We had a great week beginning our study of American symbols. Below you will see some of our Liberty Bell writing and artwork.
We also learned about the Statue of Liberty. After reading a book together, we made a writing map as class. The students used that to organize three facts in their Writer's Notebooks. Then, they all completed an informational writing piece. Nice job, boys and girls!
This week's newsletter:
Valentine’s
Day Party: Last week, I sent home a form to sign up for our Valentine’s Day
party. I have included a list of our
helpers and supplies that are being provided.
Our party will be on Thursday, February 14th at 2:00pm.
I have also included a class list.
Students are encouraged to complete a valentine for each of their
friends. We will make Valentine bags in
class.
Sight
Words: This week we will be working
with the following words from our First Grade Word List: this, walk, want,
well, went, were.
Open
Court Reading: This week we are reading our next story: The Itsy Bitsy Spider, told and
illustrated by Iza Trapani. Each day we
will listen to the story on CD. This
helps with our reading fluency rate.
Then we will practice together.
We will be working on reading fluency, predicting, summarizing, and
verbs.
Open
Court Phonics Program: While reading the story, The
Itsy Bitsy Spider, we will be
reviewing the sounds/spellings of: long
and short o.
Saxon
Math: The following skills will
be covered this week: telling time to the half hour, dividing a square into
fourths, coloring halves and fourths, adding 10 to a number, and counting by
10’s from a single digit.
Spelling
words: This week’s word family is –ame. The words are: came,
name, blame, flame, frame, shame.
The two sight words are: they and new.
Sentence: They have a new game.
Social
Studies: We will continue our study of American
symbols, being a good citizen, and presidents.
This
Week:
Monday-Thursday: Math
homework sheets
Friday: Reading Fluency
Practice Sheet due
Friday: Spelling and Math
tests
1-2 times per week: Read an
AR book and take the test in class, read book(s) and review word ring that are
found in your reading bag/folder.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bella
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