*Reminder*  Wednesday, October 30th is an early release day at 11:30.  There will be no Boys & Girls Club.

Spelling/Phonics

This week’s focus is on the long a sound using “ai” & “ay”.  Here is our list of words for this week:

1. play
2. main
3. say
4. chain
5. may
6. wait
7. gray
8. trail
9. tray
10. rain
11. into *
12. just *
13. could *

*High Frequency/World Wall Words

 

Reading

We are continuing our focus on dialogue this week by reading Creepy Carrots.  We will be using different tones in our voice while reading to emphasize what the character is thinking and how the character is feeling. 

 

Math

We are continuing to learn about graphs.  Last week we learned how to take a survey, make a tally chart and then use the data to complete a bar graph.  This week we are learning about Pictographs (Picture graphs).  A pictograph is a graph that uses pictures to show the data collected.  The key on a pictograph shows what picture is being used throughout the graph and what the value of each picture represents.

 

Reminders

October 30th: Pajama Day- Dress Code Appropriate

October 31st: Book Character Dress Up Day (Please no scary or gory costumes, hair paint, face masks or props such as plastic swords, knives, etc.)

November 1st: Spirit Day

November 25th- 29th: Thanksgiving Holiday

Spelling/Phonics

This week our focus will be on “oo” sounds and how there are 2 different sounds the “oo” can make.  Here are our words for this week:

1. boot
2. school
3. food
4. cook
5. bloom
6. look
7. soon
8. shook
9. scoot
10. good
11. have*
12. there*
13. any*

*Word Wall/High Frequency Words

 

Reading

Our focus this week is Dialogue, what it looks like and sounds like when reading a story.  We will discuss how dialogue between two or more characters can be shown using speech bubbles and quotation marks or talking marks.  When a character is talking we read with more expression or use the correct expression.  Whether the character is just talking, yelling, asking a question or showing excitement.

 

Math

For the next couple of weeks we will be learning about tally charts, bar graphs and picture graphs (pictographs).  This week we are learning how to collect data by conducting surveys, organizing our data or information using tally charts and then putting that information on a bar graph.  

 

Reminders

October 28th: Student-Led Parent Conferences (Please make sure to sign up for a time on Sign Up Genius.) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d4ba5ad29a0fa7-fall

October 28th- November 1st: Red Ribbon Week (A note went home today with information about what we will be wearing each day that week.)

October 30th: Early Release at 11:30, Teacher PLC Training 

Parents if you haven’t already, please sign in on Sign Up Genius for a Student Led/Parent- Teacher Conference. 

Please click on the link below:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d4ba5ad29a0fa7-fall

Phonics/Spelling

This week we do not have a spelling/phonics pattern, instead we will be working with high frequency words.  Here is our list for this week:

1. seen
2. this
3. would
4. become
5. very
6. when
7. little
8. happy
9. almost
10. everything

 

Reading

This week we are reading and learning about Stellaluna, a bat who thinks she’s a bird.  We will be comparing bats to birds and making a foldable with lots of different activities.

 

Math

We are continuing to work on part/part/whole problems with missing addends.

 

Reminders

October 21st: Student Holiday/Teacher Workday

October 28th: Student Led Parent Conference (If you haven’t already, please be sure to sign up for a time on Sign Up Genius. A note went home last week with a link to the website and a QR Code that can be scanned with your phone.)

October 30th: Early Release/PLC Training for teachers at 11:30 (No Boys & Girls Club)

October 28th-Nov. 1st : Red Ribbon Week

 

The field trip to the White Oak Fire Station has been cancelled for tomorrow due to unforeseen weather.  It will be rescheduled and I will let you know as soon as I have that information.

All Primary Students will be taking a trip to the White Oak Fire Station on Tuesday, October 15th.  2nd Grade will be visiting from 9:45-10:30 and we will be taking buses.  Since it is a short trip, we will not need parent chaperones. Please send a pair of socks with your child if they don’t wear them on that day because we will also have bounce houses.

*I have a few things that have been laminated that I could use help cutting out.  If you are interested in helping please let me know and I will send it home with your child.  Thank you so much for your help and for all you do!

Phonics/Spelling

This week in spelling/phonics is initial blends of a word.  Our word for this week are:

1. sky
2. skip
3. spot
4. trash
5. clap
6. swim
7. flip
8. grill
9. slide
10. string
11. them
12. because
13. from

 

Reading

We are continuing our focus on nonfiction text.  We are reading, discussing and researching bats.  We are also writing what we are learning about bats as we research.

 

Math

We are learning about Part/Part/Whole and Missing Addends.  We are learning 3 strategies to help up find the missing part or addend in our addition problem.

1. Counting on or counting up using the part and the whole
2. Drawing the whole and circling the part we know to find the part we don’t know
3. Subtracting the part we have from the whole to get the missing part (addend)

 

Reminders

October 21st: No School- Teacher Work Day

October 28th: Student Led Parent Conferences (Please click on the link to sign up for a time) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA5AD29A0FA7-fall

Oct. 28th- Nov. 1st: Red Ribbon Week

Monday: Wear Red

Tuesday: Wear a team jersey or shirt

Wednesday: Pajama Day (Please wear school dress code appropriate pj’s)

Thursday: Book Character Dress-Up Day (No mask, face paint or colored hair)

Friday: Spirit Day

Oct. 30th: Early Release- Teacher Work Day (PLC) at 11:30