A Peek at the Week: December 3rd

Important Dates and Information

Monday, December 3rd: Scholastic Book Order due

Monday, December 10th: Advent Mass

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: The Big Race
Spelling
: Long A (CVCe)      Grammar: Verbs and Time           Phonics: Long A (-ace,-ake), Soft c, g, dge

Spelling Words:  came, make, brave, late, gave, shape, cake, made, snake, gate


High Frequency Words/Sight Words
: two, three, four, five, into, over, starts, watch

Math:  Lessons 62-65

Lesson 60-2    Written Assessment 11

Lesson 61    Addition Facts: Adding 2

Lesson 62: Compare and order objects by length, measure length using nonstandard units

Lesson 63: Writing numbers 0-10 using words

Lesson 64: Identifying pairs

Religion: We will continue learning about Advent, start our Christmas Story Booklet and work in our religion books.

Science/Social Studies: We will continue our STEM Gingerbread activities from last week and start our study on Christmas Around the World

Genius Hour: Gingerbread STEM activities

Homework for the Week:

Monday: Read: The Big Race, Practice New Sight Words, and Spelling Notebook

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice/Decodable, Math: written practice & fact sheet, Spelling Notebook

Wednesday: Read: Leveled Reader, Math: written practice & fact sheet and Spelling Notebook

Thursday: Read: The Big Race, Math: written practice & fact sheet, and Spelling Notebook

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: short vowels & long vowels: M.2, Digraphs: F.7-F.9, Verb Tense: JJ.9             

IXL Math: Adding 2: C.2, Even and Odd: A.16, Symmetry: V.7

Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (stories: Tate’s Cakes, Dave and the Whales, A Safe Lodge, The Race) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 3: Izzy’s Move, The Treasure Map, Cam the Camel

 

 

A Peek at the Week: November 26th

Important Dates and Information

Tuesday, November 27th: PTO Santa’s Christmas Corner- Our students will have a chance to shop for family members at Santa’s Christmas Corner on Tuesday, November 27th from 10-10:30. If your child is interested in shopping, please send back the completed list, tags and their money in an envelope or baggie clearly marked with your child’s name.

Monday, December 3rd: Scholastic Book Order due

Monday, December 10th: Advent Mass

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story: How Leopards Got His Spots
Spelling
: Digraph: ch   Grammar: Commands     Phonics: Digraph: ch, tch,Possessives with ‘s

Words:  chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, duck, chat, champ, bench


High Frequency Words/Sight Words
: been, brown, know, never, off, out, own, very

Math:  Lessons 56-60-1

Lesson 56: Identifying odd and even numbers

Lesson 57:  Number a clock face, show time to hour on a clock

Lesson 58:  Adding 2 to even number

Lesson 59: Adding 2 to odd number

Lesson 60-1: Cover a design with pattern block

Religion: We will continue to work in our Religion books and learning about Advent

Science/Social Studies: We will be completing various STEM activities with the story, The Gingerbread Man.

Enrichment: We will continue our Gingerbread Stem activities

Homework for the Week:

Monday: Read: How Leopards Got His Spots, Math: written practice & Facts , and Spelling Notebook

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice/Decodable, Math: written practice & fact sheet, Spelling Notebook

Wednesday: Read: Leveled Reader, Math: written practice & fact sheet and Spelling Notebook

Thursday: Read: How Leopards Got His Spots, Math: written practice & fact sheet, and Spelling Notebook

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Commands-EE.4, Possessive-FF.10, Homophones-Z.1              IXL Math: A.15, A.16: Identify Odd & Even Numbers

Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (stories: Scratch, chop, Rich Gets a Dog, Champs, Kits, Chicks, and Pups) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 3:  Giraffe’s Neck, Bear’s Tail, Peacock’s Tail

 

A Peek at the Week: November 12

Important Dates and Information

Monday, November 12th- Veteran’s Day Celebration and Open House 

Friday, November 16th– Kindergarten & First Grade Prayer Service at 2:15 at the church.  All are invited.  Students will wear their Sunday best-no shorts, jeans, or flip flops.   

Thanksgiving Break- Monday, November 19th -Friday, November 23rd

Language Arts: Journeys weekly story:  Unit 3: At Home in the Ocean
Spelling
: Digraph: th        Grammar: Proper Nouns              Phonics: Digraph: th, Base Words and -s, -es, -ed, -ing endings

Spelling Words:  that, then, this them, with, bath, Beth, path, thump, math

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: blue, little, water, cold, live, where, far, their

Math:  Lessons 52-55-2

Lesson 52: Identifying and locating numbers on a Hundred Chart

Lesson 53: Counting Dimes and Pennies

Lesson 53:  Counting Dimes and Pennies

Lesson 54: Create a design with the line of symmetry

Lesson 55.1: Draw a line of symmetry, identifying one half of a whole, write the fraction one half

Religion: We will discuss and write about things we are Thankful for and continue working on our Thanksgiving Prayer Service

Science/Social Studies: We will continue to learn about The First Thanksgiving.

Enrichment: Thanksgiving Prayer Service

Homework for the Week:

Monday: Read: At Home in the Ocean, Math: written & fact practice, and spelling notebook

Tuesday: Read: Book of your choice/Decodable, Math: written & fact practice, and spelling notebook

Wednesday: Read: leveled reader, Math: written & fact practice, and spelling notebook

Thursday: Read: At Home in the Ocean, Math: written & fact practice, and spelling notebook

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Grammar: Articles: KK.1, Proper & Common Nouns: FF.4,FF.5, Short Vowels: L.1-L.4, Main Idea: U.1          

IXL Math: Identify Odd & Even Numbers: A.15, Subtraction: G.10, F.1

Decodable Readers online. Unit 3 (Seth and Beth, Zeb Yak, The Duck Nest, Animals Moms) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 3:  In the Sea , Coral Reefs,  The Amazing Octopus

 

A Peek at the Week: November 5th

Language Arts:

Journeys weekly story:  Unit 2 Review

Grammar:  using a, an, the  IXL Practice: KK.1

Singular & Plural Nouns IXL Practice: FF.8

Complete Sentences IXL Practice:EE.9-EE.10

Phonics: Blends (beginning & Ending) IXL Practice: F.1-F.6

Spelling: Short Vowels (a,e,i,o,u) IXL Practice: L.1-L.4

Words: had, cat, will, big, fox, jump, hop, ten, bed, sun, bus, step

High Frequency Words/Sight Words: Review all unit 2 words

Math:  Lessons 48-51

Lesson 48: Telling time to the hour

Lesson 49: Subtractions Facts: Subtracting 0 and subtract a number from itself

Lesson 50.1: Estimate the capacity of containers, order containers, Identifying a 1-cup liquid measure

Lesson 50.2: Written assessment 9

Lesson 51: Identifying even number to 20

Religion: We will discuss and write about things we are Thankful for.

Science/Social Studies: We will be learning about The First Thanksgiving.

Enrichment: Thanksgiving Projects

Homework for the Week:

Monday: Read: Book of your choice, Math: written practice & Facts, spelling notebook

Tuesday: Read: Journeys Book, Math: written practice & Facts, spelling notebook

Wednesday: Read: Book of your choice and/or decodable, Math: written practice & Facts, spelling notebook

Thursday: Read: Book of your choice and/or decodable and spelling notebook

Friday: No Homework

Extra Practice:

IXL Math: Addition: C.1, C.10 Subtraction: G.1 Counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s: A.9

Decodable Readers online. Unit 2 (any story from Unit 2) * We read these stories in class throughout the week

Leveled Readers: Unit 2