The week of January 23

This week ...
First our homework:
Monday  1/26/15
-Reading: 20 minutes
-Ms. Y's reading group: 1.1 and flashcards
-Spelling: 23.3, 24.2
-Math: Lesson 11 problem set

Tuesday: 1/27/15  Happy 100th Day of School!
-Reading: 20 minutes
-Ms. Y's group: 2.2
-Spelling PP13/pp14

-Math Lesson 9 exit ticket

Wednesday: 1/28/15
-Reading 20 minute
 -Ms. Y's group:PP1
-Spelling:PP25
-Math: Lesson 10

Thursday: 1/29/15
-Reading: 20 minutes
-Ms Y.'s group:4.2
-Spelling: PP27
-Math: Lesson 10 exit ticket

I will be out Wednesday through Friday.  We will have a substitute we have had before.  He knows the rules and how to teach.  I ask the volunteers to  still come to class and help out by wandering around and keeping students on task.  Our center time this week will focus on the 100th Day of school.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Portraits

Some of our MLK portraits from Tuesday, will continue Thursday & Friday.  They have turned out great!  They were drawn, traced with a Sharpy marker then water colored.  This activity was run by a parent volunteer.

These MLK crafts include the goals and dreams of the student as well as Martin Luther King, Jr.

We also made a class book, and are half way through reading it.  Our students have so many ideas on how to help the world be a better place and their part. 

Engage NY Explanation of our current math module

Math Module 3

This link will give you a brief explanation of our current module.  This may help with any questions you have.

This Week: 1/20/15

This week I am posting the homework for Tuesday- Thursday.  Please check back daily for any changes.
No spelling words this week.  Our focus is on tricky words and assessment.
Our art center went very well today.  I will post pictures later this week!
Tuesday, 1/20/15:
Skills/Spelling  21.5 & 21.6
Ms. Y.'s Group: 16.2
Math: Lesson 8
Reading:
   Henry and Mudge Group reread chapter 2 and answer the questions on page 10 of the notebook completely.
   Science group: Read Liquid, Solid & Gas and write your journal.
   The other reading groups need to read for 20 minutes and write in their journal.

Social Studies: 1B-2, 1-3 for parents if students had forgotten.

Wednesday:
Math: Lesson 8 exit ticket
Reading: 20 minutes and journal
Mrs. Y's group: 17.2

Thursday: Skills: 22.3
Math: Worksheet
Reading 20 minutes and journal
Ms. Y's group: 18.2
Friday: Time Readers have a book report and project to begin.  It is due next Friday.

This week during Daily 3 I am focusing on reading assessments.  Our students are becoming great readers and I want them to work at their levels.  We will have new reading groups and books next week.  Our art center is painting MLK portraits and the other group is working on nouns and proper noun identification and use on ixl.com

It's a short week- let's make it count-------------------Mrs. A

Thursday, January 15, 2015

So much going on and so much to do! We have 2 more Martin Luther King projects left for tomorrow and of course STEAM projects.

Tonight's homework is:

Math: Exit ticket lesson 7
 Remember to show your work, write you equation and write out a sentence for both problems.

Social Studies: 1B-1. 1B-2  These are both for parents to read and know what we are about to begin studying in our Listening and Learning component of the day.

Writing: Rewrite paragraph (some students finished in class but most were unfinished)

Spelling: 19.1,19.2  Spelling assessments are tomorrow

Reading:
    Henry and Mudge Group: Notebook
  
   Time Readers: Character Trait handout.  Use the book, read back to find information

  Ms. Y's group: 14.1

  I Just Forgot group needs to read and journal.

Wednesday,January 14, 2015

Homework:
 
Math: Lesson 7 review.  Make sure you redo the problems to make sure they are correct and complete.

Reading Groups: Same as yesterday.

Skills: 18.7
Ms. Y.'s group: 12.2


We are working on a Martin Luther King, Jr. project.  It is adorable!  They are half way done.  We will finish it tomorrow.
Permission slips are due.
We are looking for 1 more parents volunteer for Wednesday afternoons from 1:15-2:10 for the rest of the year.  This person will help our art/science center.  Just making sure our students are on task and following directions while I work with my reading groups. 

Thank you!

Tuesday, It's Tuesday!

Math: Lesson 3 exit ticket

Skills: 17.2 , 17.3 (singular and plural nouns) and flashcards

Reading:
Ms. Y's group: 12.3

Time Readers: Chapter 11 and chapter questions

Henry & Mudge: Complete the Chapter 1 notebook and return the book and notebook tomorrow.

My last reading group please read the whole book, journal it and bring it back.

Remember tomorrow is an early day!
No school Monday for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Homework for today is ...

Math: Lesson 5 exit ticket. 

        This is something we learned right before vacation.  It is new for us to work on a math concept for a week before sending home the homework.  That way our students can be more independent and successful.

Spelling: 16. 1 & 16.3

Reading:
         Ms. Y.'s group: 11.1,10.4, 6.4

         Henry and Mudge Puddle Trouble group:  Chapter 1 read and journal

        Smile, Baby group read and journal

        Time Readers: Reach Chapter 10 and journal


Tuesday we will continue reading about Martin Luther King Jr. and begin a writing on this American hero.

Remember to send in your child's field trip form and if you can spare an hour the last hour of our day we can a volunteer Wednesdays from 1:15-2:10pm.  

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Today was a great day!  We worked on a group challenge.  We needed to engineer the Tallest Snowman in the class.  The tallest snowman stood tall at 64 inches.  It was very impressive!
Tonight's homework:
Read: 20 minutes    
Mrs. Y's reading group PP10
Magic Readers: Read Chapter 9 Shoeshine Girl
Math: Worksheet

Look for a letter home about classroom volunteers & our new Disney Family Museum field trip permission slip.

See you tomorrow!