The Wise Owl
Mrs. Myerson's Classroom News - Week of January 18th
A Note from Mrs. Myerson
This week students will have 14 new spelling/sight words to identify and memorize. We are still assessing on Friday so please work with your child on these words, as some are challenging! This will now be the normal amount of words that students will be expected to learn each week.
Teacher Tip: Learning Sight Words
*Sight Word recognition in isolation should transfer to reading sight words in text. This practice will help your child make the connection between sight words and their meaning...
- Sight Words in Context: Create or find text with several of the sight words your child needs to practice. With your child, read each sentence, then have him or her circle or highlight the sight words with crayon or marker.
- Timed readings: Prepare a list of sight words and set the time for 1 minute (or any amount of time you see fit). See how many your child can read in that amount of time. It will soon become sort of a competition for your child to read more and more words in that time span.
This Week
Essential Question: What kinds of plants and animals can you find in the ocean?
Sight Words: blue, cold, far, little, live, their, water, where
Phonics: digraph -th, Inflectional Endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)
Vocabulary Strategy: Classify and Categorize Words
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Reading: identifying author's purpose, analyzing and evaluating text, asking and answer comprehension questions
Writing: Writing How To pieces
Math: Unit 4 Review and Test, Problem Solving, Mid Year Assessment (Units 1-4)
Science: Clouds, The 4 Seasons
Weekly Assessments
Wednesday
Unit 4 Test (telling time to the hour and half hour, measurement, addition facts using dominoes, ordering and counting numbers, finding totals of pennies, nickels and dimes, and problem solving)
Friday
Comprehension Quiz
Spelling Test
Mid Year Math Assessment (knowledge of skills in Units 1 - 4)
Important Reminders
Class Dojo - Don't forget to sign up for Class Dojo! Sign up codes were sent home. Let me know if you need another access code.
Upcoming Dates and Events!
Mennies Spirit Day!
Friday, Jan 22, 2016, 09:00 AM
Dr William Mennies Elementary, Vineland, NJ, United States
Meet Mrs. Myerson!
Email: tmyerson@vineland.org