I hope everyone had a great weekend and that everyone is ready for a fun-filled busy week!

 

We will continue on with Unit 2 in our reading unit.  We are done focusing on community and we will now focus on how animals survive and adapt.  Please make sure to look for the "Reach Newsletter", explaining Unit 2.  This week we will focus on this theme while learning how to make inferences and learning how to summarize story plots.  We will work with the phonics skills of r, l, and s blends.  We will be introduced to our new vocabulary for weeks 1&2 and focus on the meanings of the words and using them in context.  Students will continue working in reading groups and centers Tuesday-Thursday to work on skills in small group.

 

We will continue with Chapter 2 in math, focusing on addition with regrouping in the ones and tens.  We will be working on +2 for math fluency and practicing strategies such as: looking at the last digit and "counting" on by 2 to quickly find the answer.  We are also working hard at remembering to put the greater number in our head first and then add on.  We will also focus on story problems and review steps to follow when solving them.

 

We will be working with main verbs and helping verbs in grammar.  In writing, we will tie in plot to work on writing stories with a good beginning, middle, and end.  We will also focus on the writing trait of using details.

 

*Important information:

Please make sure to look at the Jose Madrid Salsa and Chips Fundraiser packet that came home Friday!  This will be our big fundraiser for the year!  Students have a chance to earn great prizes while raising money for Central.  The top selling student will win a $25 gift card to Target and the top selling classroom will win a pizza party!

 

First round of conferences are THIS THURSDAY!  I'm looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress and what we can work on to make this the most successful year yet!

 

Have a great week!