December 9, 2013

Hello,

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Just a reminder that the tickets for the St. Jude’s gala are sale now! It will be taking place this year on February 22, 2014. Hope everyone is getting excited for the winter break! Take a look at our day;

Math

Grade 1

We began discussing what they already know about numbers from the pervious unit. Then we looked at the various things we learned about from this unit. The students were given a chance to reflect and ask any questions regarding the unit we just completed. They the completed some review questions, and a journal about the unit in their math makes sense workbook.

MMS: pg. 60 – 62

Grade 2

The grade 2’s reviewed addition and subtraction with 2 digits, counting money, and solving word problems in their arithmetic workbooks.

A2: pg. 64-66, 68

UOI

Grade1

The grade 1’s listened to a story about a messy room, and how to get it organized. Then we talked about how the characters got organized and why it is so important. We also talked about why it is important for our writing to be organized as well. The grade 1’s are writing their very own picture book! We started with organized our ideas using a brainstorming web.

Grade 2

Today the grade 2’s talked about nature, and the various types of materials that are bot made from man. The grade 2’s learned how they are different from materials that ARE man-made, and what they are used for.

Language

Both the grade 1’s and the grade 2’s worked on their phonics skills in their Letters and Sounds workbooks.

Grade 1

Letters and sounds pgs. 59 – 60

Grade 2

Letters and sounds pgs. 46-47

We also finished our phonics centers from Friday.

Spelling

Both grades copied this weeks spelling words in their spelling notebooks 3 times. Then, they had to create sentences for each word. When they completed this, they practiced using these words in their spelling workbooks.

Grade 1

Complete spelling workout pages. 61 – 64

Grade 2

Complete spelling workout pages. 57 – 60

Have a great Evening everyone!