Spelling List - Closed Syllables
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Reading - We have gone through another round of running records. The new student levels have been put into each student's Raz Kids account. Our current word work centers focus on compound words. A compound word is a word made up of 2 words. For example: rain + bow = rainbow. Our reading goal is to read at least 20 minutes a night at home. Sight words, which are in the Bee Binder, are another thing students can practice at home. By the end of first grade, students should know 175 sight words.
Raz Kids is a great way to practice reading and spelling.
To access Raz Kids, you can either go to the website or download the app.
Once there, go to kids login.
The teacher name to enter is jsullivan100.
Once in, the student will click on their name.
The password is the apple.
Press go.
The student can now click on the purple planet for reading or the yellow plant for spelling. (It says vocabulary)
Then there are some choices.
*If the student would like to read the stories we have read (or will be reading) in our reading groups, they will click on my assignment.
*If the student would like to choose books on their own, they will click reading room.
In reading room, they have lots of options on how to choose the books they want to read. If they want to read books at their level only, they may press leveled books. Every student has their level entered in the website. This allows them to read books at their level, as well as 2 levels above and below.
*If the student would like to practice their spelling words, they will click on vocabulary.
If you are using Clever, this website is linked to our class Clever page. The Clever QR code is in your child's Bee Binder. Once you are in clever and you click on Raz Kids, you just have to put in our class username - jsullivan100.
Phonics - The last two weeks we have been focusing on R-Controlled vowels. Today we learned something new - a syllable type. We will learn 2 different syllable types in first grade - and we will learn even more in second and third grade. The syllable type that we learned about today is called a closed syllable.
A closed syllable has:
*one vowel
*the vowel has the short sound
*the vowel is closed in by something at the end
(consonant, digraph, or digraph blend)
Examples of words that are closed syllable are cat, pick, and lunch.
To mark a closed syllable, the students will scoop the syllable, put a breve above the short vowel sound, and put a c under the scoop. This example shows underling the syllable, but the book states you may underline or scoop. We are going to scoop.
Math - We worked adding 2 digit numbers without regrouping. We used dimes and pennies. We have learned about using the ones place and the tens place. When we add 2 digit numbers we start with the ones place. We worked a lot last week on making receipts for stores and restaurants. We "bought" items and figured out our totals.
Science - We are continuing with solids and liquids. We worked on stacking and rolling our solids. We sorted our solids by if they could roll stack, or both. Then we recorded our findings in a venn diagram.
Writing - We are getting close to finishing up our personal narratives! They are fantastic! Last week we also wrote our Letters to Lambeau. The last I looked I don't think any of our letters made it to the Packers website. I'll keep checking - maybe they'll add more. :)
We celebrate Jackson's half birthday
The 100th day of school is almost here! We are getting our 100th day projects in! They are amazing! Here are some we have hanging in the hall already!
Last Friday as a class we practiced "Teamwork makes the Dreamwork"! We worked on this 100 inch man together!
Have a great week!
