Week of November 30th - December 4th

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success." Henry Ford

I am looking forward to discussing your child's progress during conferences this week!

Kindergarten

This weeks letters are v & y. The new popcorn word is -to. Students will sing songs and use manipulatives to continue to learn letter names and sounds. They will use the Imagination Station computer program and will practice identifying individual sounds and syllables in words.

1st Grade

This weeks trick words are -they, -one and -said. Students will continue to identify and spell words with the glued sound -all. They will also spell and identify words that contain a bonus letter such as -f, -l, or -s. These letters are doubled if the word has a vowel immediately before it such as hill, puff, or miss. The vocabulary words for this week are chill, yell, and mess. Students will also read a story titled The Big Mess. They will also practice voice expression as well as identifying capital letters, ending marks, bonus letters, and glued sounds within the story.

2nd Grade

Students will write about a fantasy trip this week. They will work with partners to generate ideas for their stories. They will be encouraged to reread their writing to tell more and add details. They will be held accountable for proper capitalization and punctuation. They will also use peer conferencing as an aid to assure complete thoughts and coherent writing pieces. They will be asked to present their stories while practicing appropriate presentation styles.

November 23rd & November 24th

Due to the short week, students will not switch rooms for reading. I will be reviewing and analyzing data during the regularly scheduled "power hour." However, I will continue to read with my smaller group of 1st and 2nd graders. We will continue to practice sight words and various reading strategies to improve fluency and comprehension. Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 16th - November 20th

Kindergarten
The letters this week are z & w. The popcorn word is -a. Students will identify pairs of rhyming words from a series of three. They will listen and name the beginning and ending sounds in words. They will segment words by syllables and will blend them together. Students will also substitute and add phonemes to create new words: smallest- change small to tall, what is the word? (tallest)

1st Grade
Students will begin Unit 4 this week in Wilson Fundations. They will learn about the bonus letters f, l, & s. If a word has one vowel immediately followed by an f, l, or s at the end, that consonant is doubled. Such as puff, hill, and miss. The trick words for this week are you, we, and I. Students will continue to work on phonics skills as well as reading fluency and comprehension.

2nd Grade
Students will review their writing this week. They will choose one of their stories written thus far and will have an opportunity to revise and edit it using all the writing concepts they have learned up to this point. They will share their writing with their peers and will practice responding to their peers writing through prompts- I found out..... and I like your story because.... Students will use these prompts to help them stay focused within the writing process. Students will also think and talk about stories before they write. They will practice visualizing to get writing ideas, reread their writing and tell more, and they will check for sentence punctuation.

Week of November 6th - November 13th

Kindergarten
Students will continue to work on phonics and phonemic awareness. They will identify beginning and ending sounds. They will associate letter names to the correct sounds. They will recognize rhyming words, segment compound words, and will manipulate words by changing parts of the word.


1st Grade
The trick words this week are as, his, and has. Students will continue to read and write words with the following digraphs: wh, ch, sh, th, and ck. They will practice tapping out individual sounds to spell words. They will read a story about a fish through shared and choral reading. They will have the opportunity to identify learned concepts throughout the text. Such as highlighting trick words, underlining digraphs, circling capital letters, etc.


2nd Grade

Students were inspired last week from listening to Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenback. They brainstormed a list of scary words and began to write scary sentences. This week they will listen to The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. They will choose one of their sentences and will write their own scary story. They will be expected to include adjectives, capital letters, and proper punctuation. They are also expected to apply appropriate spelling skills. Students should refer to the word wall or their spelling dictionaries to spell high-frequency sight words. They should also approximate the spellings of unfamiliar words by sounding the words out.