies: Continents and Oceans (study guide to go home Tuesday ~ test on Friday)

Upcoming School Wide:

Monday, January 17^th ~ MLK Jr. Day ~ No School

Week of January 24^th ~ Clubs start back up in ASP/Virtual Field Trip in Music

Monday, January 24^th ~ 100^th day of school

Thursday, January 27^th ~ 6:00 Virtual PTA Meeting

February 4^th~ Foundation RR Race Kick-Off and start day of the Olympics

End of Qtr 3 4 ½ weeks

February 17^th ~ Roadrunner Race

February 21 ~ 25^th ~ February Break

This week the students we learned about how other countries celebrate Christmas.  We finished up our informational writing. We spent some time doing fun math activities but kept us practicing addition, subtraction, place value and missing addend.

A big shout out goes to Mrs. Mihalik (Connor’s mom) and Mrs. Bonnaig (Blake’s mom) for a wonderful and fun holiday party.  The kids really enjoyed the snowman theme crafts.

I want to send a big thank you to everyone for the class gift card.  It was so thoughtful of you to think about me.  I love it that all the kids signed the card.

Upcoming in the Third Semester…

Reading:  Reads 151 words, reading on a Level G, identifies who is telling the story at various points in the text, understanding central message, compare and contrast adventures and experiences of characters in stories

Writing:  Opinion

Math: Word Problems within 20, compares two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, determines unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating to three whole numbers, using addition and subtraction strategies, add within 100, mentally add 10 more/10 less, subtract multiples of 10

Science: Identifies and compares all basic needs of animals and designs an effective solution to ensure that an animal has all its needs meet.

Social Studies:  Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea, Theodore Roosevelt, continents and major oceans

Upcoming:

December 18^th ~ January 4^th:  Winter Break

January 5^th: Students return to school

 

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe break and I look forward to seeing everyone in the new year~

This week the students worked hard to finish up assessments and we are all looking forward to doing some fun activities next week.  In phonics we worked on “oa” words and we talked about prefixes and suffixes.  We read a lot of different Gingerbread books this week.  I think the class was amazed on how many different books there are. In informational writing we wrote how to pieces.  We worked on how to make smores and how to make Gingerbread cookies.  In social studies wrapped up our unit on Thomas Jefferson.

Next Week…

Phonics:  Review

Reading: Christmas Around the World.  We will be looking at different traditions around the world.

Writing:  Informational

Math: Review: writing numbers to 120, strategies for addition and subtraction, place value, true and false and graphing

HOMEWORK: This week you child will be bringing home 2 game boards (front to back) to practice addition and subtraction.  They need to play at least one game of each.  They will keep the boards at home.  Playing the games will help build fluency.  Also, your child is bringing home a BINGO board.  They need to try to get at least 4 in a row.  If they are unable to get 4 in row, they can just pick at least 4 activities to do.  They just need to return the BINGO board when they are done.

Upcoming:

December 13^th:  Mad About Plaid Day

December 14^th: Holiday PJ Day ~ donate a $1 for CCYA

December 15^th: Ugly Sweater Day

December 16^th: Frozen Wonder Day (wear blue and white) Holiday Party & early release day

December 17^th:  Holiday Head to Toe Day (Headgear and Socks) (early release day)

December 18^th ~ January 4^th:  Winter Break

January 5^th: Students return to school

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend ~ See you Monday

It was great seeing everyone after the break, and I think we all have enjoyed the beautiful weather this week for snack and recess. In phonics we worked on ai and ay words and we talked about homonyms. We learned a lot about Reindeer this week and took what we had learned and wrote about it in our informational writing. In social studies we talked about Thomas Jefferson and will continue to learn more about him next week.

Next Week…
Phonics: oa Red Words: try, could, should & would
Reading: Gingerbread ~ compare and contrast different versions
Writing: How to
Math: Addition and Subtraction, word problems
Social Studies: Thomas Jefferson

Upcoming:
December 13th: Mad About Plaid Day
December 14th: Holiday PJ Day ~ donate a $1 for CCYA
December 15th: Ugly Sweater Day
December 16th: Frozen Wonder Day (wear blue and white) Holiday Party & early release day
December 17th: Holiday Head to Toe Day (Headgear and Socks)
December 18th ~ January 4th: Winter Break
January 5th: Students return to school

Hope you all have a wonderful break ~ See you Monday

We enjoyed learning about turkeys this week.  Students are bringing home their turkey writing.  In phonics we worked on vowel team ea and the kids felt like it was too easy.  In reading we worked on the author’s purpose for writing a book.  In math we continued to work with addition and subtraction to 20, graphing and fact families.  We completed our social studies unit on Benjamin Franklin.

For those who like homework for the week on Friday I will not be posting homework for the week of November 29^th until Friday afternoon, November 26^th.  If you want to work on anything over the break you can read and practice math facts to 10.

Coming up for the week of November 29^th

Phonics:  ai and ay  Red Words: air, want, some & any

Reading: Comparing Nonfiction and fiction with reindeer

Writing:  Informational Writing

Math:  Place Value

Social Studies:  Thomas Jefferson

Upcoming School Wide:

Dec. 9^th  Spirit Night at Paradise and Yogli Mogli

Dec. 10^th   Grinch Day

Dec. 13^th  Mad About Plaid

Dec, 14^th  Holiday PJ Day

Dec. 15^th  Ugly Sweater Day

Dec. 16^th Frozen Wonder  (blue and white)  Early Release Day

Dec. 17^th  Holiday Head to Toe (headgear and socks)   Early Release Day

 

Hope you all have a wonderful week of and I look forward to seeing everyone back on the 29^th.

It was great having a full week in school.   In phonics we worked on the ending -ed.  In reading we worked on the main idea and read books about Thanksgiving.  In writing we continued to work on informational writing.  We are working on understanding the difference between narrative writing and informational writing.  In math we covered graphs, subtraction, word problems and place value.   In social studies we learned about Benjamin Franklin and about some of his inventions.

Next Week in Class:

Phonics: ea (eat, each etc)  Red Words: are we out look

Reading: Author’s Purpose for writing to entertain, perform, persuade

Math:  Mixed Review: Subtraction/Addition, word problems, graphing and a fun activity buying Thanksgiving Dinner

Social Studies: Benjamin Franklin

Upcoming:

Monday, November 15^th ~ Our class will go to the Book Fair and bring home wish list.  Family Book Fair Shopping is from 6:00 ~ 7:00 that night.

Wednesday, November 17^th ~ Progress Reports are sent home

Friday, November 19^th ~ School Wide STEM Day

November 22 ~ 26^th ~ Thanksgiving Break

 

Please make sure to send a snack with your child every day and a water bottle.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend 😊

Happy Thursday!

Well, this was a short week.  In phonics we continued to work on magic e words and open and closed syllables.  In reading this week we incorporated our health standards in a learned about eating health along.  We also continued to work on retelling.  In math we worked on balanced equations and place value.  Balanced equations take a while for some of the students to truly understand that is why I started early.  Don’t worry your child will get it.  Also, for science we worked with sound and made our rock star videos.  Please make sure to check them out on your child’s Seesaw account.

Next Week in class ~

Phonics:  working on -ed and Red Words: my, by, who, could

Reading:  Main Idea

Math: Mix: Graphing, Missing Numbers and Place Value

Social Studies:  Benjamin Franklin

Upcoming:

November 15 ~ 19^th  Book Fair Week   on the 15^th the book fair will be open  6:00 ~ 7:00

Heart Healthy Campaign during P.E.

November 17^th ~ Progress Reports go home

Xdrenaline Spirit Night

November 22 ~ 26^th  Thanksgiving Break

 

Hope you all enjoy your long weekend!  I will see everyone on Monday 😊