Midterms are sent home today! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I am very pleased with the students and how well they are doing. They really catch on quick!
Spelling Words: adding -s or -es
boys lunches
girls dishes
streets wishes
rooms peaches
lions foxes
nights boxes
This Week In Class
Science - We began discussing mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as the life cycles of frogs and butterflies.
Social Studies - We learned about the compass rose and how communication and transportation have changed over the years.
Reading - We learned about character traits as well as homophones and digraphs.
Phonics - Long e sounds
Math - Doubles facts, doubles +/- 1 and adding my making 10. We also learned how to add 3 addends by grouping.
Upcoming dates!
Friday, September 21st - No School (Teacher Inservice)
Monday, October 1st - Fall Pictures
Wednesday, October 3rd - 2 Hour Delay
Friday, October 5th - Dads 'n Donuts
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Friday, September 14 Newsletter
This week's spelling words are words ending in mp, nd, nt, sk, st
jump and
friend went
ask just
bump land
hand different
desk must
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In Math we are working on addition facts, focusing on adding-on and adding doubles.
In Reading we are discussing what it means to be a good friend, why it's important to listen, and how to write descriptive sentences. We are also beginning to learn about homophones.
Phonics class consisted of working on the consonants c, k, and ck
We took a test in Science over plants and the kids did great!!
In Social Studies class we are learning about rural areas, urban areas, and suburbs.
We began Health this week also introducing the importance of health and being a good character.
Upcoming dates:
Thursday, September 20th - Midterms
Friday, September 21st - No School (Teacher Inservice)
Wednesday, October 3rd - 2 Hour Delay
BIRTHDAYS!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELLA ON THE 15TH!!!! :-)
friend went
ask just
bump land
hand different
desk must
www.spellingcity.com/ehovest
In Math we are working on addition facts, focusing on adding-on and adding doubles.
In Reading we are discussing what it means to be a good friend, why it's important to listen, and how to write descriptive sentences. We are also beginning to learn about homophones.
Phonics class consisted of working on the consonants c, k, and ck
We took a test in Science over plants and the kids did great!!
In Social Studies class we are learning about rural areas, urban areas, and suburbs.
We began Health this week also introducing the importance of health and being a good character.
Upcoming dates:
Thursday, September 20th - Midterms
Friday, September 21st - No School (Teacher Inservice)
Wednesday, October 3rd - 2 Hour Delay
BIRTHDAYS!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELLA ON THE 15TH!!!! :-)
Friday, September 7, 2012
September 7 Newsletter
This week in class:
We continued our discussion of plants in Science. We will take a test over plants the beginning of next week and will begin learning about animals.
In Reading I have been doing an assessment on each student individually. I am checking their oral reading fluency, their retell fluency, and their word use fluency. This assessment will be completed again near January and one more time in May. The propose of this assessment is to monitor growth in reading.
In Social Studies we continued to learn about communities and how people work together.
In Phonics we began working on short e and o sounds.
SCHEDULE:
Monday - Gym (bring clothes)
Tuesday & Thursday - Music
Wednesday - Library & Computers
Friday - Mass
Spelling Words
words beginning with br, gr, st, sw
bring brave
break brother
grade great
stand ground
stick state
sweet swing
www.spellingcity.com/ehovest
We continued our discussion of plants in Science. We will take a test over plants the beginning of next week and will begin learning about animals.
In Reading I have been doing an assessment on each student individually. I am checking their oral reading fluency, their retell fluency, and their word use fluency. This assessment will be completed again near January and one more time in May. The propose of this assessment is to monitor growth in reading.
In Social Studies we continued to learn about communities and how people work together.
In Phonics we began working on short e and o sounds.
SCHEDULE:
Monday - Gym (bring clothes)
Tuesday & Thursday - Music
Wednesday - Library & Computers
Friday - Mass
Spelling Words
words beginning with br, gr, st, sw
bring brave
break brother
grade great
stand ground
stick state
sweet swing
www.spellingcity.com/ehovest
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