Team Austin 1A
February 1, 2016
Janell Thach
Sandpaper explorations
Beginning our FOSS kit
Taking a sample with a rubbing
Language Arts
Interactive read alouds:
Wake Up, Vladimir!
It's Groundhog Day!
Norman Fools the Tooth Fairy
Arthur's Valentine
Reader's Workshop
using compound word parts as a strategy for decoding
identifying base words with a suffix
retelling a story with character names, setting, details
Writer's Workshop:
Writing a piece to explain "why" using an opening sentence, closing sentence and giving at least 3 reasons
Editing your own writing
Word Work: ink, unk, bank, ang
high frequency words two, more, write
Please be sure to review your child's dictation from last week in the graded work coming home. We will continue to test on Friday in a dictation format. The week's spelling words will be used in a sentence they have to write down. It will also include a review of the high frequency words we have covered. They are posted on the Word Wall as resource. I will also be grading for beginning with a capital letter and using the correct punctuation.
Math
Addition
Fast 10's (10+ any number)
Fast 9's (make a 10)
problem solving
Review for mid-year assessment:
place value
number sequence
greater/less
We will be completing the district mid year math assessment this week.
sorting river rocks
observing closely
using the screen sifter
Social Studies / Science
Identifying the characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night
Demonstrating that air is all around us
Observing that wind is moving air
Observing and recording changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as clouds and the sun
Other
I will be on campus Wednesday but I will be working with students one on one to do the district mid year individual reading assessments. We will have a substitute. Many thanks to Mr. Hilton (and all that cookie dough fundraising) for providing this day. It is so much more efficient for our class time and provides the learners the opportunity to perform their best without distractions.
The class Valentine Party will be held on Friday, February 12 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend! Details will be coming this week regarding valentine cards and containers. For all you uber organized folks, plan a little "family time" to work on this! Thank you to our continuously fabulous room mothers for their work organizing this party!
Miss Ricciardelli is collecting magazines for a project if you have any extra "kid friendly" ones to contribute. Thank you!