Thursday, May 1, 2008

Week of April 28th - May 2nd

First Grade
Reading and Language Arts
Please continue to study sight words at home.
This week we read a story called The New Friend. This is story about a little boy from Japan who makes friends with the children in his new neighborhood.
Please keep reading the books in the children's purple folders.

Spelling
Words for next week include: coin, oil, boy, soil, toy, point, moist, destroy

Math
We explored weight this week in Math. We also worked on capacity and temperature.

Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts
We had a theme review this week and read two stories, A Curve in the River and Slippery Siblings. We made connections with other theme literature we read. We wrote letters to characters in the stories and messages in a bottle.
Please continue to read the books that I have been sending home with the children.

Spelling
Words for next week include: better, isn't, happy, clapped, sister, I'll, lady, stopped, sitting, brother, I'm, baby, mother, puppy

Math
The children did very well on their chapter test. We started our new chapter on adding and subtraction three digit numbers. Keep practicing your facts at home.