February 25th - March 1st
Congratulations to our Leader of the Month for February, Zoey!
Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge? Our focus this week was all about the three billy goats. We read Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Gadone and continued learning about fairy tales. We compared different versions of the Three Billy Goats this week. We saw that pictures can give us clues to help us understand words that we do not know the meaning of. We learned that there is more than one way to retell stories.
Vocabulary from the book:
valley: a long area of low land between two mountains
fine: very good; excellent
rushing: moving quickly
roared: to make a deep shout in anger
trampled: to be stepped on; crushed
Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend:
- Reenact the story of Three Billy Goats by having a puppet show.
- STEM Challenge: Make a bridge out of toothpicks and marshmallows.
At this point the students should be writing their own work in the homework notebooks in pencil using proper letter and number formation. Please do more than one day per page and label each day so I am not having to search all over for it when I go to check it.
Other ELA standards that will continue to be covered this Quarter that should be practiced and encouraged during homework:
- Identify all 52 letters
- recognize rhyming words and produce rhyming words
- isolate and produce initial, medial vowel and final sounds in CVC words (consonant vowel consonant, ex: bus, cat, log, etc...)
- Produce all 23 consonant sounds this includes hard and soft c and g
- produce all 5 short vowel sounds
- Read 50 or more sight words
- Read at a level C book independently or higher
Kids A-Z Login Instructions
Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com
Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, jrodgers4
Step 3: Their student number is their username and password
ReadingEggs is great for both reading and math! It is often our technology piece on homework.
The students can access ReadingEggs or MathSeeds once they login using their student ID number for both their username and password: https://readingeggs.com/
ReadingEggs is great for both reading and math! It is often our technology piece on homework.
The students can access ReadingEggs or MathSeeds once they login using their student ID number for both their username and password: https://readingeggs.com/
Save any sight word books or practice pages that come home and go over them as well as using flash cards.
https://www.k12reader.com/sight-word-teaching-strategies/
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/sight-words-101.html
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsAsYlJSSx-qcUr6D4i-LPBvkV2Suy0iV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYHDxmjqlQ&list=PLQK2XiUY9C2goAU9vFtgyRWAO-srC6iJf
Letters and Sight Words of the Week 2018-2019
Date
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Letter/Blend/Digraph
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Sight Words
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August 1
|
FIRST WEEK
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August 6
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August 13
|
I, it, is
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August 20
|
a, as, do
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August 27
|
M and short A
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am, and, an
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September 4
|
S
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so, see, me
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September 10
|
T
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to, the, my
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September 17
|
N
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not, on, no
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September 24
|
FALL BREAK
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October 1
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Short I
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at, in, will
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October 8
|
F
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he, she, we
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October 15
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P and Short O
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said, saw, was
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October 22
|
C (hard and soft)
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can, came, come
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October 29
|
H
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his, help, her
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November 5
|
B
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big, by, be
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November 12
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Short U
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but, up, us
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November 19
|
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
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November 26
|
R
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ran, run, him
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December 3
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Short E
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when, then, well
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December 10
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G (hard and soft)
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go, give, get
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December 17
|
D
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did, had, has
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January 7
|
W/Wh
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what, were
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January 14
|
L
|
like, let, look
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January 22
|
J
|
put, out, now
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January 28
|
K
|
must, into, all
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February 4
|
Y
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your, you, yes
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February 11
|
V/Z
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very, love, of
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February 18
|
FEBRUARY BREAK
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February 25
|
Q
|
want, went, who
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March 4
|
X
|
little, have, with
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March 11
|
Bossy R (ar, or, ir, ur, er)
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are, for, from
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March 18
|
Long A
|
ate, make, say
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March 25
|
Long E
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please, eat, here
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April 1
|
APRIL BREAK
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April 8
|
Long I
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find, fly, why
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April 15
|
Long O
|
home, going, this
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April 22
|
Long U
|
new, some, they
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April 29
|
OO
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soon, good, too
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May 6
|
OU/OW
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down, our, how
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May 13
|
Sh,Th,Ch
|
there, where
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May 20
|
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
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Writing this unit students will:
**Please practice writing especially in homework. Uppercase letter to start a sentence. Punctuation at the end.**
**Please practice writing especially in homework. Uppercase letter to start a sentence. Punctuation at the end.**
- Students will be able to provide reasons and consequences to persuade their audience
- Students will communicate their opinion to individuals in their classroom and beyond.
- Write detailed sentences that include grade appropriate sight words and phonetically spelled words.
- Independently begin to capitalize the first word in a sentence AND the pronoun I.
- Recognize and names ending punctuation (period, question mark and exclamation point) AND begins to use them in their writing.
- Write letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
- Multiple meaning words are brought back this Quarter, we visited them in Quarter 1. (ex: knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck)
This unit is all about subtraction. Students will solve subtraction word problems. Students will also master subtraction fluency within 5. We have learned this week the strategy of drawing a picture and crossing out as well as using a number line to solve a subtraction problem.
- Count to 100 by ones and tens
- Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group. For example: by using matching and counting strategies.
- Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
- Fluently add and subtract within 5.
In this unit, students will:
- Observe, classify and arrange objects/organisms into groups of living and non-living things.
- Construct their own explanations about how they can tell the difference between living and nonliving objects.
- Develop a natural interest in the world around them.
- Observe, compare, and sort rocks and other earth materials by their physical attributes.
This week we are learning all about the duties of the Unites States President! We will learn about their job, responsibilities and even where they live.
Vocabulary:
In this unit, students will:
Vocabulary:
law: set of rules people must follow
speech: a talk given to an audience
speech: a talk given to an audience
countries:
large area of land where people live
military: the
armed forces; protect
West Wing: a building connected to the White House where the president lives and works.
West Wing: a building connected to the White House where the president lives and works.
Oval
Office: the room where the president does his work
White
House:
the home and workplace of the U.S. president
carpenters:
people who build and fix things made out of wood
In this unit, students will:
- Describe Martin Luther King Jr. and why he is celebrated (MLK Day)
- Identify Presidents day and describe people celebrated (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, current President)
- Identify the following Symbols: Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and White House
Civic Government and Understandings
- Demonstrate an understanding of good citizenship.
- Explain why rules should be followed.
- Describe examples of positive character traits exhibited by good citizens such as honesty, patriotism, courtesy, respect, pride, and self-control.
We will be discussing various ways to prevent the spread of germs. Please encourage good hygiene at home: brushing teeth, washing hands after coughing, sneezing, blowing nose, proper use of a tissue, etc ...
Mrs. Waite our counselor came on Monday to discuss how to be kind to others.
Upcoming School Events:
Friday, March 1st, 7:00-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast
Friday, March 1st, 6:00 pm, Talent Show
For more events coming up in March please refer to Mrs. Hallmark's calendar that went home on green paper!
For any additional school information please visit Addison's website: http://www.cobbk12.org/Addison/