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.
