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

Elizabeth Ide Helps Japan

The response to the Helping Japan coin donation was tremendous! While collecting the coins over a 2 week period, WE RAISED $1141.93!!! The students, parents and teachers at Elizabeth Ide contributed to raising the awareness about the importance of helping the people of Japan. Our donation will be donated directly to the Red Cross organization.

Thank you for supporting our Character Counts program mission to help the people of Japan!!

Week of March 14th - 18th

2nd Grade Math
We will be working on our chapter on measurement. We will learn how to measure by inches, feet, centimeter and meter. We will also learn how to measure the perimeter of plane figures and measure in square units.

1st Grade Reading

We are continuing to work on Unit 10 or the Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we are working on blending and segmenting up to five sounds with a closed syllable.

Examples: skunk, blimp

2nd Grade Reading
We completed Unit 9 or our Wilson Fundations program this week. We will begin Unit 10 next week. In this unit we will be working on a new syllable type, the double vowel syllable.

1st Grade Math
This week we worked on Chapter 17 which works on addtion strategies of numbers to 20. We worked on the doubles strategy (2+2) and the near double strategy (2+3). We also worked on adding numbers to 10 (10+3)

Week of March 7th - 11th

2nd Grade Math
This week we continue to work on our chapter on plane figures and spatial sense. We will have our test early next week. Our next chapter focuses on length, perimeter and the area of shapes.

1st Grade Reading
We took our test on Unit 9 of the Wilson Fundations program on Friday. On Monday we will be starting Unit 10. Please look for your home packets in your child's green folders.
This unit does not introduce any new sounds. The children will learn to blend and segment up to five sounds in a closed syllable.
Examples: skunk, blimp

2nd Grade Reading
We continue to work on Unit 9 of the Wilson Fundations program. We will have our test late next week.
In this unit we are working on r controlled sound combinations: er, ir, ur, or and ar.

1st Grade Math
This week we finished Chapter 16 which works with Fractions. We will be having our test on Monday. We will start Chapter 17 early next week. This chapter focus on addition facts and strategies to 20.

Week of February 28th - March 3rd

1st Grade Reading
This week we continued to work on Unit 9 of the Wilson Fundations program. This unit reviews the reading and spelling of previous word patterns. No new word patterns are taught, just a new concept.
In Unit 9, the students will learn about a closed syllable.
1. Closed syllables can only have one vowel.
2. The vowel is followed by one or more consonants (closed in)
3. The vowel sound is short.

2nd Grade Reading
We completed Unit 8 of the Wilson Fundations program today. We will begin Unit 9 on Tuesday. In Unit 9, students will learn three, remaining r-controlled sound combinations: er, ir, and ur. All three make the same sound /er/.
Examples: burn, first, hamster

2nd Grade Math
This week we completed Chapter 14: Solid Figures. We will begin our next chapter on Plane Figures and Spatial Sense on Tuesday.