Friday, February 22, 2008

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.