Who is ready for a fun filled week?? We are!!
On Monday, the Wonderland Gift Shoppe opens and Mrs. Noah Thomas stops by for a Library Visit at 1:00. :) On Wednesday, we have an Early Release Day. On Thursday, we have our Child Safety Matters presentation with Mrs. Sweeney (one of our school Guidance Counselors.) It starts at 8:45 so don't be tardy or you'll miss it!! And on to our favorite day of the week... FRIDAY!! We are having Holiday T-shirts or Sweaters (some of the students said they ONLY had sweaters haha) and Mikenzie is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class!
Resources: MON. #1-18 Music (Biernacki) & Music (Broach) #19-39 , TUES #1-18 Art (Phillips) & #19-39 Art (Schmidt), THURS both groups have Media! and FRI #1-18 Art (Schmidt) & #19-39 Art (Phillips).
**DISCLAIMER FOR WONDERLAND GIFT SHOPPE!! We will do our best to send your child to the Wonderland Gift Shoppe the day they bring their money to school. So make sure to check their backpacks for the items. If by chance we aren't able to send them shopping, we will write a note in their Daily Communication Folder. **
MATH
We are continuing Measurement. Most of the students are doing great using our vocabulary~ longer than, shorter than, taller than, etc. The one problem that we're noticing is that the students aren't matching up the items with the same starting point... So continue to practice that with your child.
Here is a fun youtube video that lets you see the common mistakes we notice when measuring objects...
READING
We are continuing discussions on vocabulary and retelling stories with Character names and the events in order from the beginning, to the middle, through the end. The students are quickly figuring out some words have multiple meanings and that they need to know what words mean so that they can better understand the story. This week we will be reading the books The Mitten by Jan Brett and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff. The students will complete a sequencing paper for The Mitten and it will be taken for a grade.
SAXON/ SIGHT WORDS/ SKILLS
Has anyone noticed that Saxon is really making us code?? They are still introducing letters us the alphabet, but they are allowing the students to code parts of given words and practice using their sounds to read them. (WOOHOO!!)
These are the items we are currently coding and the rules you may hear your child recite:
BREVE~ a vowel followed by a consonant gets a breve and the vowel makes the short sound. The breve looks like a smiley face and it's written above the vowel.
BLENDS~ two letters that come together to make 1 sound. We color over the blends with a crayon/ highlighter and then produce the sound.
DOUBLE CONSONANT~ if there are two consonants together that are the same, the second one gets a slash. Then we only make the letter sound one time.
We are testing CVC words this week so make sure to be practicing!! Remember CVC words are words written with a consonant, vowel and another consonant. Examples include map, dog, fat, hug, etc.
WRITING
We are continuing to practice writing sentences and completing all the items from our Writing Rubric. If you didn't get a chance to see the rubric when it went home with your child... do not worry! You can see it on last weeks weekly post. :)
**Make sure your child only writes the sounds that they hear!! We are currently fostering independence. The correct spellings of every word will come with time.
Resources: MON. #1-18 Music (Biernacki) & Music (Broach) #19-39 , TUES #1-18 Art (Phillips) & #19-39 Art (Schmidt), THURS both groups have Media! and FRI #1-18 Art (Schmidt) & #19-39 Art (Phillips).
**DISCLAIMER FOR WONDERLAND GIFT SHOPPE!! We will do our best to send your child to the Wonderland Gift Shoppe the day they bring their money to school. So make sure to check their backpacks for the items. If by chance we aren't able to send them shopping, we will write a note in their Daily Communication Folder. **
MATH
We are continuing Measurement. Most of the students are doing great using our vocabulary~ longer than, shorter than, taller than, etc. The one problem that we're noticing is that the students aren't matching up the items with the same starting point... So continue to practice that with your child.
Here is a fun youtube video that lets you see the common mistakes we notice when measuring objects...
READING
We are continuing discussions on vocabulary and retelling stories with Character names and the events in order from the beginning, to the middle, through the end. The students are quickly figuring out some words have multiple meanings and that they need to know what words mean so that they can better understand the story. This week we will be reading the books The Mitten by Jan Brett and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff. The students will complete a sequencing paper for The Mitten and it will be taken for a grade.
SAXON/ SIGHT WORDS/ SKILLS
Has anyone noticed that Saxon is really making us code?? They are still introducing letters us the alphabet, but they are allowing the students to code parts of given words and practice using their sounds to read them. (WOOHOO!!)
These are the items we are currently coding and the rules you may hear your child recite:
BREVE~ a vowel followed by a consonant gets a breve and the vowel makes the short sound. The breve looks like a smiley face and it's written above the vowel.
BLENDS~ two letters that come together to make 1 sound. We color over the blends with a crayon/ highlighter and then produce the sound.
DOUBLE CONSONANT~ if there are two consonants together that are the same, the second one gets a slash. Then we only make the letter sound one time.
We are testing CVC words this week so make sure to be practicing!! Remember CVC words are words written with a consonant, vowel and another consonant. Examples include map, dog, fat, hug, etc.
WRITING
We are continuing to practice writing sentences and completing all the items from our Writing Rubric. If you didn't get a chance to see the rubric when it went home with your child... do not worry! You can see it on last weeks weekly post. :)
**Make sure your child only writes the sounds that they hear!! We are currently fostering independence. The correct spellings of every word will come with time.
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