5-11 October 2009
Weekly UPDATE
Welcome to October!
We're working our way through our second complete month and 'picking up the pace" as we go. Most students are beginning to progress much more on their homework endeavors. We've had several move to the next guided reading level in class and on the homework web-site, and others have progressed nicely through lots of practice on the IXL Math problems with a total of 5 top students on their counting and addition skills so far. Hop on board the HOMEWORK TRAIN and see your child soar!
Mark your calendars with the following 'NO SCHOOL for Students Days': Friday, October 9th (Teacher Inservice), and Monday, October 12 (Columbus Day). Have a wonderful 4 day weekend! We'll having our Weekly Spelling Test, List #4, on Thursday, so make certain you practice your Spelling City words before Thursday morning.
We'll work on greater than, less than, and equalities this week. This lays the foundation for counting up from the greater number when completing addition problems. So keep counting up and on from random numbers between 1 and............100. We're also gaining more confidence with place value including ones, tens and hundreds. So....... ask your child how many tens in 70, 80, 20, 10, 40, 30, 50, 60, etc. Then mix it up with random numbers between 10-99, to see if they can tell you the value of both the ones and tens columns.
We're already half-finished with the 1st quarter. Hopefully you're seeing the progress that your child has made in school thus far. It will be exciting to meet for conferences in early November.
We're also looking forward to our 2nd class celebration on Friday, 30 October at 11:55-12:40 a.m. in our classroom. We don't have much time, but it will be fun and festive.
Mrs. Petty
p.s. Please send in your child's permission slip & Euro for the Stradella's Study Trip Wednesday, 21 October. If you've already sent in the $ and the permission slip, thank you very much!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Week of: September 28-October 4, 2009
Parent News:
We had a busy week, with a new spelling list and we're getting to be 'quite the writers'! We like to write our words by stretching and writing the sounds we hear. Our high frequency words are also improving even though we can't 'stretch' those! Those are the hardest ones to remember because they don't sound the way they look! (click on this link) Here's a game for you to play at home!
Our greatest accomplishment this week was participating in the Johnny Appleseed festivities in the gymnasium at the school. The activity began with learning about John Chapman and his seed-planting across middle America. Most of the stories we covered, included facts and little fable, too. We decorated our bags and began enjoying the choices between 30 different activities. Fun and self-direction were enjoyed by all. Thanks for all the volunteers who came to help. The all-time favorite was the Apple Jacks bracelet. You could spot many children nibbling as they worked hard on all the centers available that morning.
HOMEWORK NOTICE:
There are still a few students who have 'no activity' on the homework web-sites. Please inform me if you want homework sent home. "COMPLETES HOMEWORK" is noted on the quarterly progress reports and it is essential to progress and learn throughout the year. I will begin sending IXL Math reports and RAZ-kids Reading Reports to your e-address. Sight Words with Samson is one that you can check the progress on anytime. Work for all green boxes for mastery and completion. Thank you to all the parents who have been so supportive during this learning period. Most of your students feel very successful and their work shows a great beginning.
1. Math Homework: IXL: Skill A.1 through A.10
Skill: Addition B.1 through B.3
2. Spelling: List 3 (all activities) Spelling City
3. RAZ-kids Reading: In order to progress to the next level, your child needs to complete every activity on their current level. Then, they will automatically progress to the next level. The home reading program (reading bags with little books that I send home) are a companion to their reading program also. Some books they bring home will be new and unread. Let them look at the pictures throughout the book before reading the words. Assist them with their reading by asking the following questions before telling them the word. (Click on this link) Scroll down to STRATEGIES, but enjoy reading the entire article.
4. Sight Words With Samson, too!!
This week marks the middle of the first quarter. Our learning continues. Thank you for all your support. We're on Week #3 for our spelling list this week, also. New words: at, did, find, found and is. Rhyming words are in red.
Our first field trip is scheduled for later in October, so I'll be asking for volunteers to accompany us. More information will come soon.
Activities this month: Fire Safety w/the Base providing a 'fire station' mock visit, Fall Festival, last Friday of the month in our room @ 12:30. Volunteers welcome. More info coming. Bus Safety video and learning. More on the content areas coming next week.
Let's have a great week, and enjoy the slideshow!
Parent News:
We had a busy week, with a new spelling list and we're getting to be 'quite the writers'! We like to write our words by stretching and writing the sounds we hear. Our high frequency words are also improving even though we can't 'stretch' those! Those are the hardest ones to remember because they don't sound the way they look! (click on this link) Here's a game for you to play at home!
Our greatest accomplishment this week was participating in the Johnny Appleseed festivities in the gymnasium at the school. The activity began with learning about John Chapman and his seed-planting across middle America. Most of the stories we covered, included facts and little fable, too. We decorated our bags and began enjoying the choices between 30 different activities. Fun and self-direction were enjoyed by all. Thanks for all the volunteers who came to help. The all-time favorite was the Apple Jacks bracelet. You could spot many children nibbling as they worked hard on all the centers available that morning.
HOMEWORK NOTICE:
There are still a few students who have 'no activity' on the homework web-sites. Please inform me if you want homework sent home. "COMPLETES HOMEWORK" is noted on the quarterly progress reports and it is essential to progress and learn throughout the year. I will begin sending IXL Math reports and RAZ-kids Reading Reports to your e-address. Sight Words with Samson is one that you can check the progress on anytime. Work for all green boxes for mastery and completion. Thank you to all the parents who have been so supportive during this learning period. Most of your students feel very successful and their work shows a great beginning.
1. Math Homework: IXL: Skill A.1 through A.10
Skill: Addition B.1 through B.3
2. Spelling: List 3 (all activities) Spelling City
3. RAZ-kids Reading: In order to progress to the next level, your child needs to complete every activity on their current level. Then, they will automatically progress to the next level. The home reading program (reading bags with little books that I send home) are a companion to their reading program also. Some books they bring home will be new and unread. Let them look at the pictures throughout the book before reading the words. Assist them with their reading by asking the following questions before telling them the word. (Click on this link) Scroll down to STRATEGIES, but enjoy reading the entire article.
4. Sight Words With Samson, too!!
This week marks the middle of the first quarter. Our learning continues. Thank you for all your support. We're on Week #3 for our spelling list this week, also. New words: at, did, find, found and is. Rhyming words are in red.
Our first field trip is scheduled for later in October, so I'll be asking for volunteers to accompany us. More information will come soon.
Activities this month: Fire Safety w/the Base providing a 'fire station' mock visit, Fall Festival, last Friday of the month in our room @ 12:30. Volunteers welcome. More info coming. Bus Safety video and learning. More on the content areas coming next week.
Let's have a great week, and enjoy the slideshow!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
21-27 September 2009 Weekly Update!!
Parent News
We're well on our way and working toward smooth transitions and improved 'protocal' for center rotation, completing our morning work and small, guided reading daily with all those little books being sent home to read. We've had our first spelling assessment and all the students are improving in their 'phonemic awareness' when reading and working with words during spelling and writing activities.
Our class is a growing and changing mini-community with 19 different learners who have become friends, learned to work together, help each other, play, eat and learn in our classroom.
Thanks to those parents who have assisted their child in using this web-site to locate their homework tasks. Students should be visiting all the links throughout the week and completing the assignments as listed, as new assignments are posted weekly. Progress in the following
We'll go to the computer lab for the required orientation, and log-in with a lengthy Username (elizabeth.petty.class) and Password (1234Q!wer) for the first time. We've been practicing this at a center this week, and we're hoping for our weekly time in the lab to be constructive. Thank you to Mrs. Littleton for volunteering as an assistant every Thursday in the 1st floor lab! As you can see, with the school account and homework links' usernames and passwords, your child will become the 'master' of their own UN and PWs. We will also begin to use the COWs in our own homeroom at school. This acronym stands for Computers on Wheels!
Practice this at home: Username: elizabeth.petty.class
Password: 1234!Qwer
ALL CASE SENSITIVE ;o)
All the other volunteers: I'll be sending out more information this week via e-mail!
Almost everyone has logged into most of the homework sights on our class blog . (Click on this link). I will soon add a math site for the required links. Required links include: RAZ-kids reading, Sight Words w/Samson, Spelling City, and our soon-to-be math sight. Please pay close attention to the weekly assignment and do not exceed the expectations as these are weekly assignments.
Here's little slide show of our spelling/name activities this week:
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