We welcomed fall by painting leaves and learning a poem about fall. We are watching for signs of fall outside. We are sooooo ready for the temperatures to "fall".
The children are becoming such good readers. We have worked on one and two syllable words and have learned how to segment a word by syllables. We know our short vowel sounds and are working on the long vowel patterns. We will be working on comparing reality and fantasy as well as sequencing events in a story. Please use the key words, first, next, then and last when discussing a story with your child. Have your child make a sandwich or help you prepare a meal. Discuss what you did first, next, then and last. We are writing complex sentences by using "and" and "because" to link more information in the sentence. We are working on writing on a topic and adding details in the sentences to "paint pictures in your head".
In math we are working on the doubles facts through 9+9. Please study the flash cards each night. We are working word problems and writing number sentences to match the problem, ordinal numbers through sixth, counting by 2's, 5's and 10's, color words, number words and shape words.
Thank you for all that you do to help your child learn! I am seeing progress daily.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
We were so happy to be back together after the hurricane and excited that our families didn't experience major damages.
The children did very well on the Theme 1 reading test!!!! I'm sure you are beginning to notice that their reading vocabulary is expanding and that their excitement for reading is growing. Please praise your child, and allow them to share with you the phonics rules that we are studying. We have covered all short vowel sounds and are able to read and write CVC words!!! Last week we studied the CVCe pattern and have started sounding out long vowel words. Today I introduced the rule, "when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its name" to the class. With the expansion of their decoding abilities, fluency and comprehension will follow. You can help you child with comprehension by asking who the main character was in the story and important details about the character.
Please continue to review the correct formation of the lowercase letters by referencing the direction sheet that was sent home. We are working on forming complete sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and an ending mark at the end. We will be using the words "and" and "because" in our sentences in order to give more detail and meaning. Having your child orally answer questions in complete sentences is a great way to help them as they are learning to write complete sentences.
We will start learning the "doubles facts" in math this week. Your child will be bringing home a box with flash cards. Please flash these each day.
The fund raiser will end on Thursday, please send all orders and payments in on Thursday. Thank you for your participation!!
We were so happy to be back together after the hurricane and excited that our families didn't experience major damages.
The children did very well on the Theme 1 reading test!!!! I'm sure you are beginning to notice that their reading vocabulary is expanding and that their excitement for reading is growing. Please praise your child, and allow them to share with you the phonics rules that we are studying. We have covered all short vowel sounds and are able to read and write CVC words!!! Last week we studied the CVCe pattern and have started sounding out long vowel words. Today I introduced the rule, "when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and says its name" to the class. With the expansion of their decoding abilities, fluency and comprehension will follow. You can help you child with comprehension by asking who the main character was in the story and important details about the character.
Please continue to review the correct formation of the lowercase letters by referencing the direction sheet that was sent home. We are working on forming complete sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and an ending mark at the end. We will be using the words "and" and "because" in our sentences in order to give more detail and meaning. Having your child orally answer questions in complete sentences is a great way to help them as they are learning to write complete sentences.
We will start learning the "doubles facts" in math this week. Your child will be bringing home a box with flash cards. Please flash these each day.
The fund raiser will end on Thursday, please send all orders and payments in on Thursday. Thank you for your participation!!
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Thursday, September 7, 2017
With hurricane Irma spinning off of our coast I am praying for the safety of all of you. Please keep up with the THA web posts as information will be given as soon as it is available. In order to keep your first grader practicing on the skills we have covered I'll list some things that you may want to do with them while we are out of school.
1. Continue reading and signing the reading log daily.
2. Practice reading the word lists in the HW note book as well as in the Phonics Dictionary.
3. Practice spelling cvc words.
4. We've started using the cvce rule to decode long vowel sounds, practicing that pattern with all vowels will be helpful.
5 Practice counting and writing to 100 by 1's, 2', 5,s and 10. Talk about those patterns.
6. Math words to know: most, least, greatest, fewest, color, circle, draw, triangle, square, number, first, second, last, between. Color words and number words (zero - ten).
7 Write a sentence or 2 every day.
8. Draw a picture with lots of details, tell about the picture, tell the topic of the picture.
Our number one priority is safety. We will all be back together very soon, stay safe.
1. Continue reading and signing the reading log daily.
2. Practice reading the word lists in the HW note book as well as in the Phonics Dictionary.
3. Practice spelling cvc words.
4. We've started using the cvce rule to decode long vowel sounds, practicing that pattern with all vowels will be helpful.
5 Practice counting and writing to 100 by 1's, 2', 5,s and 10. Talk about those patterns.
6. Math words to know: most, least, greatest, fewest, color, circle, draw, triangle, square, number, first, second, last, between. Color words and number words (zero - ten).
7 Write a sentence or 2 every day.
8. Draw a picture with lots of details, tell about the picture, tell the topic of the picture.
Our number one priority is safety. We will all be back together very soon, stay safe.
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