Weekly Updates February 1

Here is a look into this past week and what we are doing next week!

This week we began a new behavior initiative. We are trying to fill our Good Job Jar full of Pom Poms. We get a Pom Pom at the days end if no one is on yellow or red. We get bonus Pom Poms if we get a compliment from someone outside our class on our behavior (another teacher, Ms. Pruitt, a parent walking by, etc.)

When we finally fill our jar, we will get to vote on 3 rewards.

This is a class effort! All 23 students must be working towards this each day.



This week we worked on several skills and standards 

1. Inferencing - Drawing conclusions based on what we already know or what we see.

2. Subtracting 2 digit numbers

3. Spelling using -y, -ty, -ly suffixes

4. Understanding ways water changes: melting, freezing, evaporating, condensating

5. Informational Writing - We finished our final drafts about our favorite toy.

6. Dictionary skills - We have been working on ABC order and dictionary guide words. We are working on identifying if a word would be found on a dictionary page based on the guide words, and we have been practicing finding guide words in the dictionary.

Next week....

Math

Our focus in math will be ways to show multiplication. We will work with arrays, multiplication number stories, equal groups, and repeated addition.

Science

We will complete our science unit on how matter changes . We will create a foldable about the 4 ways water changes, learn about how burning/cooking changes matter, and reviewing on Thursday.  I plan on testing on Friday, February 8. A review will come home Thursday night.

Spelling

We will be focusing on 2 different "R-Controlled" vowel patterns: ar, or

This will be taught in spelling and reinforced in literacy centers.

Reading

We will continue to work on making inferences.

ELA

We are going to continue dictionary skills and begin working with using apostrophes to show possession.

Have a great weekend!!