Mrs. Cornell's Class
News for March 18 - 21
Dear Parents,
Our theme in reading this week is favorite stories. We will read and hear many different types of stories including several folktales. We are also about to finish Unit 6 in Math and begin Unit 7 which has a focus on geometry.
This Friday the entire school will meet in the afternoon to get all "pepped up" for the NWEA testing which begins next week. We have worked hard toward reaching our goals. I encourage students to really "show off" what they have learned and take their time to do their best. As is always true, students need a good night's sleep and a good breakfast. Our tests are all scheduled for the end of the day, so we need to keep up our stamina!
Have a good week!
Jo Cornell
This week we are working on:
READING - Long e (y at the end - happy, jumpy)
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Analyzing PlotNew Words: heard, happen, falls, before, began, told
Sentence punctuation
Contractions with "not" - apostrophes
Story writing
MATH -
Unit 6 - (cont'd)
Data and Bar Graphs
Problem Solving - Number Stories
Unit 7 -
Continue practice with Facts and Fact Families
Introduce Geometry - polygons/shapes
Upcoming Events:
Mon, March 4th - NWEA Reading Test 1
Tues, March 5th - NWEA Reading Test 2
Fri, March 8th - No School - Prep Day
Tues, March 12th - Two Hour Late Start
Thurs, March 14th - Conferences
Fri, March 15th - NWEA Math Test 1
Mon, March 18th - NWEA Math Test 2
Tues, March 19th - Conferences
Thurs, March 21st - Conferences
Fri, March 22 - 31st - No School
(As usual, the February Skills Checklist can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.)
INTERNET READING/LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES:
INTERNET MATH ACTIVITIES:
Some good activities to practice this week include:
First Grade: B11, B15, D13, D14, F3, F6, L3, L4, M1, M2, N2
Second Grade: E7, E10, E11, F7, F9, F11, M7, M14
Students may explore other activities and may need support.
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Email: jcorne1@isd77.k12.mn.us
Website: www.ke.isd77.org
Location: 2600 E Main St, Mankato, MN
Phone: 507(387-2122)
February Skills Checklist
Dear Parents,
This checklist includes many of the topics and skills that your child is working on during the month of February. Many skills continue from previous months. You can help me in tracking your child’s progress by using and returning this checklist at the end of the month. When you feel that your child has mastered a skill, check on the line. Not all lines need to be checked off to return the sheet to school, but please work on each skill with your child throughout the month of February. Thank you for all of your extra help working with your child at home.
Sincerely, Mrs. Cornell
· Can tell time on an analog clock to the half hour (half past) and quarter hour
(quarter-to or before and quarter-past or after) ___
· Can write time in digital notation (example: 5:45 or 11:30) ___
· Identifies numbers as even or odd ___
· Can draw and solve +/- number stories using the number line, number grid, tallies,
pictures, counters, base 10 (any) ___
· Can calculate and write the value of money when using pennies/nickels/dimes/quarters ___
· Can solve math facts including adding or subtracting 0, 1, 2, and doubles up to 10 + 10 ___
· Knows facts whose sums are 10 (example: 7+3 = ) ___
· Can read any two and three digit number ___
· Can compare numbers using > = < symbols ___
· Can measure to the nearest inch / centimeter ___
· Can count by 2’s to 100 and up and back by 5’s and 10’s to 100 ___
· Can read high frequency words (see below) ___
· When reading, pauses for commas and periods ___
· Can answer questions about what he/she has read ___
Can identify main characters, setting and main events in stories ___
Can read long u, long a (ay, ai), and long e (ee, ea, ey, y) words: tune, train, meat
· Can write complete sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation ___
Your Child’s Name _____________________________
Parent Signature _____________________________
Due back March 1st.
Vocabulary:
February 4 to 8 - work, after, find, old, new, done
February 11 to 15 - warm, cold, sounds, great, know, their, there
February 18 to 22 - kind, knew, house, friends, far, by,
February 25 to March 1 - heard, began, before, happen, told, falls