Week of April 26th - 30th

2nd Grade Math: This week we started our chapter on Fractions. My students have a good grasp of the concept. We will be having our chapter test next week and then begin our next chapter on place value.

1st Grade Reading: My students completed Unit 12 of our Wilson Fundations program. The children did a great job on their tests! We started Unit 13 on Thursday. This Unit focuses on the -ed and -ing suffixes.

Adopt A Rainforest Project: The response to the Adopt-A-Rainforest project was tremendous! While collecting coins over a week period of time, we raised $293.58!!! The students, parents and teachers at Elizabeth Ide really contributed to raising awareness about the importance of rainforests. Thank you everyone!!!

Week of April 19th - 24th

2nd Grade Math: We will be completing our second chapter on measurement early next week. We have worked with measuring with rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring cups. We will begin our next chapter on fractions next week.

1st Grade Reading: This week we have been working on Unit 12 of our Wilson Fundations program. We will be having our unit test next Tuesday. This unit focuses on the suffix - es. Trick words for this week include: being, under, between, work, both, see

Open House: Mark your calendars for Ide's open house on Thursday, April 29th. Please stop by my classroom. I would love to see you!

Butterflies: Our caterpillars have just gone into their cocoons. Here are a few pictures of

them.

Week of April 12th - 16th

2nd Grade Math: We completed our chapter on measurement. We have been measuring with inches, centimeters, meters, feet and yards. On Friday we started Chapter 18 on weight, volume and temperature.

1st Grade Reading: We completed Unit 11 in our Wilson Reading program. The children did very well on their assessments. We will begin Unit 12 on Monday. This unit will focus on the -es suffix.

Butterfly Unit

My students have been learning about butterflies. We have learned all about the life cycle this week. Here are a few pictures of our caterpillars. They are growing amazingly fast and they should be in cocoons next week. More pictures to come!

Week of April 5th - 9th

2nd Grade Math
This week we worked on our chapter on Measurement. We have learned how to measure items using: inches, centimeters, feet and yards. Next week we will work on perimeter and area.

2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: butterfly, Spring, egg, adult, legs, head, mouth, eyes, wings, fly, cocoon, flutter

1st Grade Reading
This week we continue to work on Unit 11 of our Wilson Fundations program. This unit focuses on two syllable words. Trick words for the week include: people, Mr., Mrs., years, says, little, good, very, own.

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

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

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!