Spelling - 2 Syllable Words with 2 Closed Syllables

upset

admit

pigpen

sunfish

laptop

napkin

himself

contest

insist

cobweb

Phonics - We have started to work on 2 syllable words.  We are currently focusing on 2 syllable words with 2 closed syllables.  We have learned where to break the syllables apart.  

Reading - We continue to work in our reading groups and centers.  Our word work focus is homophones - words that sound the same, but they are spelled different and mean something different.  This week we will start our end of the year STAR assessments.  We have 2 STAR assessments - math and reading.  We will do one this week and one next week.

Writing - We are working on How To stories.  We are still in the planning stage.  This coming week we will start our first drafts.

Math - We have been working on adding and subtracting tens and ones.  We have learned how to do this with base ten blocks, the hundred chart, and by using equations.

Science - In our PLTW unit Animal Adaptations, we are on a lesson called - The Map.  This lesson will take us many days to get through.  We are learning about different environments - and animals and plants that have used adaptations to survive in that environment.  So far, we learned about the Pacific Ocean.

Religion - We are using our Religion time to practice for this week's mass!  Please practice your child's readings with them at home.  We have mass this Friday, May 1st.

Wednesday was Administrative Professionals Day.  

We made flowers for Mrs. Davister with our

4th grade buddies.

We had a visit from Sassy and Mr. Paul this week.

Upcoming Events

*May 1 - First grade mass

*May 12 - Building For Kids Field Trip

*May 14 - Spring Concert

*May 18 - Baird Creek Field Trip

Have a great week!

Spelling - We will not have a spelling list this week.

A few pictures from last week -

Reading and Writing -

Math-

Phonics-

Bee and Butterfly Presentation

Livechat with Farmer Tasha and Sassy the cow

***Upcoming Field Trip - Kindergarten and 1st Grade will be going to The Building For Kids in Appleton on Tuesday, May 12th.  We will need chaperones.  Please let me know if you will be able to chaperone.  Thank you!

Have a great week!

Weekly Spelling List - Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable with a Suffix s

cakes

bikes

homes

mules

apes

kites

globes

rules

grapes

likes

Phonics - We continue to work on the v-e syllable.  This week we will add the suffix s to the v-e.

Writing - We have started working on how-to stories.  We are in the research and planning stages.

Math - We have been working on adding two number together.  We have learned three different methods to do that.  We have learned to use the hundred chart, how to use a quick picture to add, and how to make a ten to add.

Religion - We have been working thorough our Promise books.  We are almost finished!  Last week we talked about praying and Saints.  We had our BOLT Awards.  Declan and Koltin won the award for showing prudence - doing the right thing at the right time.  In April we will work on courage and moderation.

Reading - Our word work centers are now focusing on synonyms and antonyms.  The students continue to work on reading and writing during our daily 5 time.

Science - In our PLTW Unit Animal Adaptations we investigated the different adaptions we are learning about - camouflage, food, locomotion, and protection.  

For the camouflage adaptation investigation we had a patterned paper.  We put green paper butterflies on the paper and patterned butterflies on the paper.  We set the timer for 20 second to see which butterfly we could find more of.  Of course the patterned ones were harder for find!

For the food adaptation investigation we had three tools - a spoon, a tweezers, and a clothespin.  Each tool represented a different type of birds beak.  We then had three items that represented types of food a bird would eat.  The items were marbles, toothpicks, and cut up straws.  Those items were in shapes similar to seeds, worms, or insects.  We set the timer for 20 seconds and we tried each food with each tool.  This helped us learn which type of beak was best for each food source.

We celebrated Mrs. Anderson's birthday!

Have a great week!