December 3rd - December 7th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Nonfiction

·       DRA Reading Assessments

·       Identifying and explaining the difference between fiction and nonfiction books

Word Work

·       Sight words: made, could, my, down, over

·       R Controlled Vowels: ir, ur, & er

Writing: Teaching Books (Nonfiction)

·       Using an editing checklist

·       Fixing our writing mistakes

Math: Unit 6

·       Topic 6: Graphing

·       collecting and organizing data into three groups

·       Comparing data (greatest, fewest, how many more, how many fewer, etc.)

·       Ordering data (least to greatest or vice versa)

·       Topic 6 Assessment

Theme: Polar Bears

Animal features experiment

Ronald McDonald House

Mrs. McKinney’s class is collecting items for the Ronald McDonald House, and I want our class to help! Here is a list of items that you can donate to help this great program:

Magic Erasers       Lysol       Small Trash Bags

Bathroom Cleaner       Comet       Windex

Clorox Wipes         White Bath Towels

Disinfecting/bleach spray cleaner

Data Sheet

Check out the tabbed labeled sight words in your child’s take home folder.  I have updated their reading level and the sight words they know.

Winter Party

Our Winter Party will be December 21st from 9:00-10:00. Feel free to come and enjoy the fun!

Dates to Remember

December 7^th: PTO Movie Night

December 21st-Winter parties (9-10) and half day dismissal (12:30)

December 21st-January 4th:  Winter Break (no school)

November 26th - November 30th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Nonfiction

·       Main Idea and details of NF text

·       How to locate information in NF texts

Word Work

·       Sight words: who, make, no, see, people

·       R Controlled Vowels: ar & or

Writing: Teaching Books (Nonfiction)

·       Using an editing checklist

·       Fixing our writing mistakes

Math: Unit 6

·       Topic 6: Graphing

·       collecting and organizing data into three groups

·       Comparing data (greatest, fewest, how many more, how many fewer, etc.)

·       Ordering data (least to greatest or vice versa)

Theme: Polar Bears

·       How polar bears survive in the Arctic

·       Polar bears physical characteristics

·       Polar bear learning centers

Ronald McDonald House

Mrs. McKinney’s class is collecting items for the Ronald McDonald House, and I want our class to help! Here is a list of items that you can donate to help this great program:

Magic Erasers       Lysol       Small Trash Bags

Bathroom Cleaner       Comet       Windex

Clorox Wipes         White Bath Towels

Disinfecting/bleach spray cleaner

Winter Party

Our Winter Party will be December 21st from 9:00-10:00. Feel free to come and enjoy the fun!

Pancakes with Santa

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at WOHE on Saturday, December 1^st.  Come and enjoy the fun from 8-10am!  I’ll be there!

Class Pictures

I plan on uploading several pictures onto our classroom website. Click on the Classroom Pictures tab and check them out!

Dates to Remember

Pancakes with Santa: December 1st

December 21st-Winter parties (9-10) and half day dismissal (12:30)

November 12th - November 16th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Non-Fiction

·       Review NF text features

·       Main Idea and details of NF text

·       How to locate information in NF texts

Word Work

·       Sight words: him, her, his, some, like

·       Word family: -ay

·       Blends: Review

·       Silent e

Writing: Teaching Books (Nonfiction)

·       Adding labels to illustrations

·       “Zooming in” on parts of objects

·       Adding details

Math: Unit 5

·       Finding the Missing Addend

·       Finding the missing addend in addition and subtraction equations in each location  (_+7=15  or   7+__=15   or __=7+8, etc.)

Theme: Sun, Moon, and Stars & Thanksgiving

·       Sun’s patterns (24 hrs in a day & sunrise/sunset)

·       Story of the First Thanksgiving

·       Why we celebrate Thanksgiving

Winter Weather

As you’ve probably noticed, it has gotten A LOT colder in the past week. Please make sure your kiddo has the proper attire for outdoor recess at temperatures down to 32 degrees and windshields down to 25 degrees. Please make sure your kiddo has a coat, hat, and gloves at least each day. Thank you so much for your help.

Winter Party

Our Holiday Party will be December 21st from 9:00-10:00. Feel free to come and enjoy the fun!

Happy Thanksgiving

I am so grateful for each one of you and for the opportunity to get to work with your amazing kiddos!

Class Pictures

I plan on uploading several pictures onto our classroom website. Click on the Classroom Pictures tab and check them out!

Dates to Remember

November 21-25-Thanksgiving Break (NO School)

December 21st-Winter parties (9-10) and half day dismissal (12:30)

November 29th - November 2nd

What We Are Learning

Reading: Non-Fiction

·       How to change our voice to a “teaching” or “expert” voice when reading non-fiction

·       Identifying the main idea of a non-fiction text

·       Finding supporting details of the main ideas of a non-fiction text

Word Work

·       Sight words: she, will, how, them, & up

·       Word family: -ay

·       Blends: st, str, sw, tw, qu

·       Vowels

Writing: Teaching Books (Nonfiction)

·       How to write the middle (3 facts) of a nonfiction book

·       How to end a non-fiction book

·       How to draw NF illustrations

Math: Unit 4-Lessons 5-8

·       Connecting addition and subtraction

·       Word Problems with facts to 20

·       Explaining subtraction strategy used

Theme: Pumpkins

·       What do we already know about pumpkins?

·       Amazing facts about pumpkins

·       Pumpkin schema writing project

Book-It

I am so proud of all my friends who read 20 books last month and earned their FREE PIZZA from Pizza Hut!  I sent home a new recording sheet for November. 

It is SO important that your kiddo reads at home with you.  They can access eBooks from the Raz Kids website.

Website: www.kidsa-z.com

User Name: Orchard1b

Happy Reading!

Conferences

Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come and discuss your child’s progress with me.  I really enjoyed visiting with everyone.  If you were unable to make it this week, I would love to reschedule for another day.

Class Pictures

I plan on uploading several pictures onto our classroom website. Click on the Classroom Pictures tab and check them out!

Dates to Remember

November 2^nd – November 6^th: Fall Break (NO SCHOOL)

October 15th - October 19th

What We Are Learning

Reading:

·       Accuracy Strategy-Does it make sense?

·       Comprehension Strategy-Backup and Reread

Word Work

·       Sight words: play, thing, zoo, nice, ride

·       Word family: -ay  Blend/Digraph: fr, gr, pr,

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·       Reviewing having a beginning, middle, and end

·       Using a checklist to check over writing

·       Writer’s Celebration

Math: Unit 4

·       Counting on or back to subtract

·       Making 10 to subtract

·       Fact Families

Red Ribbon Week

Next week is RED RIBBON week!

Monday: “Follow your Dreams” PJ Day

Tuesday: “Drugs Hurt” Fake Injury Day

Wednesday: “Give Drugs the Boot” Western Day

Thursday: “Wear Red from Head to Toe” Wear Red Day

Friday: “Willard Tigers Keep Their Paws Off of Drugs” Wear Willard Shirt

Fall Party

Our Party will be October 31^st at 2pm.  Come and enjoy the fun!

Raz-Kids

This week your kiddo came home with information about a website called Raz-Kids in their take home folder. This is a great website that allows your child to have access to hundreds of eBooks. You can also download a free app for your iPad/iPhone or Android device as well.

Website: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

User Name: orchard1b

Fall Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences will be October 30^th and November 1^st. 

Mrs. Happel Out of Town

I will be out of town October 18– October 22^nd.  I know having a sub can be hard.  Please encourage your kiddo to continue to work hard while I’m gone! :0)

Fall Wonder Table

Last week I sent home a letter requesting fall items to place on our Wonder Table.  These can be pumpkins, gourds, fall leaves, etc. These items will help us learn about observing, asking questions, and investigating answers.

Dates to Remember

October 18^th-October 2^nd: Mrs. Happel out of town

October 19^th: Dismiss at 12:30 and Tiger Pride Assembly

October 30^th – November 1^st: Conferences

October 31^st: Fall Party 2pm 

October 8th - October 12th

What We Are Learning

Reading: Accuracy in Reading Words

·       Reading: Accuracy in Reading Words

·       Chunk  letters and sounds together

·       Look for smaller words inside bigger words

Word Work

·       Sight words: what, all, when, but, & we

·       Word family: -all  Blend/Digraph: br, cr, gl, pl, sl

Writing: Narrative Genre/Stories from our Lives

·       Bringing stories to Life: Make characters move and talk by adding action words and dialogue

Math: Unit 3

·       Doubles + 1  facts

·       doubles + 2 facts

·       Strategies for solving addition problems review

·       Unit 3 assessment

Theme: The Sun is a Source of Energy

·       “Keep it Cool” design challenge: designing and testing a model of a sun shelter

·       Types of heat energy (stove, microwave, fire, etc.)

Fall Wonder Table

Last week I sent home a letter requesting fall items to place on our Wonder Table.  These can be pumpkins, gourds, fall leaves, etc. These items will help us learn about observing, asking questions, and investigating answers.

Raz-Kids

This week your kiddo came home with information about a website called Raz-Kids in their take home folder. This is a great website that allows your child to have access to hundreds of eBooks. You can also download a free app for your iPad/iPhone or Android device as well.

Website: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

User Name: orchard1b

Fall Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences will be October 30^th and November 1^st.  I sent home information and a signup sheet in your child’s take home folder last week. The times are on a first come, first serve basis, so please return your time preferences as soon as you can.

Fall Party

Our Party will be October 31^st at 2pm.  Come and enjoy the fun!

Dates to Remember

October 18^th-0ctober 2^nd: Mrs. Happel out of town

October 19^th: Dismiss at 12:30 and Tiger Pride Assembly

October 30^th – November 1^st: Conferences

October 31^st: Fall Party 2pm