The Ski Report
Here is what we are learning this week:
Language Arts
I can read short /u/ words with final consonant blends and suffixes.
I can read Sight Words.
I can spell short /u/ words.
I can identify the main topic of a text.
I can list key details from the text.
I can ask and answer questions about a text.
I can write a sentence with a capital at the beginning.
I can write a sentence with a period at the end.
I can identify telling sentences (statements) and asking sentences (questions).
I can write statements.
I can write questions.
I can write a descriptive paragraph.
I can listen to others.
I can have a conversation with someone.
I can ask and answer questions.
Math
I can solve addition equations and word problems by counting on.
I can use the turn around rule to solve addition equations and word problems.
I can identify pairs that make ten.
I can compare numbers.
I can decompose numbers within 10.
I can collect and analyze data.
I can use tally marks correctly and tell what each tally mark stands for.
Science
I can tell what living things need in order to survive.
I can make observations and tell others about them.
Social Studies
I am a good citizen.
I can follow rules and tell why they are important.
I can be Respectful, Responsible, Ready.
Just Right Bags
Our Just Right Bags are in our binders. They have duct tape across the top. These
should always have the Sight Word Board your child is working on, the Spelling Cards
your child has been assigned, and a Just Right book your child has chosen from
his/her leveled basket. There are 3 leveled Spelling lists in our room and they
change Sight Word Boards as they pass them.
Poetry Folders (Purple)
These come home on Friday so your child can share the poems with you and are to be
returned Monday.
Math at Home Folders (Orange)
These come home Monday and are to be returned Friday. The Keep at Home side will
be for Family Letters. The Return to School side will contain homework that needs
to be done by Friday and returned. West Branch is requiring these Math papers this
year.
10/12-10/15
HW: Read for 20 minutes
Please return Just Right Bags
every day.
Math Folders due back
Friday.
Poetry Folders go home
Friday and come back Monday
October
12-15: Book Fair-We go Mon.
14 Grandparents’ Night 6-8
15: Conference Night
16: No School
19: Research Due
22: Pumpkins Due
23: Pumpkin Science and
Classroom Store
24: Harvest Party 4-7
26: Habitats Due
30: Classroom Zoo 2:15
Families are invited. All 1st Graders
will be set up in the cafeteria and
can be signed out at the end.
I did not do October Book
Orders due to Book Fair.
Please note the time change
for the Classroom Zoo. It
now begins at
2:15 instead of 2:30.
Thank you to all of the
helpers and planners for one
wonderful Stay After! The
kids had a great time!!
Thank you for sending in
snacks! We should be good
for this week, but may run
low next week.
If you are going to need help
with the pumpkins or materials
for the zoo project, please let
me know and I will gladly help.
Story of the Week: Animal Park
HFW : home, into, many, them, eight, and review saw
Test will be choosing the right word to complete a sentence.
tra Vocabulary Words : camouflage, stomp, pond, park, camp, band
Test will be matching words or pictures.
Spelling Words
Level A: run, cut, must, sun, up, bump, jump, nut, rug, bus
Level B: bumps, jumping, stuck, stump, skunk, drum, must, hunting, trust, runs
Level C: jumping, hunting, skunks, trusts, bucket, drums, scrub, plugs, stuck, crunch
Tests will be on SpellingCity.com.
Phonics Skills for the Week: Short /u/, final consonant blends
bug bun but buzz cubs cuff cup
ducks dusk dust fun gulls Gus
hugs hunt jump luck must plug
plum runs skunks slump snug
stuff stump sub suds truck tub