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.
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.
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.
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.
