What's happening in our room?

Looking ahead at the next few weeks, we have a few things going on:  Monday, Feb. 14 will be the Valentine's Party, Feb. 16 & 17 will be parent teacher conferences.  I hope everyone has received their conference schedule.  Please let me know if the day/time will not work for you.  I will be gone

Feb. 18-Feb. 26 and will not be in a location where I can check emails.  Mrs. Spohr will be my substitute. She always does an excellent job with the children.  Please forward any questions or concerns you may have to her while I am gone.

What are we doing in...

Math?   We are practicing addition, adding 2 to a number.  Identifying pennies and dimes and how much they are worth.  When we add coins we always need to remember to say "cents" and to add the "cent" symbol money when we write it.  Identifying odd and even numbers has been a challenge for some.  This would be great practice at home.  Ask your child...what do even numbers end in? odd numbers?   We are practicing counting by 2's to 20 and counting odd numbers to 19.  Telling time to the hour was introduced as well.  I will continue to send home math homework each Thursday unless it is a test day.

Reading?  We are beginning lesson 15 next week.  Lesson 15 week at a glance: 

Phonics we are introducing the diagraphs qu and wh, and inflectional endings -ed, -ing. 

Grammar we will introduce using I and me.

Writing will be a personal narrative.

Spelling words for spelling sentences:  quilt, quick, quiz, whiz, which, when, arm, part, house, put

High freqency words can be found on the HFW page.

Social Studies?  We are learning early american travelers, using a history map, how the colonies become free, symbols in our country, and our country's flag.

Spelling?  When h follows c, s, t, or wh the combination stands for a new sound...short vowel sounds are usually spelled with one vowel, little e (sleepy little e and bossy little e).