Oct 24-28

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!  Next Monday we will be celebrating all things pumpkin!  Students are asked to wear orange and be ready for a day of exploration and fun!

First Grade
Math - place value - ones and tens, adding up to 20
Language - writers workshop, writing and sharing our stories,
Spelling - same list as last week, test on Friday

Second Grade
Math - place value to the thousands, adding up to 100
Language - writers workshop, writing and sharing our stories
Spelling - same list as last week, test on Friday

Oct 11-14

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This week I am introducing Writer's Workshop with our class.  Your child will be writing and sharing with the class on a regular basis.  With this format they are able to use the mini-lessons that are given and move at their own pace.  I will be able to give more individualized attention to their writing and work with them to implement the strategies that are taught. 

This week...
First Grade
Math - We are beginning a unit on place value (ones, tens). How these groupings help us solve problems mentally.
Language - continuing with our special sounds, rhyming, syllables
Spelling - ck and ke rule with our words
Bible - new scripture coming home tomorrow

Second Grade
Math - We are beginning a unit on place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands). How these groupings help us solve problems mentally.
Language -  reviewing special sounds, syllables, and sentences vs. phrases.
Bible - new scripture coming home tomorrow

Have a great week!

Oct 3-7

Fall is here! We enjoyed our special afternoon at the park on Friday and look forward to doing it again so we can collect some of the beautiful leaves! 
This Wednesday we will be going to Belliveau Orchard.  We will leave at 11 am and eat lunch over there before our tour.  If you are joining us please remember that adults also pay $3.  You can send it in tomorrow or give it to me that day as they would like us to pay for our group altogether.

This week:

First grade
Math - For the next couple of weeks we will be focusing on adding and subtracting within 20.
Language - We are continuing on with our 2nd set of special sounds.  These will be in our reading/writing and spelling.
Spelling - please continue to have your child practice the words each night.
Bible - our scripture is due this week about have of the students have said it already!

Second Grade
Math - Over the next couple of weeks we will be focusing on place value to the 1,000's.
Language - We will continue to practice our phonics and review the spelling rules. 
Spelling - great job on writing the words each night!
Bible - scripture memory is due this week.  The students really seem to know it this month and are using great expression as they recite it!

Have a great week!