Weekly Update - 3/4-3/7

Language Arts

Our new sight word this week is "one." This word is one that they must memorize and cannot tap or sound out. For the first few times they practice this word with you, it's OK for you to tell them what it says as it's a true trick word.

We're really getting the hang of guided reading! I'm so impressed with the growth that each of your students have shown since January - you should all be so proud of them! Remember when reading at home to have your student look at the pictures to help solve tricky words and use the first sound they see in a tricky word to be sure that solve the word using the skills they know. For example, if the word is "hen" and the picture is of a chicken, make sure they look at the "h" at the beginning to decode the word and to tap out smaller words using their Fundations skills. If you have any questions about strategies to try with your student, we can talk more at conferences on Friday.

In writer's workshop, we're beginning to work towards using only capital letters at the start of a new sentence or the word I, using punctuation, and writing our sight words with the proper spelling. We have also moved from only having a sentence about what they did and how they felt about it to having a beginning, middle and end to a story. As we move into the spring, it's important that students begin to practice writing like first graders and using all of the skills they've learned this year each time they write.

Math

We continue to work on place value to the tens place and have practice with numbers up to 79. We have been practicing sequencing numbers and filling in the missing numbers. For example, yesterday we put four random numbers in order, 54, 63, 67 and 73 and then we counted by ones from 54 to 73. This helps us get used to beginning to count at any given number between 1 and 100 and automatically know what the next number will be.

Important Reminders

*Early release on Friday, March 14 at noon - no lunch will be served.

Please check the classroom calendar for the share schedule.