Sunday, January 26, 2014

Week of January 27th, 2014

Letter of the Week:

This week we will be working on the letter Oo. 

Star Words:

was
look
when

The star words and the letter person worksheet will be sent home on Monday in your child's red folder. 

Star Words

Below you will find a worksheet that I am going to use as homework for this week. Each sentence focuses on star words that have been taught thus far this year. All sentences should be practiced daily for: accuracy, intonation and speed.




You do not need to print this out, I will be sending a copy home in your child's red folder. Please read these sentences with your child each night, thank you! 




PTO Meeting 
:RESCHEDULED:
Tuesday
January 28, 2014
7:00 pm

The Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teachers will be presenting on the Common Core in the Elementary School cafetorium for this month's PTO meeting!

Please attend if you are able!


Report Cards
January 31, 2014

On Friday you can access you child's report card via Powerschool. If you have any questions on how to access your account, please feel free to contact me and I will try to answer your question as best I can!



I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! 

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Week of January 20th, 2014

Letter of the Week:

This week we will be working on the letter Ww. 

Star Words:

what

The star words and the letter person worksheet will be sent home on Tuesday in your child's red folder. 

Star Words

Below you will find a worksheet that I am going to use as homework for this week. Each sentence focuses on star words that have been taught thus far this year. All sentences should be practiced daily for: accuracy, intonation and speed.




You do not need to print this out, I will be sending a copy home in your child's red folder. Please read these sentences with your child each night, thank you! 


Native Americans

Here is our Native American display:













We are going to be adding two more tribes to our display within the next two weeks!


PTO Meeting 
Tuesday
January 21, 2014
7:00 pm

The Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teachers will be presenting on the Common Core in the Elementary School cafetorium for this month's PTO meeting!

Please attend if you are able!



I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! 

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Week of January 13th, 2014

Letter of the Week:

This week we will be working on the letter Rr. 

Star Words:

they
went

The star words and the letter person worksheet will be sent home on Monday in your child's red folder. 

Writing

We have learned:

  1.  How to put finger spaces in between our words
  2. Spell star words correctly
  3. Start our sentences with a capital letter
  4. Stretch out unknown words and write down all of the sounds that we can hear
  5. We also learned how to put a stopping point (period, question mark or exclamation mark) at the end of our sentences


It is encouraged to practice reading and writing star words at home as much as possible! If you need star words to be printed out I will be more than happy to get them to you as soon as possible. Just send a note to school with your child and I will send them home within a few days. J

Native Americans

This past week we started learning about the Sioux tribes.  Sioux tribes included Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, and Standing Rock Sioux, among others. We are learning primarily about the Lakota Sioux people of the Great Plains.
 Here are some things that we learned about the Lakota Sioux:


  1. The Lakota Sioux lived in the Great Plains region
  2. Plains are flat areas of land with very few trees
  3. Buffalo were hunted 
  4. Lakota Sioux never hunted more than what they needed and every part of the Buffalo was used
  5. They lived in tipis
Each day we have been documenting what we have learned with illustrations and captions. Stay tuned… I will try to post pictures towards the end of the week!


Thank you for taking the time to visit our blog and have a wonderful week!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Week of January 6th, 2014


Letter of the Week:

This week we will be working on the letter Ll. 

Star Words:

have
will

The star words and the letter person worksheet will be sent home on Monday in your child's red folder. 



Holiday Celebration

Our holiday celebration was a huge success! Our party parents organized a gingerbread man decorating activity, which the students thoroughly enjoyed! They also brought in delicious cupcakes, and the students listened to an engaging story read by Mrs. Loughlin. 

Thank you to Mrs. Loughlin, Mrs. Schwenker and Mrs. Pacella for organizing this event!

Here are a few pictures from our holiday party:










I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and I wish you all good health and happiness this new year!