I wanted to congratulate my students on all their hard work this week. They completed a stressful week of IOWA testing. They tried their best and I am very proud of them.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Week of February 1st - 5th
2nd grade Math
My students have been working extremely hard with money this week. They have been counting coins, counting on, making change and working on word problems. We will have our chapter test on Friday and we will begin our next chapter on Time after the IOWA exams.
1st grade Reading
This week we started Unit 8 of our Wilson program. The students learned the difference between a digraph and a blend. They both have two letters but a digraph makes one sound and a blend makes two sounds. Some examples are: -st, -cr, -cl.
Trick words for this week have been: want, could, some, say
Afternoon Math
This week in Math we have been concentrating on addtion. We have been using a variety of different strategies including: counting on, touch math, using counting cubes and drawing pictures. The boys have been doing very well in Math and they have been working very hard!
2nd grade Spelling
There will not be a spelling test next week due to IOWA testing.
My students have been working extremely hard with money this week. They have been counting coins, counting on, making change and working on word problems. We will have our chapter test on Friday and we will begin our next chapter on Time after the IOWA exams.
1st grade Reading
This week we started Unit 8 of our Wilson program. The students learned the difference between a digraph and a blend. They both have two letters but a digraph makes one sound and a blend makes two sounds. Some examples are: -st, -cr, -cl.
Trick words for this week have been: want, could, some, say
Afternoon Math
This week in Math we have been concentrating on addtion. We have been using a variety of different strategies including: counting on, touch math, using counting cubes and drawing pictures. The boys have been doing very well in Math and they have been working very hard!
2nd grade Spelling
There will not be a spelling test next week due to IOWA testing.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Helping Haiti at Elizabeth Ide
Character Counts!Helping Haiti at Elizabeth Ide
The response to Helping Haiti coin donation has been tremendous!! While collecting the coins over a two week period of time we raised $1513.97!!!! The students, parents and teachers at Elizabeth Ide really contributed to raising the awareness about the importance of helping the people of Haiti. Our donation will be donated directly to the Food for the Poor organization.
Thank you for supporting our Character Counts program's mission to help the people of Haiti.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Week of January 25th - 29th
2nd Grade Math
This week in Math we continue to work on counting money. Our chapter test was on Friday and we will start our next chapter on Monday which continues with money. In our next chapter we will work on making change, and adding and subtracting money.
1st Grade Reading
My students completed Unit 7 this week. We worked on glued sounds including: - ong, -ang, -ung, -ing, -onk, - ank, -unk, -ink. Trick words for the unit included: out, so, are, two, about, into, only, other, new We will begin Unit 8 on Monday.
Afternoon Math
We have been working on a variety of different things in Math.
Group 1 has been working on addition.
Group 2 has been working on counting nickels, pennies, reading a calendar and temperatures.
This week in Math we continue to work on counting money. Our chapter test was on Friday and we will start our next chapter on Monday which continues with money. In our next chapter we will work on making change, and adding and subtracting money.
1st Grade Reading
My students completed Unit 7 this week. We worked on glued sounds including: - ong, -ang, -ung, -ing, -onk, - ank, -unk, -ink. Trick words for the unit included: out, so, are, two, about, into, only, other, new We will begin Unit 8 on Monday.
Afternoon Math
We have been working on a variety of different things in Math.
Group 1 has been working on addition.
Group 2 has been working on counting nickels, pennies, reading a calendar and temperatures.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Elizabeth Ide's Haiti Relief Fund
This month at Elizabeth Ide, we are going to raise funds to help the people of Haiti. Money raised will be given to the Haitian relief fund.
The way in which we are going to raise funds is through collecting pennies and spare change. Each classroom will have a Helping Haiti collection container. The collection will start on Wednesday, January 20th and end on Friday, January 29th. If your child finds spare change at home and is going to contribute, please have him/her place the change in a ziplock bag. He/she will deposit it to the classroom fund on the day it is brought in.
Thank you for supporting our Character Counts program and remember: even a small amount of money can go a long way!
The way in which we are going to raise funds is through collecting pennies and spare change. Each classroom will have a Helping Haiti collection container. The collection will start on Wednesday, January 20th and end on Friday, January 29th. If your child finds spare change at home and is going to contribute, please have him/her place the change in a ziplock bag. He/she will deposit it to the classroom fund on the day it is brought in.
Thank you for supporting our Character Counts program and remember: even a small amount of money can go a long way!
Week of January 19th - 22nd
2nd Grade Math
This week we finished Chapter 9 on Data and Graphs. We started our next chapter on Counting Money on Friday.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: car, smart, arm, park, yard, part, barn, hard, party, farm, are, warm
1st Grade Reading
This week we started Unit 7 in our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we will be working with more glued sounds: -ang, - ank, - ing, -ink, - ong, - onk, -ung, -unk.
Trick words for Unit 7 include: out, so, are, two, about, into, only, other, new
Afternoon Math
This week we started our new Math book. We will be working on Chapter 1: Exploring Numbers and Patterns.
Announcements
Tuesday, February 2nd - No School - Institute Day
Monday, February 15th - No School - President's Day
This week we finished Chapter 9 on Data and Graphs. We started our next chapter on Counting Money on Friday.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: car, smart, arm, park, yard, part, barn, hard, party, farm, are, warm
1st Grade Reading
This week we started Unit 7 in our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we will be working with more glued sounds: -ang, - ank, - ing, -ink, - ong, - onk, -ung, -unk.
Trick words for Unit 7 include: out, so, are, two, about, into, only, other, new
Afternoon Math
This week we started our new Math book. We will be working on Chapter 1: Exploring Numbers and Patterns.
Announcements
Tuesday, February 2nd - No School - Institute Day
Monday, February 15th - No School - President's Day
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Week of January 11th - 15th
2nd grade Math
This week we worked on our chapter on Data and Graphs. We learned how to read a bar graph and we also learned how to take data and make our own bar graphs. We will have our chapter test next week.
Our next chapter will be on Money. Please send in your child with a container of coins that we can keep at school.
1st grade Reading
This week we completed Unit 6 in our Wilson Fundations program. The children had their Unit test today. In this unit we worked on reading base words with the -s suffix. We also read a story called Jack's Bags and worked on reading fluently. Trick words for Unit 6 include: were, put, her, there, what, she, been, by, who
Afternoon Math
This week in math we worked with addition and subtraction. We used counters and pictures to help us solve the problems.
Announcements
Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King Day
This week we worked on our chapter on Data and Graphs. We learned how to read a bar graph and we also learned how to take data and make our own bar graphs. We will have our chapter test next week.
Our next chapter will be on Money. Please send in your child with a container of coins that we can keep at school.
1st grade Reading
This week we completed Unit 6 in our Wilson Fundations program. The children had their Unit test today. In this unit we worked on reading base words with the -s suffix. We also read a story called Jack's Bags and worked on reading fluently. Trick words for Unit 6 include: were, put, her, there, what, she, been, by, who
Afternoon Math
This week in math we worked with addition and subtraction. We used counters and pictures to help us solve the problems.
Announcements
Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King Day
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