January 30th Newsletter

 

January 30th - Feb. 3rd, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long i and short i vowel sounds.

• Know vowel team sound-spellings for y and igh.

• Read irregularly spelled words (different, full, into, through)

• Identify the elements of a sentence and review proper sentence construction.

• Read and write words using comparatives and superlatives (-er and -est).

• Read a poem titled, Star Light, Sar Bright. We will locate words with the -igh vowel team and identify rhyming words. 

• Read a nonfiction book and infer an important idea during shared reading. We will also make connections between text and labeled photos. 

• Write a response to reading.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our How To writing

• Learn about commas and how we use them to separate items in a list

• Make sure we include very detailed steps in our how-to writing

• Begin turning our how-to steps into a book

• Learn about and make sure we are including transition words in our pieces

• Please make sure to talk to your child about what they plan to do for their how-to at home presentation and make sure to return the slip by February 1st!

This week in math, we will….

• There's a shape in my pocket.

• Learn about how you can combine shapes to create new shapes. For example two triangles create a rhombus. 

• Identify, name, describe, compare two-dimensional shapes including triangles, rhombuses, hexagons, and trapezoids.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between the defining and non-defining attributes in shapes. Non-defining attributes include size and color. Defining attributes include vertices (corners), number of sides, parallel or perpendicular lines. 

• Draw a two-dimensional shape with specific defining attributes.

• Create a composite shape by composing two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, trapezoids, triangles, hexagons).

This week in social studies, we will…

• Continue learning about Our Country

• Learn more about the 50 states that make up our country and where Wisconsin is located on the map

• Learn about the American flag and the Pledge of Allegiance

Important Dates to Remember!

• Feb. 1st - How to presentation slip is due

• Feb. 9th - 100th Day of School

• Feb. 10th - No School Professional Development

• Feb. 13th - Start our How-To presentations

• Feb. 14th - Valentines Day Celebration

January 23-27th

 

January 23-27, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long o and short o vowel sounds.

• Blend sounds to produce words.

• Know sound-spellings for the vowel teams oa and ow.

• Read irregularly spelled words (part, people, more, or).

• Identify the elements of a sentence and understand the use of a comma.

• Read and write words ending with suffixes -ful and -less.

• Understand the meaning of new words that are supported by text and pictures during shared reading. We will also retell important events from the story and infer the lesson we can learn from the story. Finally, we will find words with -ed ending and practice using commas to determine how dialogue is read. 

• Read a poem titled, Snow, Snow, Fly Away. We will highlight vowel teams in the poem.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons.

This week in writing, we will…

• Begin a new unit on How To writing

• Brainstorm topics for how-to books, thinking about things we are really good at that we could teach others

• Begin writing a how-to book by listing all of the materials we need and breaking down the writing step by step

This week in math, we will….

• Start Unit 5 all about shapes! 

• Organize data with up to 3 categories

•  Identify, name, describe, compare two-dimensional shapes including triangles, rectangles, hexagons, and trapezoids

• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between the defining and non-defining attributes of a two-dimensional shape

• Draw a two-dimensional shape with specific defining attributes

This week in social studies, we will…

• Begin a new unit on Our Country

• Learn about the continents and oceans, then zoom in on North America

• Learn about the American Flag and our first president, George Washington

Important Dates to Remember!

• Feb. 9th - 100th Day of School (More information to come)

• Feb. 10th - No School Professional Development

• Feb. 14th - Valentines Day Celebration (More information to come)

January 17th Newsletter

 

January 17-19, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

• Review the vowel teams ay, ai, ee, and ea. 

• Read a story titled, The Big Mix-Up, by Nicole Walker. While reading, we will recognize plurals and contractions. We will also make personal connections to the text, and infer the characters' feelings. 

• Write a response to reading, retelling the important events from the story, The Big Mix-Up.

• Read a poem titled, Snowball, by Shel Silverstein. We will use clues to infer the meaning of the poem. We will also locate compound words and words with vowel teams.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue working on our handwriting books

• Finish our iReady testing

This week in math, we will….

While learning about penguins and Antarctica we will

• Read and write numerals to 120

• Compare pairs of 2-digit numbers

• Express the length of an object as a whole number of units

• Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another

• Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers (2 addends and a sum)

• Demonstrate an understanding that multiples of 10 from 10 to 90 refer to some number of tens and 0 ones

This week in science, we will…

• Continue to complete hands on activities using force and friction

Important Dates to Remember!

• January 16th - No School - MLK Jr. Day

• January 17- i-Ready Testing (Math)

• January 18- i-Ready Testing (Math)

• January 19th - Last day of 2nd Quarter

• January 20th - No School - Professional Development Day for Teachers

January 9th Newsletter

 

January 9-13, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long e and short e vowel sounds.

• Read and spell one-syllable words with vowel teams ee and ea.

• Read irregularly spelled words (find, around, under, wash).

• Identify elements of a sentence.

• Compare and contrast adventures and experiences of characters from different versions of The Gingerbread Man. We will also ask and answer questions about key details in the texts.

• Read a poem titled Hickory, Dickory, Dean. 

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue working on our handwriting books

• Create a winter story by rolling a dice to figure out who our characters are, where our setting is, and what the problem of our story it, then we will think creatively and create a story

This week in math, we will….

• Represent addition and subtraction on a number line

• Recognize and extend number patterns

•  Order numerals to 120

• Demonstrate an understanding that multiples of 10 from 10 to 90 refer to some number of tens and 0 ones

• Learn a new workplace “The Frog Path” 

• Mentally find the number that is 10 more or 10 less than a given 2-digit number, without counting

This week in science, we will…

• Learn about how objects move in different ways

• Complete hands on activities using force and friction

Important Dates to Remember!

• January 9- PTO Meeting 

• January 10- i-Ready Testing (Reading)

• January 11- i-Ready Testing (Reading)

• January 16th - No School - MLK Jr. Day

• January 19th - Last day of 2nd Quarter

• January 20th - No School - Professional Development Day for Teachers

January 2-6 Newsletter

 

January 2-6, 2022

This week in literacy, we will…

• Distinguish long a and short a vowel sounds.

• Decode one-syllable words with vowel teams ai and ay.

• Read irregularly spelled words (away, one, doesn't, something).

• Identify elements of a sentence.

• Read compound words. 

• Read a story about snow during shared reading. While reading, we will use the events of the story to predict what will happen next and discuss how characters might solve the problem. We will also read contractions and take apart compound words to read two smaller words.

• Write a response to reading. 

• Read a poem titled The Snowman. We will infer what the poem is about and highlight words with the ay vowel team.

• Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness lessons. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Write about our winter break

• Learn about adjectives and use them to describe our favorite snowy day activity

• Think about the steps we take to build a snowman and write about it, then we will either go outside or use Play-Doh to build a snowman following the how-to steps we came up with

This week in math, we will….

• Represent addition and subtraction on a number line 

•  Learn the workplace super frogs! 

•  Count by 10s to 100 

•  Demonstrate an understanding that multiples of 10 from 10 to 90 refer to some number of tens and 0 ones

•  Add a multiple of 10 (up to 80) and another 2-digit number 

•  Subtract a 2-digit multiple of 10 from an equal or greater 2-digit multiple of 10 

• Mentally find the number that is 10 more or 10 less than a given 2-digit number, without counting, and explain the reasoning used

This week in science, we will…

• Begin a new unit on pushes and pulls

• Learn about force and motion and go on a scavenger hunt around our classroom finding items we push and pull

Important Dates to Remember!

• January 16th - No School - MLK Jr. Day

• January 19th - Last day of 2nd Quarter

• January 20th - No School - Professional Development Day for Teachers