Last week Thursday, the students were very excited to be able to have Library again! They got to check out books this time, that we are keeping in our classroom to read for right now. We will be having Library every other week on Thursdays.
This week should be a fun short week. We have our field trip to Safety Town on Thursday and no school on Friday.
This week we will be continuing to talk about the Holy Family. Students drew pictures of the Holy Family and their families last week. This week we will be looking at how the Holy Family obeyed God and showed love for each other and for God and ways we can show love for others and for God.
We have started our first unit in Adventures of the Superkids. Students also read the first story called A Patch in a Pinch. This week we will be reading a poem and another story. We will also be working on the spelling pattern words and memory words. I have a couple of spelling games that we will be playing this week to help review the words. During our writing time we will continue working on writing about things we have done.
In math this week we will be learning about ordinal numbers, addition double facts, rectangles, and writing number sentences.
Students will continue to look at characteristics of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. We will be putting up some giant dinosaurs in our room to help us classify what each type of dinosaur would eat.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Week of Sept. 16
This week in religion we will be looking at the Holy Family. We will be talking about how Jesus grew up in a family and comparing and contrasting what things were like doing Jesus' time and our time.
We have completed Welcome Back, Superkids and this week will be starting Adventures of the Superkids. In the first unit students will learn about words with sh, ch, and tch. We will be reading new stories in our readers. Students will also start thinking about things that they have done and will be making lists that they can use for ideas when writing.
Last week in math we went to the Ipad lab and used the geoboard app to draw shapes. It was great to see the kids enjoying drawing on the geoboard app, even later in the week. This week we will be looking at dividing things in half, graphing on a pictograph, counting, and writing addition sentences.
This week in our dinosaur inquiry unit students will be comparing the sizes of dinosaurs to other dinosaurs as well as to themselves. They will work together to measure their own heights and then use our dinosaur books to find the height of different dinosaurs. We will even compare our feet to dinosaur feet. We will also talk about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.
Upcoming Events:
We have completed Welcome Back, Superkids and this week will be starting Adventures of the Superkids. In the first unit students will learn about words with sh, ch, and tch. We will be reading new stories in our readers. Students will also start thinking about things that they have done and will be making lists that they can use for ideas when writing.
Last week in math we went to the Ipad lab and used the geoboard app to draw shapes. It was great to see the kids enjoying drawing on the geoboard app, even later in the week. This week we will be looking at dividing things in half, graphing on a pictograph, counting, and writing addition sentences.
This week in our dinosaur inquiry unit students will be comparing the sizes of dinosaurs to other dinosaurs as well as to themselves. They will work together to measure their own heights and then use our dinosaur books to find the height of different dinosaurs. We will even compare our feet to dinosaur feet. We will also talk about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.
Upcoming Events:
- Safety Town - Sept. 26
- No School - Sept. 27
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Week of Sept. 9
This week during religion we will be learning about the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity as well as learning that the Sign of the Cross is a prayer to the Blessed Trinity. We will be coloring and doing a couple of crafts to go along with our learning.
In Superkids this week we will be finishing up the Welcome Back book. We will be reading a couple more stories, talking about compound words, using apostrophes, and word families. We will also be continuing to work on creating lists of our favorite things during writing as well as look at recognizing and writing complete sentences.
During math this week students will be using the Ipads to draw shapes using the geoboard app. We will also talk about sides and angles while drawing our shapes. Students will also be acting out and drawing more story problems, identify and count pennies, and identify numbers that come between two other numbers. We will be having a math test on Wednesday.
This week in Science students will be putting dinosaur bones together, creating a dinosaur named after themselves, and identify what features of dinosaurs helped them to survive. Students were also introduced to two different virtual dinosaur dig websites in class. You may check them out with your child at home also if you would like.
In Superkids this week we will be finishing up the Welcome Back book. We will be reading a couple more stories, talking about compound words, using apostrophes, and word families. We will also be continuing to work on creating lists of our favorite things during writing as well as look at recognizing and writing complete sentences.
During math this week students will be using the Ipads to draw shapes using the geoboard app. We will also talk about sides and angles while drawing our shapes. Students will also be acting out and drawing more story problems, identify and count pennies, and identify numbers that come between two other numbers. We will be having a math test on Wednesday.
This week in Science students will be putting dinosaur bones together, creating a dinosaur named after themselves, and identify what features of dinosaurs helped them to survive. Students were also introduced to two different virtual dinosaur dig websites in class. You may check them out with your child at home also if you would like.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Week of Sept. 2
The students have been working really hard. Last week we spent some time in the Ipad lab and became paleontologists in the Innovation Lab.
This week we will have a religion test on creation and begin looking at how God sent his only son, Jesus to us.
We will continue working in our Welcome Back Superkids book. Students will read more stories in our book, as well as continue working on blending sounds. We will also talk about exclamation marks and question marks. In writing students will continue working on coming up with ideas. We will learn about making lists.
In math we will be having a math test this week. We will also begin looking at the problem solving process, as well as some, some more problems, ordinal numbers, and triangles.
Science this week, we will be continuing to study our dinosaurs. We will be looking at different features of dinosaurs and how they might be similar to animals alive today. This week during our Innovation Lab students will begin investigating magnets and items that are attracted to magnets.
Upcoming Events this week:
This week we will have a religion test on creation and begin looking at how God sent his only son, Jesus to us.
We will continue working in our Welcome Back Superkids book. Students will read more stories in our book, as well as continue working on blending sounds. We will also talk about exclamation marks and question marks. In writing students will continue working on coming up with ideas. We will learn about making lists.
In math we will be having a math test this week. We will also begin looking at the problem solving process, as well as some, some more problems, ordinal numbers, and triangles.
Science this week, we will be continuing to study our dinosaurs. We will be looking at different features of dinosaurs and how they might be similar to animals alive today. This week during our Innovation Lab students will begin investigating magnets and items that are attracted to magnets.
Upcoming Events this week:
- Labor Day - No School - Monday, Sept. 2
- Picture Day - Wednesday, Sept. 4
- Early Dismissal - Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 2:00
- Back to School Night - Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6:30pm
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Welcome Back
Welcome back! I look forward to a great year.
So far we have been working a lot on rules and procedures of the classroom. We started working on our first Superkids book, Welcome Back, which we review skills from kindergarten and introduce some new stories for us to read. In math we have already been using our pattern blocks, linking cubes, and have played some math games.
This week we will be learning about:
So far we have been working a lot on rules and procedures of the classroom. We started working on our first Superkids book, Welcome Back, which we review skills from kindergarten and introduce some new stories for us to read. In math we have already been using our pattern blocks, linking cubes, and have played some math games.
This week we will be learning about:
- Creation
- Sides and Angles of Shapes
- Bar Graphs
- Vowels and Consonants
- Blending Sounds
- Dinosaurs
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Summer
Thank you for a great year! I hope that everyone has a great summer vacation. See you next year!
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Week of June 3
This is the last week of school and it will be a busy one, but a fun one. Below is the schedule of things going on this week:
Monday: Field Trip permission forms due, Reading Test, Ice cream during lunch
Wednesday: Wilson Park and Baskin Robbins field trip, students wear gym uniforms
Thursday: dress down, cleaning day, students may bring items to play with at recess
Friday: last day of school, students dress up for mass, 8:15 mass, 10:30 dismissal
In religion we have been talking about the Eucharist and this week finish talking about the mass.
Last week we finished our last unit of More Adventures of the Superkids. Monday, June 3 we will have our end of the level reading test. Students wrote about their favorite story last week and this week we will be writing about things we learned this year. We will be reviewing what we have learned this whole year through some games.
In math students learned last week about fact families and this week we will review fact families as well as time, money, and place value. We will be reviewing by looking at different SMARTboard activities, using our Ipads, and playing other games.
In Science students will be finishing up their animal reports that they have been working on as well as playing a habitat interactive game. Students also had fun last week playing a predator/prey game so we will also review by playing our game again.
This week students will also be working on memory books and making advice books for next year's incoming first graders.
Monday: Field Trip permission forms due, Reading Test, Ice cream during lunch
Wednesday: Wilson Park and Baskin Robbins field trip, students wear gym uniforms
Thursday: dress down, cleaning day, students may bring items to play with at recess
Friday: last day of school, students dress up for mass, 8:15 mass, 10:30 dismissal
In religion we have been talking about the Eucharist and this week finish talking about the mass.
Last week we finished our last unit of More Adventures of the Superkids. Monday, June 3 we will have our end of the level reading test. Students wrote about their favorite story last week and this week we will be writing about things we learned this year. We will be reviewing what we have learned this whole year through some games.
In math students learned last week about fact families and this week we will review fact families as well as time, money, and place value. We will be reviewing by looking at different SMARTboard activities, using our Ipads, and playing other games.
In Science students will be finishing up their animal reports that they have been working on as well as playing a habitat interactive game. Students also had fun last week playing a predator/prey game so we will also review by playing our game again.
This week students will also be working on memory books and making advice books for next year's incoming first graders.
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