Friday, May 23, 2008

Week of May 19th - 23rd

First Grade
Reading and Language Arts
Please continue to study sight words at home.
This week we read Fireflies for Nathan. This is a story about a boy who spends some time with his Grandparents. They catch fireflies in a jar just like his father used to do when he was six years old.
The library has requested that I return all the books so I will no longer be sending home books in the children's purple folders.

Spelling
Words for next week include: deepest, newer, faster, richer, highest, warmest

Math
We continued to review addition and subtraction facts. Please keep working on this at home.


Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week we read the story The School Mural. This is a story about a group of children who work together to paint a mural for their school.
We took a trip to Prairieview and met our pen pals. We also went on a tour of the school.
The library has requested that I return all the books so I will no longer be sending home books in the children's folders.

Spelling
Words for next week include: took, fly, good, riding, high, room, night, find, chased, hoping, hook, mind, using, liked, making, zoo, light, named, sky, moon

Math
We completed our chapter on adding and subtracting three digit numbers. This has been a difficult task for many of the children so keep practicing this over the summer.