September 25, 2009

A Look Back and Ahead

 

In Language Arts this week we worked with the story Arthur’s Pet Business. We reviewed sequencing by completing a cut-n-paste, worked on plot by filling in an event map sheet, and worked on our problem-solving strategies by answering questions from the story. Next week we will be working with Julius. We will continue with sequencing, we will get back into real/fantasy, work with plot, and practice our problem-solving strategies. I am still reading with the children to get them into guided reading groups. I suspect we will be starting guided reading the week after next.

In Math we reviewed telling time on a clock and putting the hands on a clock. We will continue with telling time next week and beyond, but we will move on to wrap up unit one. The unit one review will be the week after next week. We made our flashcards. Please help your child study them 2-4 times per week (as needed) so he/she can move to the next level. Kathy Zajac or Kathy Cook will try to test each student at least once a week. When they have their facts memorized, they will be asked to move to the next level.

We finished our “Rights and Responsibilities” unit, learning about our rights and responsibilities in the classroom and we learned a few basic rights/responsibilities as an American citizen. This unit will flow into learning about communities.

We did get to add some words to our spelling dictionaries this week. It usually takes 2-3 weeks for the bank of words to get large enough to start having tests. I will definitely put their assignments on the homework for you to know when this has started…

In the area of writing, we will focus primarily on writing complete sentences and writing a main idea with supporting details for the first few months. This is being done in short mini-lessons and also with our “Morning Journal”.

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