Monday, February 10, 2014

Lesson Plans for February 10-14



Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be February 14th. Please remember that spelling words and dictation sentences will be graded this nine weeks.

Words: afraid, day, gray, mail, may, play, rain, tail, train, way, would, some

Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: We will learn about /ai/ as in train and /ay/ as in day.  We will also learn about possessives such as: This is Jan’s book. This week’s reading skill is to draw conclusions from the story. Our grammar skill is to review adjectives.

High-Frequency words: much, before, line, right, too, mean, old, any, same, tell

 

Math: We will learn about 2-digit addition along with problem-solving.   Please review with your child how to count to 120 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. There are also many websites to help your child review addition and subtraction. Review 10 more and 10 less ( such as, “What is 10 more than 24?”) Here are a few: mathfactcafe.com, coolmath4kids.com or aplusmath.com

 

Social Science: We are discussing Valentine’s Day.

 


 

Friday, January 31, 2014

Lesson Plans for Feb. 3-7


Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be January 31st. Please remember that spelling words and dictation sentences will be graded this nine weeks.

Words: bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, slower, slowest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest, many, these

Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

 

Reading: We will learn about comparative endings –er and –est and /dge/ as in fudge. 

We use –er when comparing two things and –est when comparing three or more things.

 Our reading skill will be to learn about the sequence of a story.

Our grammar skill is to learn about adjectives.

High-Frequency words are: name, good, sentence, man, think, say, great, where, help, through

 

Math: We will continue to learn about place value. Students need to understand that 14 is 1 ten 4 ones and 10+4. We will continue to practice working on knowing simple addition and subtraction facts.

 

Social Science: We will be doing 100th day activities.

 


 

 

 

Monday, January 27, 2014

Lesson Plans for the week of Jan. 27-31


Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be January 31st. Please remember that spelling words and dictation sentences will be graded this nine weeks.

Words: bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, slower, slowest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest, many, these

Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

 

Reading: We will learn about comparative endings –er and –est and /dge/ as in fudge. 

We use –er when comparing two things and –est when comparing three or more things.

 Our reading skill will be to learn about the sequence of a story.

Our grammar skill is to learn about adjectives.

High-Frequency words are: name, good, sentence, man, think, say, great, where, help, through

 

Math: We will continue to learn about place value. Students need to understand that 14 is 1 ten 4 ones and 10+4. We will continue to practice working on knowing simple addition and subtraction facts.

 

Social Science: We will be learning about animals that hibernate.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Lesson Plans for January 13-17



Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be January 17th. Please remember that spelling words and dictation sentences will be graded this nine weeks.

Words are: bark, cart, farm, park, shark, start, star, yard, jar, charm, other, because

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: We will also learn about contractions:‘s  as in that’s, ‘ve as in we’ve, and ‘re as in they’re. We will also learn about the r-controlled /ar/ like in part.  Our reading skill will be plot. Our grammar skill will be verbs from present and the past.

High-Frequency words are: people, write, more, water, about, would

 

Math: We will continue to learn about place value. We will also learn about the symbols for greater than, less than, and equal to.  Pease review with your child at home how to count to 100 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s.

 

Social Science: We will be learning about arctic animals.

 

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Lesson Plans for December 2-6

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be December 6th. Please remember that spelling words are graded this nine weeks. The dictation sentences will not be graded, just the words!

Words are: bring, trunk, pink, bank, sang, wing, rink, blank, rang, sunk, an, each

Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: Our story of the week is  Ruby in her Own Time. We will learn about the final  -ng as in wing and –nk as in bank. Our reading skill we be plot. Our grammar skill will be verbs that end with –s like, Ruby swims in the pond. Students will also learn about compound words like raincoat.

High-Frequency words: an, each, been, like, out, people, did, part, my, way, day

 

Math: We will review addition, subtraction and learn more about geometry. We will learn about 2d and 3d shapes. We will talk about how many sides and vertices (points) each shape has. If you would like to bring in a 3d shape from home, please do. J

 

Social Science: We will learn about reindeer.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Lesson Plans for November 18-22



 
Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be November 22nd. Please remember that spelling words are graded this nine weeks. The dictation sentences will not be graded, just the words!

Words are: my, by, try, any, body, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, said, there

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: Monday, we will start to read, An Egg is an Egg. We will learn about the vowel sounds of /y/ like try or lucky. We will learn about the verbs (action words) in a sentence. We will talk about compare and contrast.

High-Frequency words are: said, there

 

Math: We will review addition, subtraction and begin to learn about geometry. We will learn about 2d and 3d shapes. We will talk about how many sides and vertices (points) each shape has. If you would like to bring in a 3d shape from home, please do. J

 

Social Science: We will be doing Thanksgiving activities.

 

Friday, November 8, 2013

Lesson Plans for November 11th-15th

Weekly Plans

Spelling: The next spelling test will be Friday, November 15th. Remember the words are graded but NOT the dictation sentences. Letters that are written backwards makes the word incorrect and the word is counted wrong.

Words are: be, feet, he, see, we, green, me, she, tree, week, your, all

* Please use correct letter formation on spelling homework.

 

Reading: On Tuesday, we will start to read, Honey Bees. We will learn about the long e: /ee/ as in week and /e/ as in he. We will discuss words that have a VCCV pattern as in happen or rabbit.

We will talk about compare and contrast. Our grammar skill will be to find nouns in a sentence.

High-Frequency words are: your, all

 

Math: We will continue to discuss addends and fact families. Please review with your child how to count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s. Practice adding and subtracting 1 and double (ex: 4+4= 8, 6+6=12) facts. We will also continue to review addition and subtraction.

 

Social Science: We will learn about weather. Please send any resources if you have them.