Thursday, March 20, 2008

Week of March 17th - 20th

First Grade

Reading and Language Arts
Please continue to study sight words at home.
This week we read a story called, The Forest. This is a non-fiction story about the different plants and animals that we may encounter in the woods. As we read we practiced predicting to guess what else we may find in the forest.
Please keep reading the books in the children's purple folders.

Spelling
Words for next week include: cow, house, down, now, found, out, pouch, crowded

Math
We are still working on addition and subtraction and how they relate to each other. When we get back from spring break we will be focusing on telling time.

Second Grade

Reading and Language Arts
This week we worked on a reading/writing workshop. Our focus was on writing a narrative essay about a personal experience. We talked about the elements of a good story. We also worked on abbreviations and proofreading our work.
Please continue to have your child read the leveled books that I am sending home with them.

Spelling
Words for next week include: I'll, we've, I'm, you're, isn't, didn't, you'll, I've, it's, we'll, can't, it, us

Math
This week we compared and ordered numbers to 1,000 and we did problem solving with 3 digit numbers.