Week of February 25th - 29th

The kids worked very hard on their IOWA testing this week. I am very proud of them! We celebrated today with a pizza party.

Spelling words for next week include:

First grade: book, cook, foot, good, look, took, crook, hoof

Second grade: farm, bring, hold, park, thing, boat, smart, sing, snow, yard, thank, blow, load, party, hand, most, cold, think, send, road

Week of February 19th - 22nd

First Grade

Reading
Sight words to study at home include:
well , must, fly, will, went, could, there, any, was, where, four, 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 a story called That Toad is Mine.
Please keep reading the books in the children's purple folders.

Spelling
There will not be a spelling test next week.

Math
We continued our chapter on money this week. Please work with your child at home with counting dimes, nickels and pennies.


Second Grade

Reading
This week we read a story called The Great Ball Game. This is a fable about how the birds and animals play ball to decide who is better. The birds don't allow the bat on their team, but he ends up winning the game for the animals.
We will not have a regular reading story next week due to IOWA testing.
Please continue to have your child read the leveled books that I am sending home with them.

Spelling
There will not be a spelling test next week.

Math
This week we worked on measuring in inches, yards and feet.
Next week we will be estimating and measuring weight using pounds, kilograms.

Week of February 11th - 15th

First Grade

Reading
Sight words to study at home include:
well , must, fly, will, went, could, there, any, was, where, four, 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 a story called the Red-Eyed Tree Frog. This is a factual story about a tree frog and his life in the rain forest.
Please keep reading the books in the children's purple folders.

Spelling
Words for next week include: boat, toad, coat, slow, grow, show, coast, know

Math
We continued our chapter on money this week. Please work with your child at home with counting dimes, nickels and pennies.

Second Grade

Reading
This week we will be read a story called Ant. This is a photographic non-fiction book that examines the physical characteristics, life cycle and natural habitat of various types of ants.
We also discussed singular possessive nouns, main ideas and using “I” and “me” in sentences.
Please continue to have your child read the leveled books that I am sending home with them.

Spelling
Words for next week include: boat, cold, road, blow, gold, old, load, snow, hold, most, toe, do, so, show, goal, rainbow

Math
We completed our chapter on time this week. Next week we will start the next chapter on measurement.

Week of February 4th - 8th

First Grade

Reading and Language Arts:
Sight words to study at home include:
well , must, fly, will, went, could, there, any, was, where, four, 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 has trouble with some animals who get into her house. We will find out how each animal adds to the mess and confusion, and what the girl does to get rid of them.

Spelling:
The children did a great job on their spelling tests this week! Words for next week include: day, may, play, say, stay, way, away, holiday

Math:
We started our chapter on money this week. The children will explore understanding money through the use of concrete materials.


Second Grade

Reading and Language Arts:
This week we focused on learning about African-American History and Chinese New Year.
Next week we will be reading a story called Ant. This is a photographic non-fiction book that examines the physical characteristics, life cycle and natural habitat of various types of ants.
Please continue to have your child read the leveled books that I am sending home with them.

Spelling:
Words for next week include: king, thank, hand, sing, send, think, bring, bang, end, thing, and, long, grand, young

Math:
We continue to work on our chapter on time. This week the children worked on topics such as elapsed time, telling time to the quarter hour and reading and using information in a schedule.

Week of January 25th - February 1st

First Grade

Reading
New words this week include: must, fly, will
Review words include: went, could, there, any, was, where, four, 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 finds a pig in her watermelon patch and she can't get rid of her. We also worked on summarizing and story structure. Please continue to work on sight words at home and read leveled readers.

Spelling
The children did a great job on their spelling tests this week! Words for next week include: eat,feet, he, me, mean, see, maybe, sheep

Math
This week we continued our chapter on number patterns and place value.

Second Grade
Reading
This week we began our new theme this week, Amazing Animals. Our first story is a fantasy called Officer Buckle and Gloria. We will focus on drawing conclusions and monitoring our reading. We will also talk about nouns and pronouns.
I will also be sending home leveled readers with your child. Please read these together at home.

Spelling
The children did very well on their spelling tests this week. We will not be having a spelling test next week due to the short week.

Math
We completed our chapter on double digit subtraction. On Tuesday we started the next chapter on telling time. Please practice this at home.