Week of November 17th - 21st

First Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week in Reading I went into Mrs. Cornfield's, Mrs. Micetich's and Mrs. Sis's classrooms. We worked on a Character Counts project and learned about Respect. The children made a class quilt. Each child made a square to represent themselves. We also made a turkey project for Thanksgiving.

Math
This week we completed our chapter on addition strategies and we moved on to the next chapter on subtraction strategies. We are now working with using a number line to subtract. We will learn other strategies next week.

Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week in Reading we worked on a Reading/Writing workshop. The children wrote a persuasive letter asking their parents for a pet. They worked on writing an opening, middle and closing paragraph. They worked very hard and they were very persuasive.

Math
We continued to work on addition with and without regrouping. We solved problems by using a table and also by using mental math. We will be having our chapter test next week.

Week of November 10th - 15th

First Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week in reading we worked on rhyming, onset fluency, blending and identifying final and medial sounds. On Friday we worked on a writing assignment about Thanksgiving. We also worked on glued sounds such as: am, an, all. Lastly we continue to review our vowel sounds. Many of the children are struggling with this.

Math
This week we worked on adding numbers to 12 while using various addition strategies. We used strategies such as: counting on, touch math, number lines and adding doubles.

Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week in reading we worked on vowel teams: aw, au. We also worked on syllable divison. Lastly we worked on suffixes: -ful, -less, -ment, -ness, -ish, -en, -able. The kids worked very hard this week. They are making great progress.

Math
We continued to practice addition with and without regrouping. We solved problems by using a table and also by estimating. Next week we will have a chapter test.

Week of November 10th - 15th

Week of November 3rd - 7th

First Grade
Reading and Language Arts
This week in Reading we worked on rhyming, onset fluency, blending and identifying final and medial sounds. We also worked on our spelling words and sight words. On Friday we worked on a journal assignment and read a Fall book.
Math
This week we took our Chapter 4 Math test. The children did well on this. We also started Chapter 5 which works with adding numbers to 12 while working with various addition strategies. We used counting on, touch math and working with manipulatives.

Second Grade
Reading and Language Arts
We worked with the suffixes -s, -es, -ed and -ing. I also introduced the suffixes -est and -er, as well as two additional sounds of -ed, /d/ and /t/. We worked on vowels teams including: oa, ow, ou, ue, oe, ow, ou, ue, oo and ew. The children also used their journals this week and on Friday we played Bingo with vowel team words.

Math
This week we continued to practice adding 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping.