Welcome!

Important Dates

Look here to find important dates and times related to our classroom.  Important dates related to Concord will come from the office/district.

Ask/Tell your child:  

Tell who (classmate) you wrote your biography about.

Retell the read aloud Flat Stanley.

Grab a handful of coins, sort them, and find the total value.

Find and explore maps you have at home.  Find the compass rose, key, scale, title

What have you been doing in Gym? Art? Music?

Can you tie your shoes, zip your coat, untie a knot all by yourself?  If not, let's practice!

Academic Focus

Look here each week to see what your child has been learning or is currently working on in class.

Reading:  IDR (independent daily reading), good fit reading, find good fit books and read for 30 minutes  Fluency = reading accurately using phrasing and expression at an appropriate rate, Expression when reading character dialogue.

Accuracy/Phonics:  consonants, short a, short i, short o, long a (ay), long e (ee), _fszl "fizzle rule" = double consonant at the end of a word after a short vowel, -ck, sh,  s blends (sc, sl, sm, sn, sp, st,)   l- blends (fl, cl, sl, pl, bl),   r- blends (cr, fr, tr, dr, br, gr),  _y (sounds like long i), _e (sounds like long e), _o (sounds like long o), ch digraph, or, all, th, ing, ang, ong, ung, oy, ar, wh, ink, ank, onk, unk, oo (as in soon)

Reading Accuracy Strategies:  track the print with your finger, look for picture clues, blend the sounds to determine the word, look all the way through the word to cross check ending, chunking (sound out syllables and put them together to read a multisyllabic word), flip the sound (vowels, c, g, y), use context - skip and go back

Comprehension:  retell including most details and character names, make text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections,  story elements, Visualizing, Problem and Solution, Conventions of Nonfiction (photographs, captions), Vocabulary - use context to determine meaning

Expand Vocabulary Use context to understand unknown vocab and ask for help defining if necessary. (Also know, look for, and use the following): rapidly, delighted, bold, timid, memory, independent, disgusting, scrumptious, neighborhood, neighborly, spot (verb), rush,  quarrel, rumble, tremble, peaceful, rescue, crabby, stomp, wonder, admire, arrive, hope, squint, miserable, humorous, possession, beam (verb),  miserable, curious, wander, odor, moan, howl, flash, mutter, arrange, resent, glide, thrilling, bob, tug, dart, munch,  ordinary, extraordinary, persevere, astonished, exclaim

Math:  comparing numbers using vocab greater, more, fewer, less, number bonds, parts/whole, addition number sentences, real world addition story problems, subtraction strategies, fact families, real world subtraction story problems, geometry - plane shapes, attributes, equal parts/fractions, solid shapes, place value, comparing numbers, Addition/Subtraction w/2-digit numbers, Measurement (with standard and nonstandard units, comparing measurements), Addition and Subtraction w/ Place Value Mats and Base10 blocks, 2 digit Addition and Subtraction with and without regrouping, Data Collection/Graphing Data, Counting Coins, Calendar

Writing: Use a topic sentence, add details, use a closing sentence when writing about "Things I Like", "I help when I ______.", "I can ______ all by myself.",  I want to be ___________ My friend and I like to ________, I love __(animal)__ because ________., ___________  is a special place because _______.  ________ is a special person.   My family likes to ___________.  _________ makes me sad/mad. Mouse Views describe something/descriptive writing, Fantasy Field Trip, Class Pet, Make a Wish, Biography about a Classmate

Writing Skills:  Use spacing between words, lower case letters, complete sentences, capital letters on the first word/beginning of sentences and punctuation after the last word/end of sentences Types of sentences and punctuation (statement=period, exclaiming=exclamation point, asking/questioning = question mark, command = period or exclamation point

Spelling:  consonants, short a, short i, short o, long a (ay) at the end of a word, long e (ee), sh, fszl rule (ff, ss, ss, ll), -ck, qu,  s-blends  (sl, sp, sm, sc, sw, st),  l- blends (fl, cl, sl, pl, bl),   r- blends (cr, fr, tr, dr, br), _y, _e - lone i and e sounds at the end of short words

Handwriting: using lower case when printing, forming letters and numbers correctly, legible

Science:  Sun and Shadows, Moon and Stars, Sound (vibration) and Light (transparent, translucent, opaque) Sound and Light for Communication, Animal Superpowers

Social Studies:  Communities  Classroom Community, rules, being responsible respectful and safe, American Flag National symbol, Voting, Economics - Needs/Wants,  Goods/Services, Geography - reading maps, compass rose, legend/key, making a Tiny Town  Grid Map

Engineering:  Coding

Listening:  not talking, eyes on speaker, engage/able to participate in current topic/discussion

                                                                    Winter 2013