Monthly Archives: April 2018

Week of April 30-May 4

Can you believe it’s May already?!?

Spelling Words for this week: test on Friday 5/4

use

cute

cube

tube

tune

rule

nice

large

hear

talk

High Frequency Words

clear

color

kinds

good-bye

hair

only

toes

Vocabulary Words

deserve

usually

peaceful

variety

incredible

typical

 

Math Update: This week we will learn about composite shapes. Please remember to be practicing basic addition and subtraction facts!

Science- We will begin our unit on life cycles, and introduce animal habitats

 

Remember : We will have book exchange this week on Wednesday!

We will be visiting the book fair this Friday morning ( 5/4)

Tomorrow is our Pizza Party!

We will be having a pizza party in the classroom tomorrow (4/27)! We earned this class reward by having great behavior! It is up to your child if he or she would like to buy or pack lunch. I will be providing a slice of pizza for each child along with chips and a drink. They will most likely not have time to eat two lunches so please have them choose what they would like! Congrats to a great class!

 

Week of April 23

Updates!

  • Our spelling test on Lesson 24 will be this Thursday.
  • This week we will begin our study of geometric shapes in math class. Please remember to be practicing basic facts at home!
  • Tuesday is our music class presentation! We will be putting on a patriotic show. Please plan on dropping students off at the Beach Area at 6:45. I will meet them there! We can’t wait!!
  • This Friday, we will be presenting our narrative scrapbooks with the pictures you have sent to school. We are so excited to share them with you! Please plan on arriving at 1:00, as the parking lot is congested at 12:45 due to kindergarten drop off. See you then!

Week of April 16, 2018

Our Spelling Test will be next Thursday, April 26. This week’s list is challenging, and we will need some extra time to learn these spelling patterns.

Spelling Words

ice

nice

race

page

edge

large

home

those

love

hello

BONUS
giant

Bridget

High Frequency Words

become

busy

eyes

high

listen

remembered

talk

visitor

Vocabulary Words

pleased

joy

stammered

puzzling

probing

unrelenting

 

We will be having a math test this Thursday on the following topics:

using vocabulary of shorter, shortest, longer, longest

comparing object height

measuring using nonstandard measurement – unifix cubes

telling time to the hour ( using an analog clock and a digital clock)

telling time to the half hour ( using an analog clock and a digital clock)

using vocabulary such as ” half past one”

Week of April 9 2018

Spelling Words

home

hope

rope

rode

rose

those

like

nine

right

walk

Bonus Words:

throne

blossom

High Frequency Words 

brown

city

hello

loudly

love

pulled

Vocabulary Words

asserted

offended

retorted

congenial

congregate

cheerful

 

Math- In math we are studying measurement and time. We will have a measurement quiz on Tuesday. This is not a standard measurement quiz, but instead we are ordering objects, using vocabulary such as shorter than and longer than, and measuring with cubes.

Science- We continue to study solids, liquids, and gases and discuss the differences in mixtures and solutions.