Week in review:
Spelling week 2: focus on short vowel sounds
*words with a short vowel sound usually have only one vowel (like the difference between pond and pound or mall and mail), often times a short vowel sound will have a double consonant after it (like kitten or fill)
Reading: Daily 5 launch (eventually every child will be able to "read to self", "listen to reading","work on writing", "read to someone" and "work with words" during our daily 5 time), building reading stamina (we are up to 15 uninterrupted minutes of quality reading with comprehension), RAZ kids (personalized leveled on-line reading with comprehension and accountability)
Writing: writing a friendly letter (5 parts of a friendly letter), choices for "work on writing" time (letters, notes, songs, poetry, stories, etc.)
Math: comparing numbers, ordering numbers, writing numbers in standard and expanded form, numbers greater than 100
Social Studies: identifying and labeling the Missouri River and the Mississippi River, identifying and naming the 8 states that touch Missouri
Read Aloud: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Letter writing: Every Friday students will be asked to write a letter for morning work. I've given each of them a "Friday Letter Spiral Notebook" for this. They will have a prompt to give them direction about what to write and who to write to. This past week they wrote to me about rainy days. (it just happened to be raining on that day). Sometimes they will be asked to write to a family member or a friend. They may even have a chance to write to Principal Miller this year. I will write back to the students over the weekend. If they write to you (only once or twice this year) I ask that you take a few minutes to write a quick note back to them in their notebook. All the letters will stay in the notebook (please don't tear them out) and everyone will be able to see their progress throughout the year. Class mini-lessons will focus on different aspects of writing or reading comprehension for the letters. For instance, this week the class learned the 5 parts of a friendly letter, so I was specifically looking to see that they included all 5 parts. When you write to them, it will be for the pure joy of giving and receiving a letter from a loved one.
RAZ Kids: willardeast3a is the username that your child will use to log into RAZ kids. The folder full of information from parent orientation night contained a page full of student usernames and passwords. These are the sites that students will use consistently this year. You are welcome to log in at home to see their progress. Several of the sites allow for usage at home as well. RAZ kids has a "rocket room" where the kids can "spend" their virtual dollars/stars on things for their virtual space ship. I don't allow the kids to log into the rocket room at school but they can at home with your permission. RAZ kids is the first technology site that we are utilizing. Next week I'll introduce Kidblog to them. This is an educational blog site where they can write reading responses, poetry, book reviews, etc. and share with other students. All posts and comments are sent to me first for approval before they will appear on the blog. Again, parents are invited to view the blog on their own at home by using the usernames and passwords provided in the parent information folder. More to come about Kidblog next week.
Check out the information on Mrs. Miller's Library website about the upcoming book fair and Grandparents event.
Spelling week 2: focus on short vowel sounds
*words with a short vowel sound usually have only one vowel (like the difference between pond and pound or mall and mail), often times a short vowel sound will have a double consonant after it (like kitten or fill)
Reading: Daily 5 launch (eventually every child will be able to "read to self", "listen to reading","work on writing", "read to someone" and "work with words" during our daily 5 time), building reading stamina (we are up to 15 uninterrupted minutes of quality reading with comprehension), RAZ kids (personalized leveled on-line reading with comprehension and accountability)
Writing: writing a friendly letter (5 parts of a friendly letter), choices for "work on writing" time (letters, notes, songs, poetry, stories, etc.)
Math: comparing numbers, ordering numbers, writing numbers in standard and expanded form, numbers greater than 100
Social Studies: identifying and labeling the Missouri River and the Mississippi River, identifying and naming the 8 states that touch Missouri
Read Aloud: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Letter writing: Every Friday students will be asked to write a letter for morning work. I've given each of them a "Friday Letter Spiral Notebook" for this. They will have a prompt to give them direction about what to write and who to write to. This past week they wrote to me about rainy days. (it just happened to be raining on that day). Sometimes they will be asked to write to a family member or a friend. They may even have a chance to write to Principal Miller this year. I will write back to the students over the weekend. If they write to you (only once or twice this year) I ask that you take a few minutes to write a quick note back to them in their notebook. All the letters will stay in the notebook (please don't tear them out) and everyone will be able to see their progress throughout the year. Class mini-lessons will focus on different aspects of writing or reading comprehension for the letters. For instance, this week the class learned the 5 parts of a friendly letter, so I was specifically looking to see that they included all 5 parts. When you write to them, it will be for the pure joy of giving and receiving a letter from a loved one.
RAZ Kids: willardeast3a is the username that your child will use to log into RAZ kids. The folder full of information from parent orientation night contained a page full of student usernames and passwords. These are the sites that students will use consistently this year. You are welcome to log in at home to see their progress. Several of the sites allow for usage at home as well. RAZ kids has a "rocket room" where the kids can "spend" their virtual dollars/stars on things for their virtual space ship. I don't allow the kids to log into the rocket room at school but they can at home with your permission. RAZ kids is the first technology site that we are utilizing. Next week I'll introduce Kidblog to them. This is an educational blog site where they can write reading responses, poetry, book reviews, etc. and share with other students. All posts and comments are sent to me first for approval before they will appear on the blog. Again, parents are invited to view the blog on their own at home by using the usernames and passwords provided in the parent information folder. More to come about Kidblog next week.
Check out the information on Mrs. Miller's Library website about the upcoming book fair and Grandparents event.
username: willardeast3a
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