Friday, March 26, 2010

Week of March 22nd - 26th

2nd Grade Math:
Today we took the Chapter 16 test on Patterning. My students did very well with this concept. When we get back from Spring Break we will begin our next chapter on Measurement.

1st Grade Reading:
We completed Unit 10 in our Wilson Fundations program this week. We continued to work on spelling and blending words with five sounds. Trick words for this unit included: many, before, called, how, your, down, should, because, each

2nd Grade Spelling:
Words for next week include: puppy, baby, lucky, happy, very, lady, funny, silly, many, only, cookie, furry

Friday, March 19, 2010

Week of March 15th - 19th

2nd Grade Math
This week in Math we completed our chapter on plane figures. We had our test this past Wednesday. We started our next chapter on patterns on Thursday.

1st Grade Reading
We continue to work on Unit 10 of the Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we are working on blending words with 5 sounds. The children have been doing great with this! I am very impressed with their progress!
Trick words for this unit include: many, before, called, how, your, down, should, because, each

2nd Grade Spelling
Word 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, they're

Monday, March 15, 2010

Week of March 8th - 11th

2nd Grade Math
This week we took our chapter test on 3-dimensional figures. We also started on our next chapter. We will continue to focus on shapes. Concepts covered will include: lines of symmetry, congruent shapes and sliding, flipping and turning shapes.

1st Grade Reading
We completed the Unit 9 assessment on Thursday. This week we continued to work on closed syllable words. Trick words for the week included: our, over, come, would, after, also

2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: who, a lot, were, many, our, friend, cannot, here, squirm, today, would, could

Parent Teacher Conferences
It was wonderful to see many of you at Parent/Teacher conferences this week!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Week of March 1st - 5th

2nd Grade Math
This week we completed our chapter on solid figures. On Friday we started working on Chapter 15 on solid figures and spatial shapes.

1st Grade Reading
My students started Unit 9 in the Wilson Fundations program this week. This unit focuses on closed syllables. They learned that closed syllables only have one vowel, the vowel is closed in by one or more consonants and the vowel sound is short. Trick words for this week include: over, our, would, after, also

Afternoon Math
We continue to work with both addition and subtraction.