First Grade
Reading and Language Arts:
New words this week include: she, again, yellow, where
Review words include: 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 a story about a hermit crab that examines a variety of seashells before finding just the right one to call home. We also read many non-fiction books about hermit crabs. This week we also worked with digraphs. We worked with “sh, th, wh, and ch” blends.
Spelling: The boys worked really hard on their spelling words this week. Words for next week include: make, came, take, name, gave, game, place, skate
Math:
This week we continued our chapter on fair share, fractions and equal parts. We will begin our next chapter on complex patterns and numbers to 100 next week.
Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts:
This week in reading we read a story called The Big Bushy Mustache. In order to look more like his father, Ricky borrows part of a costume from school. After he loses it on his way home, Ricky learns a lesson about responsibility.
Vocabulary words included: bushy, disguise, mirror, mustache, handsome, costume
Spelling: Everyone did really well on their tests this week. Words for next week include: clean, keep, please, feel, we, be, eat, tree, mean, read, the, people, he, see
Math:
This week we worked on subtracting two-digit numbers with and without regrouping. This is very challenging for many of the students.
