Spelling - Vowel Teams - oa, oe, ow

goat

road

croak

foe

toe

flow

crow

now

how

cow

We will practice these words for two weeks.  This is a long Fundations unit.  The test for these vowel teams will be on Friday, February 25th

The spelling lists are always uploaded into Raz Kids on Vocabulary A-Z.  To log onto our page, the students need our class code - jsullivan100.

Reading - We continue to work in our daily 5 centers during our guided reading time.  This week we will switch out our word work centers to work on contraction words.  

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, the goal for the first graders is to 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.  

The website is https://www.raz-plus.com/

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.

Math - We have been working on math facts.  Our current focus is doubles plus one.  For example, if 4+4=8, then 4+5=9.

Science - We have tested all of our properties of solids.  We worked on sorting by color and shape.  We also tested for stacking, rolling, sliding, buoyancy, and magnetism.  This week we will start learning about the properties of liquids.

Phonics - We have been learning about vowel teams.  By the end of this week - we will lave learned up to the oa, oe, ow row. 

We are also focusing on closed syllables.  We are working on words that have closed syllables and a suffix s.  

Religion - We spent last week practicing, and practicing, and practicing for our mass.  :)  I am so proud of how well our students did!  Thank you for practicing at home with the readers!

Have a great week!