Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Week of February 22nd - February 25th

Kindergarten
The new letters for this week are d & s. We will continue to work on word awareness while focusing on the capitalization of names. The story for this week is Baby Echo Finds Echo At Last.

1st Grade
The trick words for this week are only, other & new. We will continue to focus on glued sounds that end with -ng or -nk. The words of the week are kings, winks & fangs.

2nd Grade
The story for this week is The Great Ball Game. The leveled story will be Bird Race. We will continue to work on fluency as well as summarizing. The vocabulary words are argument, quarrel, tease, catch up, passed & finally.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Week of February 7 - February 11

Kindergarten
The letters for this week are o & g. Students will continue to learn propper letter formation and letter-sound association. They will also continue to learn word awareness. We will write and read sentences about bikes. Students will also listen to a story and focus on retelling the events: Who was in the story? Where did it take place? What was the problem? How was it solved?



1st Grade
Students will begin Unit 7 this week of Wilson Fundations. They will learn 4 new glued sounds that end with ng: ang, ing, ong, ung and 4 new glued sounds that end with nk: ank, ink, onk, & unk. The trick words are out, so & are. The words of the day are rang, hung, & long.

2nd Grade

Students will be participating in Reading/Writing Workshop this week. They will participate in the writing process while writing biographies. They will be expected to use capital letters, correct punctuation, phonetic spelling, and accurate recall of factual information.