Spelling - 2 Syllable Words with 2 Closed Syllables

upset

admit

pigpen

sunfish

laptop

napkin

himself

contest

insist

cobweb

We will have the spelling test this week Friday.  

Phonics - We are learning about 2 syllable words with 2 closed syllables.  We have learned how to break words apart into syllables.  We have learned how to scoop the syllables and mark them.  

If the word has two consonants together, you scoop between the consonants.

If the word does not have two consonants together, you scoop after the consonant.

Reading - Our current center is homophones.  A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word, but it is spelled different and it means something different.  We have many different choices for this center and it has been a hit!  

Each day during daily 5 the students work on read to self, read to someone, listening to stories, work on writing, and word work, as well as meet with teacher for our reading groups.  

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.

Science - Our new Einstein kit has arrived!  Our kit is called organisms.  Organisms are living things.  So far we have done three lessons.  We need our live organisms to arrive to do lesson 4.  They should arrive some time this week.  Lesson 1 was sharing what we know about organisms.  In lesson 2 we learned about seeds.  We took 4 seeds - kidney bean, pea, sunflower, and pumping - and we used our senses to investigate them.  In lesson 3, we planted our seeds.  Our fourth grade buddies helped us with our planting.

Religion - We have been learning about Jesus' death and resurrection.  We have read stories about it out of our Children's Bible, we have been learning about it in our Promise Paper, and we have been attending Stations of the Cross and the Living Stations.  The Living Stations were our favorite!  We also had a chance to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet as a school.  It was beautiful!  The students did an outstanding job leading mass!

Have a great week!