Literacy
This week we worked with long “o” word families o, oa, oe, and ow (no, boat, tow, row). Students practiced writing the present and past tense forms of the verbs “do” and “go” (go/went and do/did). They also practiced breaking apart words into syllable parts. The words all had “open syllables”. The first syllable of an “open syllable” word ends in a long vowel sound: ex. ro / bot and ho / tel. For Handwriting this week, students practiced the letters Pp. I’ve been talking to the class a lot about writing letters correctly in the lines so they are the correct size. That is important because of letters like Cc, Oo, Ss, and Zz that have the same form, but the capital form is tall. I’ve been giving a lot of reminders about slowing down and doing their best work. I can tell that they’ve rushed, when they aren’t able to trace the gray letters and stay on the letter’s lines.
***The 2nd Trimester ends on 3/7. The Snap Word goal is to be working on List F words (so, that means they know the first 125 snap words).
Math
We started Chapter 11: Use Models and Strategies to Subtract Tens. It focuses on the same strategies as Chapter 10 with subtraction instead of addition. Students worked on subtracting two-digit numbers. Ex. 58 – 20 = 38. They tried a couple different strategies like using a 120 chart and mental math. In 2nd grade, they will subtract 10’s with regrouping, so this is an introduction for them. The test will be next Friday.
Dr. Suess
Dr. Suess (Theodore Seuss Geisel) was born on March 2, 1904. On Friday, to celebrate his upcoming birthday, I read The Cat in the Hat and students did a directed drawing of the cat. Next week, we’ll do some more fun activities to celebrate Dr. Suess and his books. I already sent home the list of all the fun Seuss dress-up days for next week, but here they are again: Monday = crazy socks, Tuesday = hat day, Wednesday = mismatched clothes, Thursday = green day, Friday = future college shirt or future career outfit.
Important Dates:
3/5 = Early Release Day – dismissal at 12:10
3/7 = end of the 2nd trimester – report cards go home on the 13th
3/10 = 3rd Trimester begins
3/14 = Workshop Day – No School!