Dear
Kindergarten and First Grade Families,
This week during our shared reading time the first graders learned to
read George Shrinks by William Joyce. They practiced writing
using the transitional words first, next, then, and last. They wrote a
how to using the transitional words and I had to do the task while they
read their directions. It taught us about the importance of using
details in our writing! J
The kindergarten students continued practicing their Spring poem and
they put it into book for to read to me. We made a graph to see how many
of us liked the Spring season, and then we wrote about whether or not we
like Spring and why.
In math this week the first graders learned about fact families and were
given fact triangles to cut out and use for practicing math facts. Today
they completed their unit 7 checking progress. I skipped over unit 6 so
I could teach both grades their geometry targets. We will go back to
unit 6 next week. Kindergarten learned how to solve comparison number
stories with square counters. They also practiced counting dimes,
nickels, and pennies by playing a coin exchange game.
We have continued our properties of matter science unit this week. We
went outside and measured two puddles on two
I apologize for not getting the spelling results prepared for
conferences. I will have more time next week to get the results recorded
and make the graphs. Please look for everything in Friday folders next
week.
First graders finished their Iowa Test of the Basic Skills yesterday. It
was a long test for them, but they handled it well.
Next week we will be back to normal and ready to participate in guided
reading and literacy work stations. We will have a science station
beginning next week. If you have anything that would be fun and
interesting for the students to observe and write about please send it
in. We would appreciate having as much as possible so they can make
choices as to what they would like to observe each week.
Enjoy the weekend!
Questions to ask your child this week are the following:
1)
Can you tell me what happened to the water from the playground
puddles?
2) What did you like best
about meeting Jonathan Rand?
Sincerely,
Mrs. Lyman
Mrs. Lyman's
Index for 2010-2011
Elementary
Index for 2011
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