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!

 

 Spelling - 2 Syllable Words with 2 Closed Syllables

upset

admit

pigpen

sunfish

laptop

napkin

himself

contest

insist

cobweb

We do not have school this Friday or next Monday.  The test for this list will be on April 22nd.

Spelling - We will not have a new list this week.  We still have at least a week left of our Fundations unit on v-e and v-e with the suffix s.  We will get a new list next week.  Next week we do not have school on Friday, so the next spelling test will be on April 22nd.

Phonics - We continue to work on the long vowel sounds.  As mentioned above, our unit also continues to work on v-e and v-e with the suffix s.  (vowel consonant e syllable)

Reading - We will work on synonyms and antonyms one more week before we change out the word work centers.  The students are LOVING this round of centers!  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.

Math - We have been working on sums of ten and finding the missing partner.  We know the sum (10), but we have to figure out the missing partner.  For example 4 + ___ = 10 and ___ + 4 = 10.  This week we will be working on congruent shapes, measuring to the nearest inch, and counting dimes, nickels, and pennies.

Religion - We have been working out of our Friendzy curriculum.  Our theme is Friends Forgive.  Our Promise Paper the last two weeks have also been about forgiveness.  We have mass this Friday.  We have been practicing our parts for Mass during our Religion time.  Please continue to practice, practice, practice those readings at home.  Once a week we have been praying the Stations of the Cross.

Science and Social Studies - While we are between Einstein Kits, we have been reading out of our Scholastic News magazines weekly.  This week, however, we will be receiving our new Einstein Kit - Organisms.  We are going to be learning about living things!

Writing - We are working on writing how-to stories.  We have done our brainstorming, planning, and writing step 1.  This week we should be able to finish writing step 2 and step 3.  

We love building with cups!

Have a great week!

Spelling - Vowel-Consonant - e Syllable (Including suffix s)

tape

safe

grapes

Pete

dime

slide

hope

notes

rule

tune

Monday we just started working on unit 11 in Fundations.  The v-e syllable is a new concept.  We will take two weeks to practice these words again.  The test will be on Friday, April 1st.

The spelling lists are always uploaded into Raz Kids on Vocabulary A-Z.  To log onto our page, the students will need our class code - jsullivan 100.

Phonics - We have just introduced the long vowel sounds.  The short vowel sounds are worked on during preschool, kindergarten, and the first ten units of first grade.  Monday we started unit 11 and have now introduced the long vowel sounds as well.  With the new unit, we also have a new syllable type - it is called vowel-consonant-e syllable.  Our short name is v-e.  (These are words that end with a silent e.  The silent e makes the vowel in the word say the long sound.)

Reading - Our new word work focus is synonyms and antonyms.  We have multiple centers that the students are working on to learn about synonyms (words that mean the same thing) and antonyms (words that mean the opposite).

We continue to work in reading groups, as well as the daily 5 centers every day.

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.

The Building For Kids - After 2 years of having to cancel, we are finally able to return to the Building For Kids!  Our field trip will be on Friday, April 29th.  This will be an all day field trip.  We'll be leaving school around 8:15 and returning around 2:30.  Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade will be going on this field trip.  We will need chaperones.  To chaperone you will need to be Virtus trained and have a background check.  Please let us know if you are interested.  :)

Have a great week!