Happy December! The kids are really excited as they look forward to the new month. They wrote about why they like December today so make sure and take a look at their writing and what they had to say. Remember that December is a short month. Our first day of vacation is December 21st and we return on January 14th.
Language Arts: Our strategy focus is summarizing a story and our comprehension strategy is making generalizations. Practicing these strategies while enjoying your books at home is a great idea! We will be reading Me on a Map which has to do with a little girl showing us where she lives by looking at a maps. This is a good time to take out those old maps you have and talk about where you live: USA, California, Aptos.
Our new word wall words are....could, over, so, he, girl
Social Studies: We are learning about the many different holidays that are celebrated around the world during the winter and the many different symbols that represent those holidays. We have started with Christmas and will continue with other holidays next week. Stop by the class and see how we have decorated! It looks fabulous.
Science: We are continuing to learn about the 5 different food groups and focusing on a different one each week. We learned about picking the right snacks last week and will talk about making a good choice at breakfast in the week to come.
Homework Log: A new homework log will be coming home on Monday so please notice that a column for math has been added. Now, in addition to your child reading to you, please
find a way to practice math with your child whether it be on any
electronic device, orally giving math problems, playing card or dice
games that use adding or worksheets.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
In your child's folder on Tuesday, you will find a special at home project based on the story they heard, Knots on a Counting Rope. Help your child remember to bring back the rope on Monday when we return.
Report cards are going home on Tuesday so please keep the report card, sign the envelope and help your child remember to bring it back to school on Monday.
In Language Arts we will be continue focusing on clarifying our stories. The Houghton Mifflin stories we will read help us learn how to do this. We will read a darling story about a dog who gets lost and makes a big mess! I am sure the kids will be able to relate!
No new word wall words. Please take this time to review those previously taught.
No new phonograms so please take the time to review these and find them in the words that you read.
We will be continue focusing on writing with much detail as we write about the many things that we are thankful for. Children who speak with many details are those who have an easier time writing with many details so help your child in the area whenever you can. We practice it all the time here in the classroom.
Did you hear about our garden? Yes! It is sad but true! The deer came and had quite a feast leaving us with only one strawberry! Thanks to Mrs. Spencer for replanting the garden right away.
In Social Studies we will be looking at times long ago. We will enjoy guessing who are the kids in the baby pictures this coming week so if you haven't sent in your child's baby picture with three clues yet, you still have time.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Looking forward to our coming week! Remember there is no school on Monday so it will be a short one.
In Language Arts we will be focused on clarifying our stories. The Houghton Mifflin stories we will read help us learn how to do this. We will read a darling story about a dog who gets lost and makes a big mess! I am sure the kids will be able to relate!
Our word wall words are: down, their, would, than, or
Our phongrams will be: oa, oe, igh, ir, ur, wor, ear.
We will be focusing on writing with much detail as we write about the many things that we are thankful for. Children who speak with many details are those who have an easier time writing with many details so help your child in the area whenever you can. We practice it all the time here in the classroom.
Our garden is looking amazing and we will be harvesting and then eating some of the vegetables this coming week. Stop by before hand to have a look. We are quite proud of our garden!
In Social Studies we will be looking at times long ago. We will enjoy guessing who are the kids in the baby pictures this coming week so if you haven't sent in your child's baby picture with three clues yet, you still have time.
In Language Arts we will be focused on clarifying our stories. The Houghton Mifflin stories we will read help us learn how to do this. We will read a darling story about a dog who gets lost and makes a big mess! I am sure the kids will be able to relate!
Our word wall words are: down, their, would, than, or
Our phongrams will be: oa, oe, igh, ir, ur, wor, ear.
We will be focusing on writing with much detail as we write about the many things that we are thankful for. Children who speak with many details are those who have an easier time writing with many details so help your child in the area whenever you can. We practice it all the time here in the classroom.
Our garden is looking amazing and we will be harvesting and then eating some of the vegetables this coming week. Stop by before hand to have a look. We are quite proud of our garden!
In Social Studies we will be looking at times long ago. We will enjoy guessing who are the kids in the baby pictures this coming week so if you haven't sent in your child's baby picture with three clues yet, you still have time.
Friday, November 2, 2012
What a fun week with celebrating Halloween right in the middle! We made a class book about Halloween 2012 so look for it to travel to your home soon. Thanks to all of you who made our Halloween so special. Our party was a blast.
Math: We will work in Chapter 9 this week and also talk about fact families for the rest of the month.
Continue with your daily at home flash card work as it is really helping the kids know their facts faster!
Language Arts: We will enjoy two great stories this week with the strategy focus being evaluation and comparing and contrasting. We will also learn how to write in a different language! We will focus on the short e sound this week so you could also do that in your nightly reading.
Our word wall words for this week are: know, them, about, each, then
Our phonograms for this week are: oo, ng, or, oa, oe. It is fun to watch the kids find phonograms in the words they read and see how much it helps them with their spelling.
Science: We will continue our study of plants and seeds.
Social Studies: We will start our unit on times now and long ago. Thank you for sending in your child's baby picture to participate in the Everybody Changes activity. It is a fun to see how every has changed and it also helps us remember how important details are in our writing!
Math: We will work in Chapter 9 this week and also talk about fact families for the rest of the month.
Continue with your daily at home flash card work as it is really helping the kids know their facts faster!
Language Arts: We will enjoy two great stories this week with the strategy focus being evaluation and comparing and contrasting. We will also learn how to write in a different language! We will focus on the short e sound this week so you could also do that in your nightly reading.
Our word wall words for this week are: know, them, about, each, then
Our phonograms for this week are: oo, ng, or, oa, oe. It is fun to watch the kids find phonograms in the words they read and see how much it helps them with their spelling.
Science: We will continue our study of plants and seeds.
Social Studies: We will start our unit on times now and long ago. Thank you for sending in your child's baby picture to participate in the Everybody Changes activity. It is a fun to see how every has changed and it also helps us remember how important details are in our writing!
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