2nd Grade Math
We are currently working on Chapter 8 or our math series. We continue to work with double digit subtraction. Our test will be on Thursday of next week. Please continue to work on flash cards at home with your children.
1st Grade Reading
This week in Reading we worked on Unit 5 or our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we worked with two glued sounds: -am, -an.
The vowels are somewhat changed from a pure short vowel to a more nasalized vowel.
We will be having our Unit test on Monday when the kids get back.
2nd Grade Reading
We are currently working on Unit 4 or our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we reviewed suffixes (-s, -es, -ed and -ing) as well as learned (-est, -ed, -ing, - est, -er).
We also reviewed the procedure for isolating the baseword when reading or spelling words with suffixes.
Lastly we worked on vowel teams (oa, ow, ou, ue, oe, ow, ou, ue, oo, ew).
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Week of November 8th - 12th
2nd Grade Math
This week in Math we worked on two digit addition with and without regrouping. We also worked on using tables to solve addition and subtraction problems. We will be having our Chapter 6 test on Monday.
1st Grade Reading
This week I did not meet with my regular power hour groups. Instead I went into three 1st grade classrooms and taught a lesson about Respect. Children listened to the story Smoky Night and we made class quilts to represent the similarities and differences between the classmates.
2nd Grade Reading
This week we continued with Unit 3 of our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we are working with the exceptions to the closed syllable types. These exceptions are taught as "glued sounds." The exceptions are: ild, ind, old, olt and ost.
We also worked on two vowel teams: oi, oy
Announcements
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
Tuesday, November 23rd - Funny Feet Day
This week in Math we worked on two digit addition with and without regrouping. We also worked on using tables to solve addition and subtraction problems. We will be having our Chapter 6 test on Monday.
1st Grade Reading
This week I did not meet with my regular power hour groups. Instead I went into three 1st grade classrooms and taught a lesson about Respect. Children listened to the story Smoky Night and we made class quilts to represent the similarities and differences between the classmates.
2nd Grade Reading
This week we continued with Unit 3 of our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we are working with the exceptions to the closed syllable types. These exceptions are taught as "glued sounds." The exceptions are: ild, ind, old, olt and ost.
We also worked on two vowel teams: oi, oy
Announcements
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
Tuesday, November 23rd - Funny Feet Day
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Week of November 1st - 5th
2nd Grade Math
We continue to work on double digit addition. My students need some reminders but have been doing well with completing their work correctly. We also continue to work with Math facts and timed test for speed and accuracy.
1st Grade Reading
We are currently working on Unit 4 or our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we work on the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. At the end of a one syllable word, if the word has one vowel immediately followed by an f, l, or s at the end, double that consonant.
The extra f, l or s is considered a bonus letter because it is extra. It does not make a sound. The word miss, for example, has the 3 sounds since the bonus letter s does not make a sound.
The letter a followed by double l does not have the expected short vowel sound.
Examples: ball, call, tall
2nd Grade Reading
We completed Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program this week. Starting next week we will begin Unit 3. In this unit the children will learn the exceptions to the closed syllable type.
Closed syllable exceptions follow a similar pattern to closed syllables, but have a long vowel sound instead of the expected short vowel sound.
These exceptions are taught as "welded" or glued sounds. The exceptions are: ild, ind, old, olt and ost.
Annoucements
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Institute Day
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
Tuesday, November 23rd - Funny Feet Day
We continue to work on double digit addition. My students need some reminders but have been doing well with completing their work correctly. We also continue to work with Math facts and timed test for speed and accuracy.
1st Grade Reading
We are currently working on Unit 4 or our Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we work on the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. At the end of a one syllable word, if the word has one vowel immediately followed by an f, l, or s at the end, double that consonant.
The extra f, l or s is considered a bonus letter because it is extra. It does not make a sound. The word miss, for example, has the 3 sounds since the bonus letter s does not make a sound.
The letter a followed by double l does not have the expected short vowel sound.
Examples: ball, call, tall
2nd Grade Reading
We completed Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program this week. Starting next week we will begin Unit 3. In this unit the children will learn the exceptions to the closed syllable type.
Closed syllable exceptions follow a similar pattern to closed syllables, but have a long vowel sound instead of the expected short vowel sound.
These exceptions are taught as "welded" or glued sounds. The exceptions are: ild, ind, old, olt and ost.
Annoucements
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Institute Day
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
Tuesday, November 23rd - Funny Feet Day
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Week of October 25th - 29th
2nd Grade Math
This week we are working on two digit addition. We began addition by learning how to regroups ones for tens. Keep practicing those math facts at home!
1st Grade Reading
We will have our Unit 3 test on Friday. Next week we will begin Unit 4 of the Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we will work on the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. At the end of a one syllable word, if the word has one vowel immediately followed by an f, l or s at the end, double that consonant. The extra f, l or s is considered a bonus letter because it is extra. It does not make a sound. The word miss, for example has 3 sounds since the bonus letter s does not make a sound. Examples: hill, miss, puff
2nd Grade Reading
I did not meet with my 2nd grade Reading groups due to MAPS testing. Instead I am assisting with the test that all 2nd graders take in the computer lab. We will resume Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program next week.
Annoucements
Tuesday, November 2nd - No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
This week we are working on two digit addition. We began addition by learning how to regroups ones for tens. Keep practicing those math facts at home!
1st Grade Reading
We will have our Unit 3 test on Friday. Next week we will begin Unit 4 of the Wilson Fundations program. In this unit we will work on the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. At the end of a one syllable word, if the word has one vowel immediately followed by an f, l or s at the end, double that consonant. The extra f, l or s is considered a bonus letter because it is extra. It does not make a sound. The word miss, for example has 3 sounds since the bonus letter s does not make a sound. Examples: hill, miss, puff
2nd Grade Reading
I did not meet with my 2nd grade Reading groups due to MAPS testing. Instead I am assisting with the test that all 2nd graders take in the computer lab. We will resume Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program next week.
Annoucements
Tuesday, November 2nd - No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 17th - 2nd Grade Music Performance
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Week of October 18th - 22nd
2nd Grade Math
We had our test on Chapter 4 this week. We started Chapter 5 on Tuesday. This chapter focuses on exploring 2 digit addition and subtraction.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: bell, off, all, mess, add, hill, well, egg, will, grass, shell, kiss
1st Grade Reading
This week we started Unit 3 of our Wilson program. In this unit the children are working with the digraphs wh, ch, sh, th and ck. These letters "stick together" to form one sound even though they are two letters. We also learned that wh is only used at the beginning of a word and ck is only used at the end of a word right after a short vowel.
2nd Grade Reading
We continue to work on Unit2 in our Wilson program. This unit focuses on "glued" sounds such as: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank,ink, onk, unk.
We also worked with vowel teams: ai, ee, ey, ay, ea
Announcements
Friday, October 29th - Halloween Parade and Parties
Tuesday, November 2nd - No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Veterans Day
We had our test on Chapter 4 this week. We started Chapter 5 on Tuesday. This chapter focuses on exploring 2 digit addition and subtraction.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: bell, off, all, mess, add, hill, well, egg, will, grass, shell, kiss
1st Grade Reading
This week we started Unit 3 of our Wilson program. In this unit the children are working with the digraphs wh, ch, sh, th and ck. These letters "stick together" to form one sound even though they are two letters. We also learned that wh is only used at the beginning of a word and ck is only used at the end of a word right after a short vowel.
2nd Grade Reading
We continue to work on Unit2 in our Wilson program. This unit focuses on "glued" sounds such as: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank,ink, onk, unk.
We also worked with vowel teams: ai, ee, ey, ay, ea
Announcements
Friday, October 29th - Halloween Parade and Parties
Tuesday, November 2nd - No School, Institute Day
Thursday, November 11th - No School, Veterans Day
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Week of October 11th - 15th
2nd Grade Math
We continued to work on Chapter 4 this week. We worked with number concepts and patterns. We learned about ordinal numbers, comparing numbers, even and odd, greater than, less than, equal to, rounding and skip counting. We will be having our test early next week.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: trip, swim, step, nest, club, stone, next, brave, glad, lost, frog, slip
1st Grade Reading
This week we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program. We had our Unit test on Thursday. In Unit 2 we worked on blending and reading three short vowel words as well as how to segment and spell them. These are called CVC words. We also worked on sentence dictation, reading with fluency and trick words.
2nd Grade Reading
This week in Reading we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson program. In this Unit we reviewed the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. We also reviewed the "glued" sounds: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk. Lastly we worked on vowel teams: ai, ee, ey, ay, ea
Announcements
Wednesday, October 20th - Early Dismissal Day
Friday, October 22nd - Family Halloween Party
Monday, October 25th - 2nd Grade Field Trip
Friday, October 29th - Halloween Parade and Parties
We continued to work on Chapter 4 this week. We worked with number concepts and patterns. We learned about ordinal numbers, comparing numbers, even and odd, greater than, less than, equal to, rounding and skip counting. We will be having our test early next week.
2nd Grade Spelling
Words for next week include: trip, swim, step, nest, club, stone, next, brave, glad, lost, frog, slip
1st Grade Reading
This week we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson Fundations program. We had our Unit test on Thursday. In Unit 2 we worked on blending and reading three short vowel words as well as how to segment and spell them. These are called CVC words. We also worked on sentence dictation, reading with fluency and trick words.
2nd Grade Reading
This week in Reading we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson program. In this Unit we reviewed the ff, ll, ss bonus letter rule. We also reviewed the "glued" sounds: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk. Lastly we worked on vowel teams: ai, ee, ey, ay, ea
Announcements
Wednesday, October 20th - Early Dismissal Day
Friday, October 22nd - Family Halloween Party
Monday, October 25th - 2nd Grade Field Trip
Friday, October 29th - Halloween Parade and Parties
Friday, October 8, 2010
Week of October 4th - 8th
2nd Grade Math
This week we have been working on Chapter 4. We are working on number concepts and patterns. We will learn about ordinal numbers, using greater than less than and rounding. Keep working with flash cards at home!
1st Grade Reading
This week we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson Reading program. We are working on tapping out sounds to read words and sentences. We have also worked with sight words and guided reading. Keep reading at home!!
2nd Grade Spelling
Spelling words for next week include: on, am, come, if, does, goes, from, his, want, her, their, there
2nd Grade Reading
This week we completed Unit 1 of our Wilson Fundations program. Look for the test to come home early next week. This unit focused on digraphs (sh, th, ch, ck and wh), blends (two or three consonants with their own sounds) and closed syllables.
Announcements
Monday, October 11th - No School, Columbus Day
Wednesday, October 20th - Early Dismissal
Friday, October 22nd - Family Halloween Party at Ide
This week we have been working on Chapter 4. We are working on number concepts and patterns. We will learn about ordinal numbers, using greater than less than and rounding. Keep working with flash cards at home!
1st Grade Reading
This week we worked on Unit 2 of our Wilson Reading program. We are working on tapping out sounds to read words and sentences. We have also worked with sight words and guided reading. Keep reading at home!!
2nd Grade Spelling
Spelling words for next week include: on, am, come, if, does, goes, from, his, want, her, their, there
2nd Grade Reading
This week we completed Unit 1 of our Wilson Fundations program. Look for the test to come home early next week. This unit focused on digraphs (sh, th, ch, ck and wh), blends (two or three consonants with their own sounds) and closed syllables.
Announcements
Monday, October 11th - No School, Columbus Day
Wednesday, October 20th - Early Dismissal
Friday, October 22nd - Family Halloween Party at Ide
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