Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and break. This week we ease back into academics after enjoying time with family and friends. I look forward to meeting with everyone at Family Conferences. ACADEMICS Reading: We continue learning how to connect information from different nonfiction books on the same topic. Phonics: We […]
ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning how to connect information from different nonfiction books on the same topic. Phonics: We continue reviewing Phonological Awareness. We are using the Vowel Team Chart to help us spell words with the vowel teams: ea, oa, ou, ow, au, and aw. We also continue to practice reading and writing snap […]
This week and next we will be incorporating Christmas fun in addition to our academics. ‘Tis the season to be jolly! ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning how to connect information from different nonfiction books on the same topic. Phonics: We continue reviewing Phonological Awareness by focusing on listening for and reading words with long and […]
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with family and friends. We have a lot to accomplish in the next three weeks as we prepare for Christmas. ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning how to reread like expert nonfiction readers and we are learning how to teach others by using the lingo in our nonfiction books. […]
With a short week in preparation of the Thanksgiving holiday, our academics will focus on “thankful” activities and learning about the first Thanksgiving. HOMEWORK NO HOMEWORK – Enjoy time with your family! ACADEMICS Reading: We are learning how to use different reading strategies to decode the tricky keywords in our nonfiction books. Phonics: We continue […]
HOMEWORK Fluency – Please read the fluency passage and answer the questions on the back. This should be completed over the course of 4 days. Reading Log – Please read a minimum of 20 minutes daily with the goal of having read 100 minutes for the week. Please have your child write the title(s) of […]
HOMEWORK No fluency or IXL homework this week. Reading – read 20 minutes daily for a minimum of 100 minutes for the week. Record the book titles and the number of minutes read on the reading log. ACADEMICS Reading: Becoming Expert Readers of Nonfiction Books – We are noticing that even after taking a sneak […]
HOMEWORK Fluency – Please read the fluency passage and answer the questions on the back. This should be completed over the course of 4 days. Reading Log – Please read a minimum of 20 minutes daily with the goal of having read 100 minutes for the week. Please have your child write the title(s) of […]
Our Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade students dress as saints and parade around Biedermann Hall and our classroom walkways on Wednesday morning, November 10 starting at 8:45a. When your student(s) is(are) dropped off in the car line, you are welcome to park and find a good spot to get settled on the perimeter of Biedermann […]
HOMEWORK Fluency – Please read the fluency passage and answer the questions on the back. This should be completed over the course of 4 days. Reading Log – Please read a minimum of 20 minutes daily with the goal of having read 100 minutes for the week. Please have your child write the title(s) of […]