week of February 1, 2016

Week of February 1, 2016

*Due to the snow days, we will be continuing our topics will be continued into the next week.*

Math- Our new topic is Topic 7, and it is covering the basic concepts of addition.  So far, we have introduced using the number sentence and joining two groups of numbers to get the answer.  We will be acting out story problems and adding items together to get an answer.  This topic is off to a great start and everyone is so excited to be able to finally add!  Please continue to practice numbers to 20 and counting to 100.  We have just introduced counting by 5’s so that we can tell time on a clock to the 5 minute mark.  We have previously just been using the hour and the half hour.  Good job to the class!

Science- We will be started our next chapter of: Matter and Mixtures.  Our vocabulary for this chapter includes: matter, solid, liquid, gas, mixture.  We took some time to complete our experiment of trying to change two pieces of matter (clay/paper) by cutting, crumbling, tearing, twisting, and seeing the end result and comparing it to the original materials to see if the matter changed in any way.

Reading- We will continue: The Lion and The Mouse.  We will be discussing changing the way we feel and main idea in the story.  Our amazing words are: jungle, beast, nibbling, snarled, trembling, entangled.  We will also be talking about and listening to other fables as well.  We even started an illustration for our own individual fables and writing the lesson for the fable.

Phonics/Grammar- We review our letters and sounds daily.  Another way to practice is to give a word and have your child give just the first sound (fish…/f/).  You can also give your child a word and have them name all of the sounds in the word (sun… /s/ /u/ /n/).  We have been working together and spelling CVC words like cat, top, mat, etc.  We have also been listing rhyming families (cat, hat, mat, sat, flat, rat).

Writing- Our lowercase letters have been going pretty well.  Lots of us are using them so much more often when writing words and just capitalizing the beginning of names and beginning of sentences.  We are so proud of your hard work!  Continue to start your letters and numbers at the top and keep it on the line.

Important Information

-Our 100^th day will tentatively be on: Friday, February 5^th…more information to follow when it gets closer…if there is more snow days, it will be pushed back…thank you!

Important Dates

February 1st- Day 4

February 2^nd-Groundhog’s Day