Weeks of Nov. 7th and Nov. 14th

READING:We are starting to read the story  "Animal Homes". It is a story about the different animals and their homes.  We are working on text features,  vocabulary, comprehension, and summarizing what we read. In grammar, we are working on more plural nouns and base words with prefixes un- & re-

WRITING:
We are continuing to write scary stories and adding "juicy" details that help us see and hear what is being read. We continue to work on writing  creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The new spelling list went home on Monday, Nov. 7th for Mrs. Priestas' kiddos. (If you need a list please contact Mrs. Priestas or Mrs. Yousey as students do not all have the same list. :) 

MATH:

We are working on addition and subtraction with regrouping. We will continue to work on money and time. We are working on  problem solving, place value and greater than less than.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, identifying coins, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Social Studies:
We will be starting geography using maps and how to read and use them correctly.

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of Oct. 24th to Nov. 2nd

READING:We are starting to read the story  "Class Pets". It is a story about a teacher who lets each kid bring in a pet throughout the school year. We are working on vocabulary, comprehension, story structure (characters, setting, beginning, middle and end) and summarizing what we read. In grammar, we are working on plural nouns and base words with the suffix -ed and -ing. 

WRITING:
We started writing scary stories and adding "juicy" details that help us see and hear what is being read. We continue to work on writing  creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The new spelling list went home on Monday, Oct. 24th for Mrs. Priestas' kiddos. (If you need a list please contact Mrs. Priestas or Mrs. Yousey as students do not all have the same list. :) 

MATH:

We are working on addition and subtraction with regrouping. We will continue to work on money and time. We are working on  problem solving, place value and greater than less than.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, identifying coins, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Social Studies:
We are exploring the past and present and comparing the changes over time.  

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of Oct. 10th-Oct. 22nd

READING:We are starting to read the story  "Diary of a Spider". It is a story about a spider's daily adventures with his friends Fly and Worm. We are working on vocabulary, comprehension, identifying facts and opinions and summarizing what we read. In grammar, we are classifying nouns into person place or things.

WRITING:
We will be working on personal narratives in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing  creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The new spelling list went home on Monday, Oct. 10th for Mrs. Priestas' kiddos. (If you need a list please contact Mrs. Priestas or Mrs. Yousey as students do not all have the same list. :) 

MATH:

We are working on place value and greater than less than. We will continue to work on money and time. Our goal is to know the place value to the 1000th place. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, identifying coins, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Science:

We are exploring the weather and the weather cycle. Ask the kiddos if they can identify the cloud types. They are pretty good at it!!
HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

September 12th-23rd

September 12th-23rd

READING:We are starting to read the story  "My Family". It is a story about a little girl and her family. We are working on vocabulary, comprehension, compare and contrasting and questioning to clarify information. We will be working with Venn diagrams. In grammar, we are working on writing complete sentences. We will be writing friendly letters too!

WRITING:
We will be working on personal narratives in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing  creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The new spelling list went home on Monday, Sept. 12th. Please look to the red folder for your kiddos list. (If you need a list please contact Mrs. Priestas or Mrs. Yousey as students do not all have the same list. :) 

MATH:

We are continuing to work on money. Our goal is to memorize what the coins look like and their individual value. We will be practicing adding the coins together and making change.  Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, identifying coins, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

HEALTH:

Making healthy choices and identifying the five food groups. Also, we will be discussing the importance exercise as a part of a healthy lifestyle.
HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

August 29th - September 9th

READING:We are starting to read the story  "Henry and Mudge". It is a story about a boy and his dog  and what kind of activities they like to do together.    We are working on vocabulary, comprehension, story structure, sequence, and compare and contrasting. We will be working with Venn diagrams. In grammar, we are working on subjects and predicates. 

WRITING:
We will be working on personal narratives in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing  creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

There will be a spelling list in the red folder every 2 weeks. We will take our spelling test on the last Friday of our story. 

MATH:

We are starting Unit 1 this week. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, identifying coins, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

We are learning about making responsible and respectful choices to become a good citizen.
HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of May 16th and May 23rd

READING: ​ We will be reading a story called "Dex the Heart of a Hero" We will also be working on adjects, comparing and contrasting and character traits. Of course we will be going over main idea, plot, beginning, middle and end also. :) 

WRITING:
We will are working on proofreading and making sure we have all important information and our writing makes sense. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. Phonics: we will be working on "or" words. 

SPELLING: 

We will be practice spelling but there will not be a test. 

MATH:

We have are working on problems solving, graphing, and arrays. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving. We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Science: 

We will be working on studying animals and their habitats. We will be focusing on what causes the change to the habitat to alter it's inhabitants. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of April 18th to April 29th

Weeks of April 18th to April 29th

READING: ​ We will be reading a story that centers around fossils and dinosaurs! "The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs" is a great book to analyze fact and opinion as well as using our questioning strategies. We will also be working on adverbs and opinion writing. 

WRITING:
We will are working on letters and paragraphs to persuade. Proofreading and making sure we have all parts of a letter. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. Phonics: we will be working on ea and ee words. 

SPELLING: 

This week our spelling words all have "oo" sounds. Our list is: took, books, foot, hoof, cook, nook, hood, wood, stood, shook, crook, cookbook, look, good, crooked, bookcase our test will be April 29th. 

MATH:

We have are continuing our unit on Geometry. This week and next will be working on fractions and partitioning shapes. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving. We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Science: 

We will be working on studying animals past and present. We will be focusing on fossils to tie our story and our objectives together. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of March 21st through April 4th

READING: ​This short 4 day week will be over before we know it. This week we are reading a story, "Click, Clack, Moo" we are focusing on drawing conclusions and making predictions. Also we will be working on prefixes (pre- & mis-) and also on base words ending in -s or -es. ​We will NOT be doing a spelling test this week.

WRITING:
We will are working on writing friendly letters. Proofreading and making sure we have all parts of a letter. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. Phonics: we will be working on ea and ee words. 

SPELLING: 

We will NOT be doing a spelling test this week.

MATH:

We have concluded our unit on measurement and started the next unit on story problems. The students will be able to analyze, answer and explain the story problem. Most problems will be adding 4, 2 digit numbers (ie. 12+23+34+12=). The measurement of time and money will be included in indpenedent work time as well as Sumdog or Scootpad to ensure the students maintain their growth. We will still continue working on adding coins and identifying them and their amounts. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving. We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Science: 

We will conclude our short unit on force and motion. The goal is to know that force is a push or pull that can change the direction of an object. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of Feb. 16-Feb. 29th

READING: The past week and the next couple we will be working on fairy tales, folktales and fables. We will be exploring traditional tales as well as reversed perspective stories. We will also compare the differences between the versions of the tales. Such as "Stone Soup"....the first version we read was set in France and the second version is set in China. We will be comparing and contrasting the character traits, story setting, plot and the lessons/morals we learn.  During phonics we will be practicing verbs and how to change them to past or present. The students should be able to describe characteristics of each genre and be able to identify them after listening. 

WRITING:
We will are working on creative stories in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. Phonics: we will be working on ea and ee words. 

SPELLING: 

The spelling test will be on Friday, Feb. 26th. The spelling words should be in the red folder. The words are: free, teach, teeth, please, beach, wheel, team, speak, sneeze, sheep, meaning, weave, eat, read, between and reason. **In Mrs. Yousey's class there are some individual spelling lists that are different from the list above. 

MATH:

We have concluded our unit on measurement and started the next unit on story problems. The students will be able to analyze, answer and explain the story problem. Most problems will be adding 4, 2 digit numbers (ie. 12+23+34+12=). The measurement of time and money will be included in indpenedent work time as well as Sumdog or Scootpad to ensure the students maintain their growth. We will still continue working on adding coins and identifying them and their amounts. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving. We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Social Studies: 

We have began talking about time lines and the significance and uses for them. We are starting to discuss biographies. We will be researching a famous person of our choice. We will be doing a biography report in class this will not be an "at home" assignment. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of Jan. 19th-Jan 29th

READING: The story we are reading is called "How Chipmunk got His Stripes". This is a folktale and also teaches an important lesson (be kind and don't brag or be boastful). We will be comparing and contrasting the character traits of the two main characters, writing about the different traits, as well as identifying facts and opinions in our reading. During phonics we will be practicing verbs and how to change them to past or present. 

WRITING:
We will are working on creative stories in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The spelling test will be on Friday, Jan. 29. The spelling words should be in the red folder. The words are: liked, using, riding, chased, spilled, making, closed, hoping, baked, hiding, standing, asked, mixed sleeping, teasing, knocking 

MATH:

We are starting a new unit on measurement. The measurement of time and money will be included as well as standard and nonstandard forms of measurement. Still continue working on adding coins and identifying them and their amounts. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Social Studies: 

We have began talking about time lines and the significance and uses for them. We are starting to discuss biographies. We will be researching a famous person of our choice. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.

Weeks of Jan. 4th to Jan. 15th

READING: The story we are reading is called "Jellies" and it has all types of interesting information about a jelly fish. We are beginning to work on non-fiction research about sea creatures in class. We will be comparing and contrasting the creatures in the sea, writing about the different facts and opinions, as well as identifying facts and opinions in our reading. During phonics we will be practicing contractions, base words and suffixes (specifically -er and -est).

WRITING:
We will are working on creative stories in writing and adding details to all of our writing.  We continue to work on writing creative stories. We are starting to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories each week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We are creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an end mark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our pre-writes. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. 

SPELLING: 

The spelling test will be on Friday, Jan. 15. The spelling words should be in the red folder. The words are: I'm, don't, isn't, can't, we'll, it's, I've, didn't, you're, that's, wasn't, you've, us, them, they're, & wouldn't. 

MATH:

We are starting a new unit on measurement. The measurement of time and money will be included as well as standard and nonstandard forms of measurement. Still continue working on adding coins and identifying them and their amounts. Addition and Subtraction skills will be worked on daily. We are working on  problem solving.We are also counting to 1000, skip counting, working on graphs, and looking for patterns.

Social Studies: 

We have began talking about timelines and the significance and uses for them. We will be creating a timeline and learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the week of the 11th. 

HANDWRITING: 
We are working on our letter formation for print. Please check the red folder for practice sheets coming home to extend learning and practice of handwriting skills.