Shiree Kitchen . Room 116 . skitchen@alpine.k12.ut.us . 801-756-8531 281 N 200 E American Fork, UT 84003
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Dec 2nd
We are collecting used toys to sale in our Christmas Class Store. The children are bringing them in now. They are getting excited about this activity. We do our economic Social Studies unit at this time. We learn about needs, wants, goods and services. We also introduce a class visa and start our money unit this month.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Monday the students will be bringing home their "Base Ten" Pre test. We are over half finished with our unit and will be taking the test sometime the last week of November. It would be a good study guide.
There will not be any homework or spelling other than--- reading just to enjoy reading this week. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Kitchen
There will not be any homework or spelling other than--- reading just to enjoy reading this week. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Kitchen
Friday, November 9, 2012
Nov 9th
Reading: We worked on making drawings of the beginning, middle and end of our guided reading books and then we wrote summaries. We are trying to use key words such as "in the beginning, the problem was, next, then, after that, finally, in the end" to help us go in order and write about key events.
Math: We continue to review what we have learned so far this year and we started our base 10 unit. We are off to a great start. Part of the students worksheet were to play a game where they rolled dice and put them together trying to make the biggest number. Then they had to figure our how many 10's and ones there were. The player who rolled the biggest number was the winner. We also practiced using each child and their fingers. If we had the number 57 -- 5 Children would stand up and put their 10 fingers in the air. Then one child would sit and put up 7 fingers. He had to stay in the 1's place (sitting) because he did not use all 10 fingers.
Art: We started a Thanksgiving collage of fruits in a horn-o-plenty.
Writing: We finished our Thanksgiving Word poems.
Science: We made pictures of Galaxies with a moon, sun, constellation, and a planet. We finished writing notes from books we had read about the moon. We held gulf balls and walked around a light. Our heads represented earth, the light the sun, and the gulf balls the moon. We watched how the sun hits the moon at different times. Then we ate Oreo cookies and talked about the moon phases as we ate them.
Social Studies: We talked about the election and voting and we voted for people in our state as well as nation. We discussed how the people we elect help make laws for our government. We have been writing down definitions and drawing pictures of these words. We also reviewed the weather of different cities in each of the continents and tried to be a meteorologist and predict the weather for own city. We started to look at pictures of different places in Africa and talk about the types of things we would see if we visited that continent.
Math: We continue to review what we have learned so far this year and we started our base 10 unit. We are off to a great start. Part of the students worksheet were to play a game where they rolled dice and put them together trying to make the biggest number. Then they had to figure our how many 10's and ones there were. The player who rolled the biggest number was the winner. We also practiced using each child and their fingers. If we had the number 57 -- 5 Children would stand up and put their 10 fingers in the air. Then one child would sit and put up 7 fingers. He had to stay in the 1's place (sitting) because he did not use all 10 fingers.
Art: We started a Thanksgiving collage of fruits in a horn-o-plenty.
Writing: We finished our Thanksgiving Word poems.
Science: We made pictures of Galaxies with a moon, sun, constellation, and a planet. We finished writing notes from books we had read about the moon. We held gulf balls and walked around a light. Our heads represented earth, the light the sun, and the gulf balls the moon. We watched how the sun hits the moon at different times. Then we ate Oreo cookies and talked about the moon phases as we ate them.
Social Studies: We talked about the election and voting and we voted for people in our state as well as nation. We discussed how the people we elect help make laws for our government. We have been writing down definitions and drawing pictures of these words. We also reviewed the weather of different cities in each of the continents and tried to be a meteorologist and predict the weather for own city. We started to look at pictures of different places in Africa and talk about the types of things we would see if we visited that continent.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Oct. 29th-Nov. 2
Halloween is always a fun week. Wednesday was dedicated to Halloween Projects. We read Halloween stories and sang songs. We painted scarey faces with chalk and white paint and we did Halloween math. We counted 100 pumpkin seeds each and then counted them by two's and then tens. When we had them grouped in tens the children each got a skittel. When they had 10 skittels they got a pumpkin marshmellow. The pumpkin seed represented ones, the skittles represented tens, and the marsmellow represented 100. We finished our odd and even work and are going to take our test on Monday.
We started to learn our November songs and poems that we use in our stations. And we drew pictures of the beginning middel and end of our guided reading books. On Thursday each student wrote their own summary using the pictures they drew. They did not have quesitions to follow and they had to use their pictures to guide them. I was impressed by the results and I see we still have things to learn.
We read a story on the moon and took notes. Then we copied the notes into our moon journals. On Friday we made a diagram of the moon.
We started to learn our November songs and poems that we use in our stations. And we drew pictures of the beginning middel and end of our guided reading books. On Thursday each student wrote their own summary using the pictures they drew. They did not have quesitions to follow and they had to use their pictures to guide them. I was impressed by the results and I see we still have things to learn.
We read a story on the moon and took notes. Then we copied the notes into our moon journals. On Friday we made a diagram of the moon.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
We have been working on Odd and Even in math and will be taking a test this week. In reading we did a summary on the book "Blueberries For Sal" and worked on finding main ideas from our Studies Weekly and National Geographic.
We had the Red Ribbon Assembly and Bear Reading Assembly. WE started our unit on Moon Phases.
We had the Red Ribbon Assembly and Bear Reading Assembly. WE started our unit on Moon Phases.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Oct. 19th
Reading:This week in Model Reading the students watched as I modeled how to write a complete summary for a fiction text. We used the book "The Crayon Box That Could Talk". In Shared Reading we worked on finding the main ideas in nonfiction text. We used our Trailblazer Newspaper that talked about using safe science tools and the National Geographic article called the "Big Sting". In Guided Reading we worked on using Table of Contents and Index to answer questions along with finding details. In Independent reading we worked on asking questions and relating things we already know to our books.
Writing: We published our Scary Halloween stories by putting them up in the hall, highlighting all the adjectives, and decorating them.
Spelling and Word Work we worked on the long O sound using the CVCe pattern.
Math: We took three test: Review of everything we have learned this year, Fact Families, and a pre test on ODD and EVEN numbers. We did an activity were we took of all our shoes and put them in pairs to see if they were odd or even. Then we took beans and put them in groups of 2 and counted different numbers to see if they were odd or even.
Social Studies: We had our North America picnic of hot dogs, apple pie, tortilla chips, and lemonade. We took our passports and wrote 3 things that we learned about the continent of North America. Then we got it stamped. Last of all this week we made of post card of a place we visited in North America and started to color our puppets of children dressed in native outfits.
We had a fabulous week!
Writing: We published our Scary Halloween stories by putting them up in the hall, highlighting all the adjectives, and decorating them.
Spelling and Word Work we worked on the long O sound using the CVCe pattern.
Math: We took three test: Review of everything we have learned this year, Fact Families, and a pre test on ODD and EVEN numbers. We did an activity were we took of all our shoes and put them in pairs to see if they were odd or even. Then we took beans and put them in groups of 2 and counted different numbers to see if they were odd or even.
Social Studies: We had our North America picnic of hot dogs, apple pie, tortilla chips, and lemonade. We took our passports and wrote 3 things that we learned about the continent of North America. Then we got it stamped. Last of all this week we made of post card of a place we visited in North America and started to color our puppets of children dressed in native outfits.
We had a fabulous week!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Oct. 15th
I hope everyone had a wonderful Fall Break. I had the opportunity to go camping with my family and the mountains were beautiful and full of color.
Last week our whole class wrote a summary on the book "Hey, Al" We worked on breaking the summary into beginning, middle, and end. Then each child wrote a Halloween story using the same format. We were tying to use adjectives. We will continue to edit these this week and hopefully they will be ready to put in the hallway.
We finished our unit on the continents and focused on North America. We are planning to eat food from North America sometime this week.
We did "Fact Families" in math and we will be finishing that unit this week.
Last week our whole class wrote a summary on the book "Hey, Al" We worked on breaking the summary into beginning, middle, and end. Then each child wrote a Halloween story using the same format. We were tying to use adjectives. We will continue to edit these this week and hopefully they will be ready to put in the hallway.
We finished our unit on the continents and focused on North America. We are planning to eat food from North America sometime this week.
We did "Fact Families" in math and we will be finishing that unit this week.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Oct. 1st-5th
Thank you parents for attending SEP's. We had 100% turn out. I enjoyed visiting with each parent and child. Thank you for your support and all that you do for your children.
We had a great time on our field trip. The Utah State University put on a Farm Field Day where the children go to see farm animals and learn about different types of farming in Utah. It was the first time that some children have ever seen a pig. We also went to Fresh Market and took a tour. I think they were all surprised to go into a walk in freezer.
There will not be a poem or spelling words because of the short week. The students only homework will be to read and do the math work sheet. They will need to have dice in order to do the worksheet.
We had a great time on our field trip. The Utah State University put on a Farm Field Day where the children go to see farm animals and learn about different types of farming in Utah. It was the first time that some children have ever seen a pig. We also went to Fresh Market and took a tour. I think they were all surprised to go into a walk in freezer.
There will not be a poem or spelling words because of the short week. The students only homework will be to read and do the math work sheet. They will need to have dice in order to do the worksheet.
Friday, September 28, 2012
SEPT 27TH
Reading: In modeled reading we have been starting to learn how to write and summary by looking at the parts: Beginning, Middle and End. In shared reading we worked on making our questions thicker. In guided reading we worked on nonfiction text features--mainly the titles of the Table of Contents. During independent reading the students were to write a "who, what, where, when, how, or why" question from one of their books. Early Birds almost made 45 minutes of reading stamina. Later Gaters did reach the 45 minute goal.
Math: We took a test on "friends of ten" continued working on story problems and 100 chart, and we started to work on the number line. We will continue to review and go deeper with story problems using the 100's chart. We want the children to look for "friends of ten" in their work.
Social Studies: We talked about the world, the continents, and the oceans. We looked at a map of American Fork and the surrounding communities and located where it would be in Utah County and then where Utah is located on the map of the United States.
Science: We talked about how science is learning about animals, plants, earth, and space. We learned why we study science and how people who study science make our life better.
Art: We made shapes from nature and tried to make a painting like the artist Henri Matisse. Look for our representation in the hall at SEP"S.
Music: We learned our Halloween songs that we use as one of our stations during small group.
Math: We took a test on "friends of ten" continued working on story problems and 100 chart, and we started to work on the number line. We will continue to review and go deeper with story problems using the 100's chart. We want the children to look for "friends of ten" in their work.
Social Studies: We talked about the world, the continents, and the oceans. We looked at a map of American Fork and the surrounding communities and located where it would be in Utah County and then where Utah is located on the map of the United States.
Science: We talked about how science is learning about animals, plants, earth, and space. We learned why we study science and how people who study science make our life better.
Art: We made shapes from nature and tried to make a painting like the artist Henri Matisse. Look for our representation in the hall at SEP"S.
Music: We learned our Halloween songs that we use as one of our stations during small group.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
September 22, 2012
Reading: This week I modeled how to write a summary by using the who, what, where, when and how questions. The students goal was to using our decoding or fix up strategies on words that they did not know.
Writing: We wrote about our favorite spot.
Math: We continue to work on "friends of ten" using more than 1 addend and using the 100's chart to do addition problems. We talked how we jump down 1 place when counting by10's and we walk across the chart when add by 1's. Most of the children are getting this concept, but there are a few who do not understand.
Science:
Social Studies: We made a map of our school and talked about what makes up a community. We drew pictures of places we like to visit in out town. We worked on the map of the continents.
Art: We looked at different artist and how they use lines in their art work. Then we made designs using lines.
Writing: We wrote about our favorite spot.
Math: We continue to work on "friends of ten" using more than 1 addend and using the 100's chart to do addition problems. We talked how we jump down 1 place when counting by10's and we walk across the chart when add by 1's. Most of the children are getting this concept, but there are a few who do not understand.
Science:
Social Studies: We made a map of our school and talked about what makes up a community. We drew pictures of places we like to visit in out town. We worked on the map of the continents.
Art: We looked at different artist and how they use lines in their art work. Then we made designs using lines.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Sept. 7th
We had a fun week with a Read-a-thon and Chopper 5 coming to our school.
Reading: We have been working on learning decoding skills and making a goal in reading. We have wrote our second summary on our guided reading books. We answered questions like what is the setting and who are the characters. We mainly used the "who, what, when, where, why and how" questions.
Math: We continue to work on adding 10 to numbers and "friends of 10".
Writing: We wrote about our favorite foods.
Science: We are reading about the Painted Lady Butterfly and waiting for ours to come out of their pupa.
Social Studies: We worked on symbols and keys on maps. We located the North, South, East, and West on a map of the world. We also talked about our neighborhood and used modeling clay to make our neighborhood and then we made a map our neighborhood in our Passport books.
Reading: We have been working on learning decoding skills and making a goal in reading. We have wrote our second summary on our guided reading books. We answered questions like what is the setting and who are the characters. We mainly used the "who, what, when, where, why and how" questions.
Math: We continue to work on adding 10 to numbers and "friends of 10".
Writing: We wrote about our favorite foods.
Science: We are reading about the Painted Lady Butterfly and waiting for ours to come out of their pupa.
Social Studies: We worked on symbols and keys on maps. We located the North, South, East, and West on a map of the world. We also talked about our neighborhood and used modeling clay to make our neighborhood and then we made a map our neighborhood in our Passport books.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Sept. 2nd
Reading: We did our first summary last week and I was really impressed. Some of the students did them all on their own and others I walked thru the whole process. On Friday we went through the summaries and talked about what they did good and how they can improve.
Math: We played some fun games for "Friends of 10", and using the hundreds chart. They will doing these games as part of their homework this week.
Science: We worked on maps. We talked about looking at a map from a Birds Eye View.
We had an other wonderful week. I really enjoyed the students acting out our vocabulary words.
Math: We played some fun games for "Friends of 10", and using the hundreds chart. They will doing these games as part of their homework this week.
Science: We worked on maps. We talked about looking at a map from a Birds Eye View.
We had an other wonderful week. I really enjoyed the students acting out our vocabulary words.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
FIRST WEEK
We had a wonderful first week of school. Here are some of the things we did this week
Reading: We practice choosing "Just Right Books" and started to work on strategies on how to decode when we get to a word we don't understand. Our first strategy was "Look at the Pictures". We review the short and long vowel sounds. We learned a song and yoga to help us learn theese vowels. We focused on short "a" sound.
Math: We worked on adding 10 to numbers and using the 100's chart. We also worked on "Friends of 10". If the children learn their "Friends of 10" they will be able to solve math problems much easier. We made a book mark for our math workbook with 10 beads on it to help us learn our "Friends of 10" better.
Social Studies: We started to fill out our passports and talked about how our house is in a neighborhood, that is by our school, that is in a community, that is in the state of Utah, that is in the United States of America, that is the continent of North America that is in the world. We made a model of our house and a floor plan of our using Modeling Clay.
Science: Our caterpillars came earlier than we were prepared for so we quickly started our journal and will do more next week.
Reading: We practice choosing "Just Right Books" and started to work on strategies on how to decode when we get to a word we don't understand. Our first strategy was "Look at the Pictures". We review the short and long vowel sounds. We learned a song and yoga to help us learn theese vowels. We focused on short "a" sound.
Math: We worked on adding 10 to numbers and using the 100's chart. We also worked on "Friends of 10". If the children learn their "Friends of 10" they will be able to solve math problems much easier. We made a book mark for our math workbook with 10 beads on it to help us learn our "Friends of 10" better.
Social Studies: We started to fill out our passports and talked about how our house is in a neighborhood, that is by our school, that is in a community, that is in the state of Utah, that is in the United States of America, that is the continent of North America that is in the world. We made a model of our house and a floor plan of our using Modeling Clay.
Science: Our caterpillars came earlier than we were prepared for so we quickly started our journal and will do more next week.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
First Day Back
We had a good start to a new year. We learned routines, sang songs and made cookies. There will not be any homework this week. About hale of the students have turned in their paper plate of things they like to do. Please help your child glue pictures of things that they like or write words and glue them on to a paper plate. We will be using this when they are the king or queen. (Sorry to those parents who did not get the letter mailed to them explaining this project.)
It was fun to see the exciting face and new clothes. I think I enjoy this time of year as much as the students.
Thanks for the supplies that we have received so for and for your support.
Mrs. Kitchen
It was fun to see the exciting face and new clothes. I think I enjoy this time of year as much as the students.
Thanks for the supplies that we have received so for and for your support.
Mrs. Kitchen
Friday, May 18, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thank you parents and students for the wonderful time we had at our Readers Theater Tea. Your children were Fabulous.
In class we are reviewing things in reading and working on getting our measurment unit finished.
I have just glanced at the animal reports but what I saw was very impressive. Thank You for helping with this project.
In class we are reviewing things in reading and working on getting our measurment unit finished.
I have just glanced at the animal reports but what I saw was very impressive. Thank You for helping with this project.
Friday, May 4, 2012
WE HAVE BEEN PRACTISING FOR OUR BIG EVENT THIS COMING FRIDAY.
READERS THEATER TEA: TRACK 1 READING GROUP WILL BE AT 8:15 AND TRACK 2 WILL BE AT 2:20 IN THE KIVA IN THE LIBRARY. WE WILL BE DOING TWO PLAYS THAT WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES TOTAL. WE INVITE ALL PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT HOME TO COME AND WATCH. THERE WILL BE COOKIES AND LEMONADE IN MRS. KITCHEN'S ROOM AFTER.
REMINDER ANIMAL REPORTS ARE DUE FRIDAY- MAY 11TH.
READERS THEATER TEA: TRACK 1 READING GROUP WILL BE AT 8:15 AND TRACK 2 WILL BE AT 2:20 IN THE KIVA IN THE LIBRARY. WE WILL BE DOING TWO PLAYS THAT WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES TOTAL. WE INVITE ALL PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT HOME TO COME AND WATCH. THERE WILL BE COOKIES AND LEMONADE IN MRS. KITCHEN'S ROOM AFTER.
REMINDER ANIMAL REPORTS ARE DUE FRIDAY- MAY 11TH.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Animal Report instructions were sent home on April 30th. They are due May 11th. They are to be written as a book with a Table of Contents, Glossary and Index. The children actually got the booklet to write their reports in and they worked all week on a rough draft.
There Pre Test on double digit addition and subtraction went home on Monday (We took this test 2 months ago and after studying all the strategies we are getting close to taking the test. We will be taking the test in 1 week.
No more summaries for homework and we have finished our sight words.
There Pre Test on double digit addition and subtraction went home on Monday (We took this test 2 months ago and after studying all the strategies we are getting close to taking the test. We will be taking the test in 1 week.
No more summaries for homework and we have finished our sight words.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
April 6th
Reading: This week we have been working on speed and refining our summaries.
Math: We learned to subtract using negative numbers and we used Jelly Beans and marshmellows to work on subtracting with regrouping. We will be reviewing this after Spring Break.
Social Studies: We made our puppet children for the Antartica.
Science: We have been studying rocks. We have been comparing the different types of rocks the children have brought in. We read 2 books on rocks that looked at they way rocks break up and ways we use rocks in our everyday life. We also made a sandwich that showed how sedimentary rocks are formed.
Math: We learned to subtract using negative numbers and we used Jelly Beans and marshmellows to work on subtracting with regrouping. We will be reviewing this after Spring Break.
Social Studies: We made our puppet children for the Antartica.
Science: We have been studying rocks. We have been comparing the different types of rocks the children have brought in. We read 2 books on rocks that looked at they way rocks break up and ways we use rocks in our everyday life. We also made a sandwich that showed how sedimentary rocks are formed.
Friday, March 30, 2012
March 30th
Reading: We have been working on finding important details in non fiction text.
In small groups I introduced a graphic organizer to help with writing summaries.
We finished our Non Fiction Text Feature books.
Writing: We have been working on writing a Procedure Paper.
Math: We continue to study different strategies for subtracting 2 digit numbers without regrouping.
Science: We finished up Matter and the children have started to bring their rocks. Every child needs to bring 3 rocks the size if their fist or smaller to school.
In small groups I introduced a graphic organizer to help with writing summaries.
We finished our Non Fiction Text Feature books.
Writing: We have been working on writing a Procedure Paper.
Math: We continue to study different strategies for subtracting 2 digit numbers without regrouping.
Science: We finished up Matter and the children have started to bring their rocks. Every child needs to bring 3 rocks the size if their fist or smaller to school.
Friday, March 23, 2012
March 23rd
Reading: We have been working on narrowing down what is an important detail and what is not. Some of the children are writing 1 page on what happened on the first page of the book and others we are trying to get them to be able to get to the first try/fail.
Math: We are doing 2 digit subtraction. Last week we learned how to subtract using the number line and we started to learn how to break the number apart by 10's and 1's and subtract.
Social Studies: We started to talk about the Anarctica.
Science: Our observation of getting the water to evaporate into a gas ended when the glass jar spilled. But we are read to start learning about rocks. The children can bring 3 of their favorite rocks.
Math: We are doing 2 digit subtraction. Last week we learned how to subtract using the number line and we started to learn how to break the number apart by 10's and 1's and subtract.
Social Studies: We started to talk about the Anarctica.
Science: Our observation of getting the water to evaporate into a gas ended when the glass jar spilled. But we are read to start learning about rocks. The children can bring 3 of their favorite rocks.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
March 18th
The last two weeks we spent on trying to persuade the Leprechaun to come and visit our classroom. The students wrote a persuasive essay and even typed it on their own. We made a shamrock stamp rubbing and played math games with fruit loops. On Friday the leprechaun left us a whole bunch of star burst that led to a giant black cooking pot. We counted the star burst by 2's and put them on a parachute and counted them again.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
March 2
Reading: We got to use the new reading program our district purchased to view different stories. We read about the Statue of Liberty and came up with the main ideas of different paragraphs. We were able to come up with different questions that we wanted to know. We read “John Henry” and them compared it to a class version. We also started to practice writing 10-minute summaries, which is a new assignment for our weekly homework.
Math: We reviewed the different strategies to do addition in 2 digit regrouping.
Science: we finished our unit on matter an are preparing to take the test. We still have a cup of water that we are waiting to evaporate.
Social Studies: We introduced the continent of Australia. And talked about government and the Arctic and Antarctic.
Art: We are trying to finish up our name art project.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Feb. 25
Math:This week we have been reviewing greater than, equal too, and less than. We also reviewed base 10 in preparation of starting double digit addition and subtraction with regrouping. This is an important concept that we will be spending lots of time on.
Reading: We just keep reading and reading and writing summaries.
Spelling: We reviewed many of the spelling patterns we learned this year. The test scores were impressive.
Science: We did 2 experiments on matter. We turned the liquid "cream" into a solid "butter" by shaking and mixing it. Then we ate it on crackers. Our last experiment we took a solid "chocolate" and melted it using heat. We burnt the first batch and saw how it quickly turns back into a solid. The next batch we heated at a lower temperature and enjoyed pretzels dipped in chocolate.
Reading: We just keep reading and reading and writing summaries.
Spelling: We reviewed many of the spelling patterns we learned this year. The test scores were impressive.
Science: We did 2 experiments on matter. We turned the liquid "cream" into a solid "butter" by shaking and mixing it. Then we ate it on crackers. Our last experiment we took a solid "chocolate" and melted it using heat. We burnt the first batch and saw how it quickly turns back into a solid. The next batch we heated at a lower temperature and enjoyed pretzels dipped in chocolate.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Feb 17th
Reading: We have been working on different strategies in Non Fiction Text. Some groups worked on comparing different Extreme Weather, finding the main details, asking questions that will help them understand the text and finding the meaning of words through and encyclopedia. The Later Gators earned pizza because they were able to sustain silent reading for 1 hour 3 different times.
Spelling: We worked on contractions.
Math: We took the test on "Time". The class did very well. There are still a few who are struggle with a quarter to the hour. On Valentines Day we used chocolate kisses and fruit loops to start to add and subtract double digits. The kiss represented "10" and the fruit loops were "1's".
Science: We continue to study about Matter. We also looked at the temperatures around the world.
Art: We are just trying to finish old projects.
Spelling: We worked on contractions.
Math: We took the test on "Time". The class did very well. There are still a few who are struggle with a quarter to the hour. On Valentines Day we used chocolate kisses and fruit loops to start to add and subtract double digits. The kiss represented "10" and the fruit loops were "1's".
Science: We continue to study about Matter. We also looked at the temperatures around the world.
Art: We are just trying to finish old projects.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Feb.12th
Reading: We have been practicing finding the main idea and note taking in nonfiction books.
Math: We introduced a "quarter to" this week. This is hard for most children because the hour hands are different for digital clock. I sent home their pretest we took about 2 weeks ago. We should be ready to take the post test next week. It would be wonderful if parents took the time to review the pretest with their child. We went over it in class.
Social Studies: We talked about voting, elections, and map studies.
Science: We are studying matter and looking at the ways we can change solids. We also had a visit from the dentist and talked about being healthy.
Art: We finished our warm and cool pictures and started working on designing our names using different patterns.
We will be having a Valentine Party on Tuesday. There are 28 children in our class. The class list were sent home on Thursday.
Math: We introduced a "quarter to" this week. This is hard for most children because the hour hands are different for digital clock. I sent home their pretest we took about 2 weeks ago. We should be ready to take the post test next week. It would be wonderful if parents took the time to review the pretest with their child. We went over it in class.
Social Studies: We talked about voting, elections, and map studies.
Science: We are studying matter and looking at the ways we can change solids. We also had a visit from the dentist and talked about being healthy.
Art: We finished our warm and cool pictures and started working on designing our names using different patterns.
We will be having a Valentine Party on Tuesday. There are 28 children in our class. The class list were sent home on Thursday.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Feb.3rd
Reading: We have been working on Authors Purpose and making our details in our summaries thicker. We look at some of the thin answers and try to add more details.
Math: We continue to work on clocks. We learned a quarter past/after and quarter to. The quarter to is the hardest part for most children to learn.
Art: We are working on a cool and warm art project.
Social Studies: We are finishing up the continent of Asia and starting to work on a Patriotic theme.
Science: we started our unit on Matter. Our first experiment was to take ice and watch it turn into a liquid. Now we are keeping track of how fast it turns into a gas.
Math: We continue to work on clocks. We learned a quarter past/after and quarter to. The quarter to is the hardest part for most children to learn.
Art: We are working on a cool and warm art project.
Social Studies: We are finishing up the continent of Asia and starting to work on a Patriotic theme.
Science: we started our unit on Matter. Our first experiment was to take ice and watch it turn into a liquid. Now we are keeping track of how fast it turns into a gas.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Jan. 27
We had a great SEP's. We have so much parent support. Our class has done an amazing job this year and they are very kind to each other. We started do to another art project using warm and cool colors. In reading we are trying to use thicker sentences to make our summaries better. We started our unit on time and we have learned the O'Clock and Half Past.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
JAN 23
THIS WEEK ARE SEP'S. I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH EVERY PARENT IN OUR CLASS. THEY ARE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Jan.16-20
Reading: Last week the children were each given the DRA test. Every child made 1/2 years growth or more. I encourage parents to work on the Fry Phrase list at homes. Every child who has passed off their Fry Phrases Words Per Minute were at the end of 2nd grade Benchmark. We also worked on naming 3 things about the characters we were reading about and making predictions.
We are starting to do a phonic chant in hopes to be able to look at words and be able to pronounce them without having to stop and decode them.
Math: We took the money test. Wow! There was great progress!
Social Studies/Science: We looked at the temperature of different cities around the world. We paid extra attention to the continents above and below the equator. North of the equator were the coldest. South of the equator were the warmest.
Art: We started an art project that looks like an optical illusion. We worked on drawing straight lines and becoming familiar with different shapes.
We are starting to do a phonic chant in hopes to be able to look at words and be able to pronounce them without having to stop and decode them.
Math: We took the money test. Wow! There was great progress!
Social Studies/Science: We looked at the temperature of different cities around the world. We paid extra attention to the continents above and below the equator. North of the equator were the coldest. South of the equator were the warmest.
Art: We started an art project that looks like an optical illusion. We worked on drawing straight lines and becoming familiar with different shapes.
Friday, January 6, 2012
January 6
This week our reading groups worked on nonfiction text. We looked at the content and index pages, as well as chapter headings and titles. In our nonfiction book we cut or drew a diagram and wrote about how diagrams helps us understand what we are reading.
In math we are working on money.
In Social Studies & Science we started our unit on Asia. We took different books with countries from Asia and pretended we were visiting there. We made a postcard from that country. We also looked at the temperatures of the different countries and drew pictures of what they would wear there according to the weather.
If your child is working on Fry Phrases-- they will need extra help at home.
In math we are working on money.
In Social Studies & Science we started our unit on Asia. We took different books with countries from Asia and pretended we were visiting there. We made a postcard from that country. We also looked at the temperatures of the different countries and drew pictures of what they would wear there according to the weather.
If your child is working on Fry Phrases-- they will need extra help at home.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
January 3
Welcome back!
I had a wonderful Christmas Break and I hope all of you did too.
We are ready to get back to work. In math we are working with money. Any practice with real coins at home will really help.
I had a wonderful Christmas Break and I hope all of you did too.
We are ready to get back to work. In math we are working with money. Any practice with real coins at home will really help.
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