Friday, February 15, 2008

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.