Week of April 25th - 29th

2nd Grade Math:
This week we completed Chapter 20 of our Math series. This chapter focuses on place value. Our next Chapter focuses on comparing and ordering greater numbers.

1st Grade Reading:
This week the RTI team benchmarked Kindergarten and 1st grade students in Reading and Math so normal power hour groups did not meet. We will return to normal groups on Monday.

1st Grade Math:
This week we completed Chapter 20 of our Math unit. This chapter focuses on the concept of money. We learned how to identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. We also learned how to count sets of coins.

2nd Grade Reading:
This week we worked on Unit 11 of our Wilson program. Students worked on three vowel teams: ee, ea, and ey. Each of these letter combinations can have the long e sound and are found in double vowel syllables.
Examples: steam, sheep, hockey, indeed

Week of April 11th - 15th

2nd Grade Math We completed our chapter on Fractions this week and my students did extremely well on their tests. I am so proud of them!! We started Chapter 20 on place value to 100 on Friday. 1st Grade Reading We have been working on Unit 11 of our Wilson Reading program. In this unit students are working on how to read and spell two syllable words with closed syllables. This unit sets the groundwork for all multisyllabic reading and spelling. 2nd Grade Reading This week was a little bit different from our normal routine. On Monday and Tuesday the 2nd Graders completed OLSAT testing. Starting on Wednesday the 2nd graders worked on their Animal reports. The children will be writing five paragraphs reports on the animal that they selected. 1st Grade Math This week in Math we worked on Chapter 19. We practiced with fact families to 20 and word problems.

Week of April 4th - 8th

2nd Grade Math We have been working on Chapter 18 of our Math series. This chapter focuses on weight, mass, capacity and temperature. 1st Grade Reading We are working on Unit 11 of our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we focus on syllables. We will learn how to read and spell two syllable words with closed syllables. Example: catnip 2nd Grade Reading We completed Unit 10 of our Wilson Fundations program. We will begin Unit 11 next week. In this unit students will practice three new vowel teams: ee, ea, ey. Each of these letter combinations can have the long e sound and are found in double vowel syllables. Examples: steam, sheep, hockey, indeed