Weekly Update for 10/28/13

We celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink and making a "human" pink ribbon.

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Tadpole to Frog

Skill:  Determining Importance

Strategy: Author's Purpose

Phonics Skill:  -ob and -og word families

Language Skill: Verbs 

Math: Equality (SOL 1.18)

Social Studies:  Diversity (SOL 1.12)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, October 28          Library    
Read Chapter 6 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Tuesday, October 29              Art
Read Chapter 7 of  The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Wednesday, October 30          Guidance
Read Chapter 8 of  The Mouse and the Motorcycle

*Thursday, October 31            Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on Tadpole to Frog 

*Friday, October 25     P.E.     Book Character Day
Early Release @ 2:20
Read Chapter 9 of  The Mouse and the Motorcycle   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 10/30.

does       away      you       he       come     water       

into       find        day       this      here     where
make     said      

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 
around    turn       night     plump       soon      tadpole    
body       some

Weekly Update 10/21/13

We were surprised by Mrs. Smith's husband who brought our book The Mouse and the Motorcycle...on his motorcycle...in the cafeteria! It was quite a surprise!

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: How Many Fish?

Skill:  Drawing Conclusions

Strategy: Plot (Setting)

Phonics Skill:  final consonant /x/ ; -ix, -im, -in, and -id word families

Language Skill: Verbs 

Math: Addition and Subtraction (SOL 1.5)

Social Studies:  Diversity (SOL 1.12)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, October 21          Library    
Read Chapter 1 The Mouse and the Motorcycle
  

*Tuesday, October 22              Art

*Wednesday, October 23          Guidance

*Thursday, October 24            Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on How Many Fish? 

*Friday, October 25                P.E.
We will be talking all about pumpkins today!   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 10/24.

how       many        on       they       why     away       

come     make        look      of         jump     little        

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 
about    top       stop     lost       bay      poor     their
dash     where's  happy

Weekly Update for 10/14/13

What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: I Went Walking

Skill:  Retelling/Sequencing

Strategy: Predicting

Phonics Skill:  final consonant /ck/ ; -it and -ick word families

Language Skill: Verbs 

Math: Addition and Subtraction (SOL 1.5)

Social Studies:  Columbus Day (SOL 1.6)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, October 14          Library      

*Tuesday, October 15              Art

*Wednesday, October 16          Guidance
Early Release @ 1:00

*Thursday, October 17            Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on Can You Find It? 

*Friday, October 18                P.E.
We will be talking all about firefighters today!   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 10/17.

did       me        saw         walk       we       

up    where        up          yellow     you        

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 
lucky    following     animals     looking     brown   walking

Weekly Update for 10/07/13

   Read for the Record

Our whole CAES family read the book Otis on Wednesday.  We were fortunate to have Mr. Goetz come and read Otis and Otis and the Puppy.  Here are some pictures from our special day.

      What are we learning this week?

Reading Story: Can You Find It?

Skill:  Cause and Effect

Strategy: Questioning and Predicting

Phonics Skill:  final consonants ; -ad, am and -an word families

Language Skill: Nouns 

Math: Patterns (SOL 1.16 and 1.17)

Social Studies:  Sun and Earth (Science SOL 1.6)

           Weekly Schedule

*Monday, October 7          Library      

*Tuesday, October 8              Art

*Wednesday, October 9          Guidance

*Thursday, October 10            Music

Spelling/Sight Word Circle Test
Vocabulary/Comprehension Test on Can You Find It? 

*Friday, October 4                P.E.
We will be talking all about spiders today!   

                       Weekly Sight Words

These words must be read and circled.  There will be a test on Thursday, 10/10.

all       the        are     three      find        to

make    two        play    me               

   Weekly Vocabulary Words

These words must be read, but not spelled. 
cloud      us       friend      clouds     snack     with