Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Week of January 14th - 18th

First Grade

Reading and Language Arts:
New words this week include: any, was, where, four
Review words include: she, again, yellow, where, so, out, soon, under, want, red, ride, white, find, here, jump, look, new, eat, please, up, big, this, two, red, play, help, can, blue, came, is, did, make, for,to, me, in, no, yes, am, it, one, have, are, we, and, on, not, I, see, like, on, go, my, the, cat, at.
This week we read about a girl who looks at lots of maps to find out just where in the world she lives. In our reading, we will learn to generalize about what maps show us and why they are useful.

Spelling: Words for next week include: five, nine, kite, ride, like, time, prize, smile

Math: This week we started on new chapter on complex patterns and numbers to 100.


Second Grade

Reading and Language Arts:
We read a story called Jamaica Louise James. It is a story about a girl who has an idea that brightens her grandmother's birthday as well as a city subway station.
We also looked at spelling changes that nouns make when they are plural.

Spelling: Words for next week include: which, teach, wash, tray, frown, we, eat, when, teeth, sharp, sail, found, be, tree, chase, than, play, train, mouse, please

Math: We continue to work on double digit subtraction. We will also learn how to check subtraction with addition.