November 24th & November 25th

I am looking forward to working in Mrs. Amish's classroom on Monday. I will be giving a lesson about respect and understanding differences. We will be creating a class quilt. I enjoyed working in Mrs. Hull's and Ms. Tracy's classrooms last week. The students completed turkey projects, listened to a story about accepting differences, and also made class quilts.

Tuesday is dress like a Farmer Day. We will celebrate accomplishing our reading goals!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Week of November 17th-21st

Kindergarten

This week my students will be engaged in numerous activities that promote letter and sound recognition.  They will continue to identify rhyming words as well as beginning and ending sounds.

First Grade

We are going to read and learn about getting along with others.  We are also going to read and write about thanksgiving.  We are going to reflect on the things we are thankful for.

Second Grade

This week we are going to work on writing persuasive letters.  We are going to learn how to write to a family member to convince them to agree to buying a new pet.  We are going to go through the writing process from planning, to drafting, to revising, to publishing.

Week of November 10th - 14th

Kindergarten
My students will identify letters by the sounds they make. They will identify rhyming words and they will become aware of changing words by adding or deleting beginning and ending sounds. They will also have an opportunity to listen to a book on Friday and "write" and draw their feelings about the story. Last Friday, they listened to I Went Walking by Sue Williams and wrote about what they saw when they went walking.

First Grade
My students will work on rhyming, onset fluency, blending, and identifying final and medial sounds. We will also work on our spelling words and sight words. On Friday, we will read a book and complete a journal assignment.

Second Grade
My students will learn about vowel teams and identify the sounds they make in words. They will continue to work with suffixes such as -ing, -ed, -es, -er, and -est. They will also continue to be "writers" while expressing their thoughts in their journals.

Some of my Second Grade students are "traveling" to the rainforest. We are integrating Science with Reading. We will be reading and researching about natural resources and discussing the importance of preserving our environment.