Week 18

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope 2010 brings everything that will make you happy.

It is time to go back to school and get back into our routine. I hope we can all adjust to a schedule again.

Our story this week is "Friends Forever." It is a non-fiction story. The phonics sound for the week is "le" as in the word middle. The new vocabulary words are:

each

great

other

place

school

talk

together

Questions of the Week

Monday - What was your favorite Christmas gift?

Tuesday - First roller skates, 1884. Is roller skating good exercise? Why?

Wednesday - It is Flower Day. What is your mom's favorite flower?

Thursday - Use the word 'together' in a sentence.

Friday - Write 3 words that have 'le' at the end.

The new skill for this week in math is place value. We will start with tens and ones, and then add hundreds to the mix. We will continue to work on math fact and getting them to automaticity.

Most are doing really well in spelling. Please continue to practice at home. We spend time daily practicing at school.

I am anxiously awaiting giving out my first AR shirt. I have a couple kids that are pretty close. I hope that can happen in the next few weeks.

Thanks again for all the help and support you give me and our class.

Have a great week.

Week 18

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

This week we will be reading a nonfiction story called "Friends Forever".  The new vocabulary words are:

each

great

other

place

school

talk

together

In math we will be starting Book 2.  We finished Book 1 right before Christmas Vacation.  This week we will be covering other names of numbers, turn around facts, and  fact families.  We will be reviewing in/out boxes and tens and ones.  Occasionally I will be sending home math sheets when we hit a concept that is difficult.  Sometimes just some extra practice and one on one time with you can help clarify a concept.

Spelling is a concern.  Only 7 children in the class have passed at least one spelling test per week.  I will be attaching spelling practice sheets to this letter.  I'd like your child to do one of these each night.  Maybe that will get us moving and make us more successful.  I will also be looking at other means of practice in the room.

I am also a bit disappointed that I haven't given out any AR shirts yet.  I have 2 that are close.  We will start having AR lunches in the room.  Students that have passed 4 tests per week will be invited to come.  This will happen on Thursdays.  Once a shirt is earned the child will be expected to wear the shirt on Thursday.  

I have set some individual goals for the students, which include handwriting, organization, neatness, and behavior.  It will be like our New Year's resolutions.

I hope you had a great holiday.