A few updates -
First grade math - We started a new unit this week. We are working on adding two digit numbers. The students have learned many different methods to do the adding.
First grade phonics - This week we continued to learn about closed syllables. We also learned the difference between a closed syllable and an open syllable.
Science - Our butterflies are finally emerging! We had lessons on the chrysalis, the emerging butterfly, the life cycle, and foods that our butterflies eat.
Reading - This week we continued to work on homophones in word work. Our reading groups are working hard!
Stations - Next week Stations of the Cross are on Tuesday. Our readers this time are Cullan, Kyan, Mary, and Enzo. Please make sure to practice with them.
Computer - I am so amazed at what the students have learned how to do on their ZooBurst books! They are turning out great!
Art - The All Grace Schools Fine Arts held at NDA is rescheduled for Tuesday, March 26th. In art class we are continuing our unit on symbols and American Pop artist, Jasper Johns. We are using templates and stencils of a variety of symbols in this work of art. March is Youth Art Month! Celebrate by going to an art exhibit!
***March 12th***
March 12th is an OPTIONAL conference night. You do not need to schedule a conference. If you do want to schedule a conference, I will only be available that night from 3:30 - 5:00. I will only be available until that time because we are also having our Lego Robotics show and tell night. :) The Lego Robotics program is going to start at 6:00. That night the kids will get to show off to you all of the cool things they learned about building and programming Legos. If you want to schedule a conference and we don't have time that night, we'll schedule it for a different day.
Have a great weekend! See you at the auction!
Friday, February 27, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
*Second grade has math homework tonight.
*Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long e Words
he
me
we
she
beet
seed
flee
creek
peek
deed
First Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 131-140
place
well
such
here
take
why
help
put
different
away
Second Grade - Phonetic List - k spelled c, k, ck
cook
sick
cave
rock
keep
luck
kick
cake
back
look
Second Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 301-310
living
black
eat
short
United States
run
book
gave
order
open
*Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long e Words
he
me
we
she
beet
seed
flee
creek
peek
deed
First Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 131-140
place
well
such
here
take
why
help
put
different
away
Second Grade - Phonetic List - k spelled c, k, ck
cook
sick
cave
rock
keep
luck
kick
cake
back
look
Second Grade - High-Frequency List - Words 301-310
living
black
eat
short
United States
run
book
gave
order
open
Thursday, February 19, 2015
A few updates...
First Grade Math - We have been working on all sorts of measuring in this unit. First we worked on telling time. Then we learned about shapes and fractions. Next we learned about 3D shapes. Today we worked on measuring.
First Grade Phonics - We are learning about closed syllables. A closed syllable has one syllable, it has one vowel, the vowel sound is short, and the word is closed off with a consonant (or consonants). Some examples of closed syllable words are mat and bench. We have learned all of the bossy r keywords. We also started vowel teams this week. We learned the keywords for vowel teams ai and ay.
Science - We are continuing to work on the Einstein butterfly kit. Only about ten of our caterpillars made it. :( We have watched them start out as tiny caterpillars, watched them grow and grow and grow, go into the j shape, and go into the chrysalis. As of today, two painted lady butterflies have emerged!
Religion - We have been learning about Lent. We have been focusing on three things - pray, fast give. Today we focused on prayer. We made prayer boxes. The students may write things to pray for throughout lent and keep them in their prayer boxes. We also have been learning about the purpose of the rice bowl.
Reading - Our word work focus this week has been homophones. Each reading group has been working hard!
Handwriting - We are continuing to work on our letters. First grade is continuing to work on forming letters the correct way and writing them in the correct spaces. Second grade is continuing to learn how to write in cursive.
Writing - We are writing stories in writer's workshop, working on writing in daily 5, and creating books in ZooBurst.
Gym - All students for this week and next week are working on jump roping. You may think that is “easy-peasy” but each child is working on their best of cross-overs, double unders (some are trying triple unders), no middle jump, the wheel, line jumping, and double dutch. Each child is working at their own pace. Whew!!! There have been a lot of red faces and much work accomplished. Jump Rope for Heart information will be coming home in the next couple of weeks. Be on the lookout for it please. We will periodically revisit jumping to keep them all in shape for the Jump Rope for Heart event. A special thanks to Mrs. Kristie Bigari and her sister Katie for their help. Did you know: 5 minutes of vigorous jump roping is the equivalent to a 1 mile run?!!!!!
Art - In art we are learning about symbols and how artists use symbols in art to create meaning. When we see a heart, we think of love. A peace sign makes us think of peace. When we see a cross we think of Christ, and a dove, the Holy Spirit. An American flag makes us think of the USA. American artist, Jasper Johns, likes to use symbols in his work. Our current art project is all about symbols.......inspired by Jasper.
First Grade Math - We have been working on all sorts of measuring in this unit. First we worked on telling time. Then we learned about shapes and fractions. Next we learned about 3D shapes. Today we worked on measuring.
First Grade Phonics - We are learning about closed syllables. A closed syllable has one syllable, it has one vowel, the vowel sound is short, and the word is closed off with a consonant (or consonants). Some examples of closed syllable words are mat and bench. We have learned all of the bossy r keywords. We also started vowel teams this week. We learned the keywords for vowel teams ai and ay.
Science - We are continuing to work on the Einstein butterfly kit. Only about ten of our caterpillars made it. :( We have watched them start out as tiny caterpillars, watched them grow and grow and grow, go into the j shape, and go into the chrysalis. As of today, two painted lady butterflies have emerged!
Religion - We have been learning about Lent. We have been focusing on three things - pray, fast give. Today we focused on prayer. We made prayer boxes. The students may write things to pray for throughout lent and keep them in their prayer boxes. We also have been learning about the purpose of the rice bowl.
Reading - Our word work focus this week has been homophones. Each reading group has been working hard!
Handwriting - We are continuing to work on our letters. First grade is continuing to work on forming letters the correct way and writing them in the correct spaces. Second grade is continuing to learn how to write in cursive.
Writing - We are writing stories in writer's workshop, working on writing in daily 5, and creating books in ZooBurst.
Gym - All students for this week and next week are working on jump roping. You may think that is “easy-peasy” but each child is working on their best of cross-overs, double unders (some are trying triple unders), no middle jump, the wheel, line jumping, and double dutch. Each child is working at their own pace. Whew!!! There have been a lot of red faces and much work accomplished. Jump Rope for Heart information will be coming home in the next couple of weeks. Be on the lookout for it please. We will periodically revisit jumping to keep them all in shape for the Jump Rope for Heart event. A special thanks to Mrs. Kristie Bigari and her sister Katie for their help. Did you know: 5 minutes of vigorous jump roping is the equivalent to a 1 mile run?!!!!!
Art - In art we are learning about symbols and how artists use symbols in art to create meaning. When we see a heart, we think of love. A peace sign makes us think of peace. When we see a cross we think of Christ, and a dove, the Holy Spirit. An American flag makes us think of the USA. American artist, Jasper Johns, likes to use symbols in his work. Our current art project is all about symbols.......inspired by Jasper.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Stations of the Cross -
We will again be having Stations of the Cross this Lent. We had exactly 16 students volunteer to read Stations - and exactly 16 parts. :) I sent home all of the reading parts today. Please practice them at home with your child. The dates, times, and readers are as follows:
Monday, February 23rd - 12:30
Max, Ella
Cassie, Megan
Tuesday, March 3rd - 9:30
Cullan, Kyan
Mary,Enzo
Wednesday, March 11th - 10:30
Madison, Landon
Reese, Ruby
Thursday, March 26th - 1:00
Katey, Dylan
Mia, Hannah
We will again be having Stations of the Cross this Lent. We had exactly 16 students volunteer to read Stations - and exactly 16 parts. :) I sent home all of the reading parts today. Please practice them at home with your child. The dates, times, and readers are as follows:
Monday, February 23rd - 12:30
Max, Ella
Cassie, Megan
Tuesday, March 3rd - 9:30
Cullan, Kyan
Mary,Enzo
Wednesday, March 11th - 10:30
Madison, Landon
Reese, Ruby
Thursday, March 26th - 1:00
Katey, Dylan
Mia, Hannah
Monday, February 16, 2015
Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long a Words
lake
rake
fade
race
take
vase
plate
brake
plane
state
First Grade - High Frequency List - Words 121-130
another
came
come
work
three
must
because
does
part
even
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long o Words
old
know
road
cold
grow
hold
low
told
own
coat
Second Grade - High Frequency List
face
door
cut
done
group
true
half
red
fish
plants
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long a Words
lake
rake
fade
race
take
vase
plate
brake
plane
state
First Grade - High Frequency List - Words 121-130
another
came
come
work
three
must
because
does
part
even
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long o Words
old
know
road
cold
grow
hold
low
told
own
coat
Second Grade - High Frequency List
face
door
cut
done
group
true
half
red
fish
plants
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Reminder for second grade families -
Sign up for First Communion :)
*To sign up, go to the parish website www.gbres.org.
*There has been a date change. The dates of the sessions are as follows:
Session 1 - February 25th 6:00-7:30
Session 2 - March 10th 6:00-7:30
Session 3 - April 22nd 6:00-7:30
First Communion - April 25th - 4:00
Sign up for First Communion :)
*To sign up, go to the parish website www.gbres.org.
*There has been a date change. The dates of the sessions are as follows:
Session 1 - February 25th 6:00-7:30
Session 2 - March 10th 6:00-7:30
Session 3 - April 22nd 6:00-7:30
First Communion - April 25th - 4:00
Thursday, February 5, 2015
A few updates...
First Grade Math - We have been working on telling time. We are working on :00, :15, :30, and :45. A few students can even tell time to the minute. :) The students loved talking about clocks with Roman numerals.
First Grade Phonics - This week we learned the keywords to all of the bossy r sounds - ar, er, ir, or, and ur.
Science - Our caterpillars are growing. Some of them have gone into the j-shape. A few of them are in a chrysalis.
Religion - The Gospel reading and our Promise Paper this week focuses on helping and healing.
Reading - Our word work focus has been contractions. The students have been making amazing contraction caterpillars! This week I am finally finishing up running records. The growth...amazing!
Stream - This week in Lego robotics we built a sailboat.
100 - This week Wednesday was the 100th day of school. Our whole day focused on the number 100. Some of the activities we did - wrote a story with 100 words, wrote 100 words on chart paper, wrote books that talked about what we'd like 100 of - and what we wouldn't like 100 of, rotated into centers where we built things out of 100 items (Legos, Duplos, blocks, 10 sticks, cups, dominoes, cubes, pattern blocks and puzzles), rolled a die 100 times and tallied how many times it landed on each number, we did 100 exercises, created 100th day crowns, wore 100th day glasses and bracelets, counted to 100 in many different ways, read stories about the 100th day, created pictures out of die-cut 100's, walked through the giant 100 in the hall, etc. We had a lot of fun activities!
Info from Mrs. Friday -
Social Learning Lesson #6
This week we will learn a final thinking strategy to help move us out of a Yellow or Red Zone. The following vocabulary terms will be introduced:
SUPERFLEX THINKING – a flexible thinking pattern in which a person is able to consider different points of view or ways to do something
ROCK BRAIN THINKING – a rigid thinking pattern in which a person gets stuck on an idea and has difficulty considering other options or ways to do something.
We will be reading the story Superflex takes on Rock Brain and the Team of Unthinkables by Stephanie Madrigal. The premise of the book is that a superhero, Superflex lives in all of us. Superflex uses strategies to defeat the Team of Unthinkables who sometimes invade our brains and try to make us do unexpected behaviors. Rock Brain tries to invade our brain to make us get stuck on an idea or way of doing something and not consider others. This often can lead us quickly into the Yellow or Red Zone. Students will talk about how they can become better at recognizing when their brains are getting stuck on something. Thinking about how Superflex would handle this can help bring them back to the Green Zone.
Questions for generalizing at home:
When was a time you used Rock Brain thinking?
Describe what happened and how it affected others.
What do you think would have happened if you would have used Superflex thinking instead?
How would this have changed what others thought or felt about you?
How can Superflex thinking affect your zone? As situations arise at home, take the opportunity to point out the times you see your child use Superflex thinking to stay in the Green Zone.
Conversely, you can also let them know when you notice that Rock Brain thinking is putting them in the Yellow Zone. Ask them to call on Superflex to help them defeat Rock Brain by using flexible thinking paired with any other strategies we have learned to help them regain control.
It has been a pleasure working with your children at Resurrection and I wish them all the very best!
Mary-Beth Friday
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mary-Beth Friday with any questions, comments or concerns at the Communication Pathways office: 920-632-4488 or by email: marybeth@communicationpathways.com
First Grade Math - We have been working on telling time. We are working on :00, :15, :30, and :45. A few students can even tell time to the minute. :) The students loved talking about clocks with Roman numerals.
First Grade Phonics - This week we learned the keywords to all of the bossy r sounds - ar, er, ir, or, and ur.
Science - Our caterpillars are growing. Some of them have gone into the j-shape. A few of them are in a chrysalis.
Religion - The Gospel reading and our Promise Paper this week focuses on helping and healing.
Reading - Our word work focus has been contractions. The students have been making amazing contraction caterpillars! This week I am finally finishing up running records. The growth...amazing!
Stream - This week in Lego robotics we built a sailboat.
100 - This week Wednesday was the 100th day of school. Our whole day focused on the number 100. Some of the activities we did - wrote a story with 100 words, wrote 100 words on chart paper, wrote books that talked about what we'd like 100 of - and what we wouldn't like 100 of, rotated into centers where we built things out of 100 items (Legos, Duplos, blocks, 10 sticks, cups, dominoes, cubes, pattern blocks and puzzles), rolled a die 100 times and tallied how many times it landed on each number, we did 100 exercises, created 100th day crowns, wore 100th day glasses and bracelets, counted to 100 in many different ways, read stories about the 100th day, created pictures out of die-cut 100's, walked through the giant 100 in the hall, etc. We had a lot of fun activities!
Info from Mrs. Friday -
Social Learning Lesson #6
This week we will learn a final thinking strategy to help move us out of a Yellow or Red Zone. The following vocabulary terms will be introduced:
SUPERFLEX THINKING – a flexible thinking pattern in which a person is able to consider different points of view or ways to do something
ROCK BRAIN THINKING – a rigid thinking pattern in which a person gets stuck on an idea and has difficulty considering other options or ways to do something.
We will be reading the story Superflex takes on Rock Brain and the Team of Unthinkables by Stephanie Madrigal. The premise of the book is that a superhero, Superflex lives in all of us. Superflex uses strategies to defeat the Team of Unthinkables who sometimes invade our brains and try to make us do unexpected behaviors. Rock Brain tries to invade our brain to make us get stuck on an idea or way of doing something and not consider others. This often can lead us quickly into the Yellow or Red Zone. Students will talk about how they can become better at recognizing when their brains are getting stuck on something. Thinking about how Superflex would handle this can help bring them back to the Green Zone.
Questions for generalizing at home:
When was a time you used Rock Brain thinking?
Describe what happened and how it affected others.
What do you think would have happened if you would have used Superflex thinking instead?
How would this have changed what others thought or felt about you?
How can Superflex thinking affect your zone? As situations arise at home, take the opportunity to point out the times you see your child use Superflex thinking to stay in the Green Zone.
Conversely, you can also let them know when you notice that Rock Brain thinking is putting them in the Yellow Zone. Ask them to call on Superflex to help them defeat Rock Brain by using flexible thinking paired with any other strategies we have learned to help them regain control.
It has been a pleasure working with your children at Resurrection and I wish them all the very best!
Mary-Beth Friday
Please don’t hesitate to contact Mary-Beth Friday with any questions, comments or concerns at the Communication Pathways office: 920-632-4488 or by email: marybeth@communicationpathways.com
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
***Second Grade has math homework tonight.
***Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long A Words
came
wake
same
game
gate
gave
ape
mane
blame
grape
First Grade - High Frequency List - Words 111-120
man
too
any
day
same
right
look
think
also
around
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long i; y, i-consonant-e
try
mile
cry
fry
nice
by
sky
fine
dry
prize
Second Grade - High Frequency List - Words 281-290
didn't
car
morning
I'm
body
upon
family
later
turn
move
***Weekly Spelling Lists -
First Grade - Phonetic List - Long A Words
came
wake
same
game
gate
gave
ape
mane
blame
grape
First Grade - High Frequency List - Words 111-120
man
too
any
day
same
right
look
think
also
around
Second Grade - Phonetic List - Long i; y, i-consonant-e
try
mile
cry
fry
nice
by
sky
fine
dry
prize
Second Grade - High Frequency List - Words 281-290
didn't
car
morning
I'm
body
upon
family
later
turn
move
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