What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on: Slowly the this month we are taking NWEA test is small groups for reading and math
  • Ufli: review digraphs and magic “e” a_e words
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: Bread comes to Life by George Levenson
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: who,of, for, there, where, could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Reviewing
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: who, of, for, there, where, could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so,  your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to half hour
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• No School May 23rd and 26th

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Telling Time:

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: ng and nk
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: of, for, there, where, could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Reviewing
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: of, for, there, where, could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so,  your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to half hour
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• May 2nd half day

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Telling Time:

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: wh and ph
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Reviewing
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: could, should, would, were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so,  your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to half hour
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• No School April 21st

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Telling Time:

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: ch and unvoiced th
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: Bringing down the moon by Jonathan Emmett
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Chapter 13 Measurement and Comparing Objects
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: were, talk, walk, she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so,  your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to half hour
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• No School April 21st

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Telling Time:

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: sh and voiced th
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: Ana goes to Washington DC by Rene` Colato Laninez
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Chapter 13 Measurement and Comparing Objects
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: she, we, they, their, goes, says, go, no, so,  your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to half hour
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• No School April 21st

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Telling Time:

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: all, oll,ull and ck
  • short and long vowel sounds: (short says sound and long vowels say their name)
  • Reading: When Daddy’s Truck picks me up by Jana Novotny Hunter
  • Writing: narrative writing
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Math: Chapter 12 Identify 3D shapes and positions
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts to 10
• Color and heart words: goes, says, go, no, so, your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to hour
• Counting to 100

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Rhyming

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: review short vowel review FLSZ spelling rule
  • Letters and sounds
  • Reading: The Bear Snores on by Karma Wilson
  • Writing: informational writing
  • Blending letter sounds together to read words (cat, map)
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words: your, want, have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Continuing with concepts of print ( title, front of book, back of book, title page, reading from left to right, pointing to period at end of sentence)
  • working on number formation and letter formation
  • Math: Chapter 11 Identify 2D shapes
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • Telling time
  • 3D shapes
  • Continue Friendship

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts
• Color and heart words:your, want, what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Telling Time to hour
• Addition and Subtraction facts to 10
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• March 24th – 30th No school

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Rhyming

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: review short u and e
  • Letters and sounds
  • Reading: The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick
  • Writing: informational writing
  • Blending letter sounds together to read words (cat, map)
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpkin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words:have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Continuing with concepts of print ( title, front of book, back of book, title page, reading from left to right, pointing to period at end of sentence)
  • working on number formation and letter formation
  • Math: Chapter 11 Identify 2D shapes
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • review addition and subtraction facts
  • 3D shapes
  • Continue Friendship

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• practice addition and subtractions facts
• Color and heart words: what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Tying shoes
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• March 14th No school

Conferences:

March 13 5:30 to 7:30

I do not need to see everyone this time. I will be contacting families I want to meet with. Of course I am always available to talk after school or on my prep with anyone who has concerns. I will be sending progress reports home this week. I am so proud of this class. In the last couple weeks I have seen so many students improve. Things are starting to click with everyone!!

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out words in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Boots:

Feel free to send your child in with snow boots. Please also send a change of shoes for them to change into.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Rhyming

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli: review short i and o
  • Letters and sounds
  • Reading: Zoo Borns! by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland
  • Writing: informational writing
  • We are working on the begin sounds of objects. (hat begin sound h)
  • Blending letter sounds together to read words (cat, map)
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words:have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Continuing with concepts of print ( title, front of book, back of book, title page, reading from left to right, pointing to period at end of sentence)
  • working on number formation and letter formation
  • Math: Chapter 10 count to 100
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • 3D shapes
  • Continue Friendship

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• Have you child point out all the sight words they know in books
• Color and heart words: what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Zipping coats
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• March 7th end of the 2nd trimester

Conferences:

March 13 5:30 to 7:30

I do not need to see everyone this time. I will be contacting families I want to meet with. Of course I am always available to talk after school or on my prep with anyone who has concerns. I will be sending progress reports home this week. I am so proud of this class. In the last couple weeks I have seen so many students improve. Things are starting to click with everyone!!

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out 3 letter cvc works (hat, man, top, ect) in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Boots:

Feel free to send your child in with snow boots. Please also send a change of shoes for them to change into.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Rhyming

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

What we are working on this week:

• This week we are working on:
  • Ufli Short a review
  • Letters and sounds
  • Reading: Zoo Borns! by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland
  • We are working on the begin sounds of objects. (hat begin sound h)
  • Blending letter sounds together to read words (cat, map)
  • Continuing writing in our journals
  • Syllables count how many syllables are in words. (pumpin has 2 syllables pump  kin)
  • Rhyming words
  • Color and heart words:have, what ,you ,was, are, look, book, from ,he, be, me ,see , of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
  • Continuing with concepts of print ( title, front of book, back of book, title page, reading from left to right, pointing to period at end of sentence)
  • working on number formation and letter formation
  • Math: Chapter
  • Counting by 1’s to 100 and by 10’s to 100
  • 3D shapes
  • Continue Friendship
  • Famous African Americans
• Science: Forces push and Pull

Things to work on at home:

• Read to your child nighty
• Have you child point out all the sight words they know in books
• Color and heart words: what, have,you, was, are, book, look ,from, he, be, me ,see ,of, to, do, said, as, a, I, the, and,  yellow, red, orange, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown.
• Zipping coats
• Counting to 100

Important Dates:

• March 7th end of the 2nd trimester

Readers corner:

• When reading at night with your child ask them to find sight words in books.
• Ask them what author does and Illustrator does?
• Ask what happened in the beginning of the story, middle, and end of story.
• Ask them to sound out 3 letter cvc works (hat, man, top, ect) in books.

Tying Shoe Club:

I will be starting a Tying the Shoe Club after Christmas Break. Students that can show me they can tying their shoes will get their name up in the hallway for everyone to see ! Please have students practice tying their own shoes.

Boots:

Feel free to send your child in with snow boots. Please also send a change of shoes for them to change into.

Coats:

Please make sure your child brings a coat to school everyday. They will not be allowed outside for recess without one.

PBIS:

Please remind your child to be safe, responsible, and respectful in school.

RAZ kids:

Reading a to z (Raz kids) is a great tool as well to use. I upload books on your child’s reading level. The link is also on the blog.

User name: ehousley1

Password is the picture of a train

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Teach your Monster to read:

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/3563026

the code is 3563026

just type in your child’s first name all lowercase

Quick Videos to help work on letters and sounds:

Fun video on Rhyming

Fun Video math videos:

Make it fun!  You always make flash cards with them and use a fly swatter and hit them.

Fun ways to practice sight words:

• magnetic letters building them
• flashcards
• writing them  in fun colors with crayons, colored pencils, or markers, Bingo daubers
• writing them in shaving cream, sand, or rice
• Gel in a ziplock bag and have them trace it.
• Tape sight words around the house
• Memory game with them
• Say a sight word have them tap it with a fly swatter
• Tape them to floor have them hop on the sight word
• Pinterest has great ideas too!!

Have a wonderful weekend!