Archive for May, 2008


May 19th – 23rd

This week is going to fly by.
We are reading the story Dinosaurs Travel.
With this story we will be  working with more State of Being Verbs Come,Came,Run and Ran.
In Spelling we are working with the Letter C  that gives and S sound. Our words are cent,city,once,place,cell,circus,since,center,circle,nice,practice and sentence. Our Vocabulary words are luggage,companion,sturdy,cassette, and relatives.
We will be  taking the district math test all week.
Our Soils unit will end with the field trip to Coverdale Farm on Thursday. We will be leaving promtly at 9:00.
Please check the weather report in the morning to dress the students in the proper outfit. Remember we are going to a FARM there is no inside or heat.
There are out side portapotties and and outside sink to wash there hands.
We will be working in the SOIL and petting various animals. If is is a bright sunny day there will be insects so cover them in bug and sun spray. I hope all the children enjoy the trip and have wonderful things to share with you.
Finally Friday is a half day so will will be taking the reading ,spelling and vocabulary tests and then packing up for a wonderful Memorial Day Vacation. Hope you all enjoy the 3 day vacation.

Posted on on May 19th, 2008 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

May 5th – 9th

We have finished the 5th theme in the reading series. Yea!!!!
We are reviewing all the skills all week.
We will be taking the Theme Test reviews on Friday.
We are also working on Dibels Testing for reading and will take the Stars Test.
Next week we will also be taking the end of year Math Assessments.
We only have 3 more stories and the year will be over.
So just hold on tight these last weeks can be exciting, stressful and go by so fast that your head will spin.

Posted on on May 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

April 28 – May 2nd

Welcome to Polar Express Week.

`My class will be doing activities about Japan. Ms. Hopkins our Title #1 teacher has been to Japan an loves to share her knowledge with the students about the culture, language, writing an customs. The students will then move on to the other  2 nd grade teachers to explore Hawaii. Tanzania and Mexico.  All the students love this day an we usually extend some of the activities through the week

In reading we will be reading Anthony Reynoso Born to Rope. This story is about a boy from New Mexico, his family an customs.

Our spelling this week has to do with Contractions..don’t,I’ve,we’re,I’ll,they’ll,can’t,you’ll,we’ll,you’re,they’ll,they’re, and wouldn’t.

Our Vocabulary words are thousands,ranch,exhibition,dappled, and landscaping business.

We are also working with State of Being Verbs. Last week we used am,is,was,are, and were. this week we are adding have,has,and had.

Math we are finishing Guess My Rule, Money, an graphs.

In Science we are starting our Soils Unit and this week we will be looking at our WORMS. Just in case one ends up in a book-bag….PLEASE send him or her back to school we will need them all for our Composting.

See you on Polar Express day.

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