October 24-28, 2016 Week 10

Let's hear it for the nice weather!  YAY!  We are loving it because it's so nice when we go out to recess.  I hope you all enjoyed your fall weather this past weekend too!

This week we will read a realistic fiction story called "The Farmer in the Hat."  Our reading skills are to read long a words; read soft c, soft g words; recognize cause and effect; identify proper nouns; and practice Saxon phonics.

In Math we will continue to work on place value up to 99. We will use manipulatives, draw pictures and compare and order numbers up to 99.

In Science we will explore force and motion.  We will test objects and decide how they move, is it push or pull? We will also use magnets to explore movement.

In Social Studies for the next couple of weeks we will learn about American Symbols and remember traditions.   We will identify symbols, traditions, customs, anthems, and mottoes of America. We will explore what celebrations we have in America.  We will make a Bald Eagle, American Flag, Liberty Bell, and the Statue of Liberty.

UPCOMING EVENTS...

Oct 24-28 ~ Red Ribbon Week
Oct 25 ~ Early Release 12:20
Oct 26 ~ A-Team Field Trip (sack lunch and drink)
Nov 1 ~ 50th Day of School
Nov 1 ~ Kona Ice Snowcones
Nov 21-25 ~ Thanksgiving Break
Dec 15 ~ Movie & PJ's Day


I just love my sweet class!  They work very well together!

                                     
                                                  We sequenced our reading story!

                                                  Working on place value up to 99!

                                                We celebrated our first Tiger Awards!

                                             Tiger Award Winners for the first 9 weeks!

                                             A-Team Students!  Ready for the field trip!

   Partners rolling dice and writing standard and expanded forms of numbers up to 99!

We learned how to write a friendly letter.  We learned that a letter has a date, greeting, body, and a closing.  We were so excited to write a friendly letter to our parents.  I hope that you all received your letter in the mail!  

Thanks for sending us snacks, and boxtops!  We appreciate all that you do!  Thanks for following us!  Have a terrific week!

October 17-21, 2016 Week 9

Hello everyone!  Can you believe that this is the 9th week of school?  It will be Thanksgiving and Christmas before we know it!  :)

This week we will read a story that is animal fantasy called "A Big Fish for Max."  We will blend and read words with digraphs sh, and th; sequence and put story events in order; identify common nouns; write a friendly letter; and practice saxon phonics.

FYI...parents we will write a friendly letter to YOU!   Watch for our letters in the mail.  :)

In Math we will start working on numbers up to 99 and since last week was a short week we will also continue to practice telling time to the hour.

In Science we will continue identifying the 3 states of matter: liquid, solid, gas


In Social Studies we will learn about good citizens such as Benjamin Franklin, Clara Barton and Eleanor Roosevelt.

On Friday's we get ipads...

                                        You could hear a pin drop!  LOL!

 

Look who decided to read instead!

Upcoming Events...

Oct 18- Nov 3 ~ PTO Kahuna Fundraiser 

Oct 20 ~ Report Cards

Oct 24-28 ~ Red Ribbon Week

I will send home the sheet that tells what to wear each day

October 25~ Early Release
October 26 ~ A-Team Field Trip 

Please return permission slip to go with us to Greenville & Commerce Park

Nov 2 ~ Kona Ice Snowcones

Have a great week!  Thanks for following our class blog.  See you next week!  :)

October 10-14, 2016 Week 8

Once again I am excited because I have a new grandson that was born on Tuesday.  His name is Karter and we are so blessed that he has come into our lives! As you can tell I am a proud "Gandee!"   Blessed beyond measure!

                         BRAVO CLASS!
 Congrats to the boys and girls for being so great with the sub on Tuesday.  She said they were awesome and that she wished every class was like them.  That made me proud!  I don't like leaving them but I am thrilled to know that they are on their best behavior while I'm away!  Yay class!!!

This is a short week for us and we are working double time to cover our skills for the week.  

We will read "Animal Park."  We discussed why the author wrote the story and if the story was real or make-believe.  Our reading skills are blend and read words with short u; identify cause and effect; recognize final blends in words; discuss antonyms; Saxon phonics; and identify and write exclamatory sentences.

In Math we will tell time to the hour using analog and digital clocks.

In Science we will continue discussing properties and matter.

In Social Studies we will continue good citizens. We will discuss Benjamin Franklin, Clara Barton and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Upcoming Events...

Oct 18 - Nov 3 ~ PTO Kahuna Fundraiser

Oct 20 ~ Report Cards (Conferences)

Oct 24-28 ~ Red Ribbon Week

Oct 25 ~ Early Release

Oct 26 ~ A-Team Field Trip (reward for attendance)

                             

      Last week  we read "Get the Egg" 

and made birds inside a nest.  

                                       

                                                   
                                We are learning to tell time to the hour
                              on an analog and digital clock.

                                             Yep that's right Eli it's 6:00!

                                                  

 We sorted beginning blends 

and digraphs!

                                                 
                             Mariyah saying the "gl" blend!

                                                 "tr"  blend starts train

                                       
                                         "wh" digraph starts whiskers

                       Raygan, Genesis, annd Camila                         

Writing the beginning blends independently!

                       Charley listens as Michael identifies his blend.

                               Colton says that "sh" starts shark!

Last week we used Whole-Part-Part

 mats for subtracting numbers!

Thanks for following us this week! 

Tune in next week for more highlights!  

October 3-7, 2016 Week 7

REPORT CARD CONFERENCES...We will have report card conferences on October 10.  It will be for students that are failing or have behavior concerns.  I will send notes home tomorrow.  If you don't receive a note it is because your child is on grade level and doing a good job in class.  If you don't get a note and you would like to conference please contact me.  

THIS WEEK IN LEARNING...

We will read "Get the Egg!"  It is a made-up story that could really happen.  Our reading skills are blend and read short e words; read words with blends; recognize the main idea and details in a story; identify and write interrogative sentences (asking sentences);  read and discuss fairy tales and folktales; and practice daily Saxon Phonics.

 Math ~ Add and Subtract numbers up to 10.

 Science ~ 3 states of matter  (liquid, solid, gas)

 Social Studies ~ Exemplifying Good Citizenship

UPCOMING EVENTS...

October 4 ~ Kona Ice Snowcones

October 10 ~ No School (Report Card Conf)

October 11 ~ Reading and Writing Night (correction)

October 25 ~ Early Release

OCTOBER SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDER FORMS will be in your child's folder tomorrow.  Please browse through it and see if you would like to order books.  Orders are due on Friday, October 7.

I have the hardest working little class in TEXAS!

                Primetime Reading!  DEAR Time!

Drop Everything and Read!

Recognizing Declarative Sentences!

Learning Main Idea and Details

                                Look who came to see us!

A clown from the circus that is coming to town!  

  Thanks for dropping in!  See you next week!