Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Week of October 29th - November 2nd

2nd Grade Math

This week we completed Chapter 6 of our Math series.  This chapter continues to work on 2-digit addition.  Our next chapter works on 2-digit subtraction.  Keep working on Math facts at home!

1st Grade Reading - Enrichment

This week we read a story called Glow in the Dark Animals .  Vocabulary includes: bacteria, bioluminescent, camouflages, molecule, oxygen, predators, prey.  Next week we will be reading a story called Speed
 

1st Grade Reading - Tier 3

We have been reviewing our letters with the Jolly Phonics program.  This week we worked on the letters - qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar.  We also read Big or Little- our Readers Theater story

2nd Grade Reading

This week we read a book called What Was That.  We also read several leveled books during guided reading. 

1st Grade Math

This week we completed Chapter 6 of our Math series - this chapter works on subtraction strategies to 12. 
We have also been heavily focusing on number sense. 

2nd Grade Reading - Tier 3

This week we worked on Lesson 20, 21, 22 and 23 of our Leveled Literacy Intervention.  We read 4 stories.  Keep an eye out for the yellow folder that comes home with your child daily. 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Week of October 22 - 26

2nd Grade Math

This week we completed Chapter 5 of our Math series and began Chapter 6 which continues to work on 2-digit addition.  Keep working on Math facts at home!

1st Grade Reading - Enrichment

This week we continued to read a story called Storm Chasers.  Vocabulary includes: doppler radion, funnel clouds, meterologists, supercell, Tornado Alley, tornado warning, tornado watch, wall cloud, waterspout
Next week we will be reading Glow in the Dark Animals

1st Grade Reading - Tier 3

We have been reviewing our letters with the Jolly Phonics program.  This week we worked on the letters -oo, y, x, ch, sh, th .  We also read I Like My Town- our Readers Theater story

2nd Grade Reading

This week we read a book called A City Park.  We also read several leveled books during guided reading. 

1st Grade Math

This week we completed Chapter 5 of our Math series.  We began Chapter 6 which works on subtraction strategies to 12.  We have also been heavily focusing on number sense. 

2nd Grade Reading - Tier 3

This week we worked on Lesson 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of our Leveled Literacy Intervention.  We read 5 stories.  Keep an eye out for the yellow folder that comes home with your child daily. 

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Week of October 15th - 19th

2nd Grade Math

This week we worked on Chapter 5 of our Math series.  This chapter works on exploring 2 digit addition and subtraction.  Keep working on Math facts at home!

1st Grade Reading - Enrichment

This week we have been reading a story called Storm Chasers.  Vocabulary includes: doppler radion, funnel clouds, meterologists, supercell, Tornado Alley, tornado warning, tornado watch, wall cloud, waterspout

1st Grade Reading - Tier 3

We have been reviewing our letters with the Jolly Phonics program.  This week we worked on the letters - ee, or, z, w, ng, v.  We also read Community Helpers - our Readers Theater story

2nd Grade Reading

This week we read a book called Camping.  We also read several leveled books during guided reading. 

1st Grade Math

This week we worked on Chapter 5 of our Math series.  This chapter focuses on addition and subtraction operations.  We have been working with using pictures and manipulatives to solve problems. 

2nd Grade Reading - Tier 3

This week we worked on Lesson 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of our Leveled Literacy Intervention.  We read 5 stories.  Keep an eye out for the yellow folder that comes home with your child daily. 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Week of October 9th - 12th

2nd Grade Math

This week we worked on Chapter 4 of our Math series.  This chapter works with number concepts and patterns.  We have been working with ordinal numbers and comparing numbers with greater than, less than and equal to.

1st Grade Reading - Tier 3

We have been reviewing our letters with the Jolly Phonics program.  This week we worked on the letters - ai, j, oa, ie.  We also read Birthday Parties - our Readers Theater story

2nd Grade Reading

This week we read a book called Vegetable Soup.  We also read several leveled books during guided reading. 

1st Grade Math

This week we worked on Chapter 4 of our Math series.  This chapter focuses on addition and subtraction operations.  We have been working with using pictures and manipulatives to solve problems. 

2nd Grade Reading - Tier 3

This week we worked on Lesson 6, 7, 8 and 9 of our Leveled Literacy Intervention.  We read 4 stories.
Keep an eye out for the yellow folder that comes home with your child daily. 


 

 

 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Week of October 1st - 5th

2nd Grade Math

This week we worked on Chapter 4 of our Math series.  This chapter works with number concepts and patterns.  We have been working with ordinal numbers and comparing numbers with greater than, less than and equal to.

1st Grade Reading - Enrichment

This week we read the story - The Thesaurus
Vocabulary discussed in the story: synonyms, antonyms, thesaurus, fascinated, daydream, mischievous, determined

 

1st Grade Reading - Tier 3

We have been reviewing our letters with the Jolly Phonics program.  This week we worked on the letters - h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b
We also read Adding the Baseball Field - our Readers Theater story

2nd Grade Reading

This week we read a book called  - Farmer Mike.  We also read several leveled books during guided reading. 

2nd Grade Reading - Tier 3

This week we worked on Lesson 3, 4, 5 and 6 of our Leveled Literacy Intervention.  We read 4 stories -The Sea, The Tide Pool, Down the River and Things That Fly.  Keep an eye out for the yellow folder that comes home with your child everyday.