April 25th

Time is really starting to fly, there has been a lot of fun things going on.

Literacy-

The students are still practicing segmenting and blending. We have began talking about substituting sounds (What word do I have if I take /c/ from cat and add a /b/). The students caught on so fast to this!

In reading we have been focusing on reading fluently, mainly practicing saying words without sounding them out. This is a big transition for some because they are so use to it!

And as always we are doing tons of writing=)

Math-

The last couple weeks we have been working on shapes and positions. This has been pretty easy because we did a shapes unit in the beginning of the year. Next week we will begin to learn about 3-D shapes though! Most have not heard the vocabulary for this so it is a little harder. The vocab we will be using is: Sphere, cone, cube, and cylinder. 

In math, we will be done with our math chapters in a couple weeks and begin to do review for the last 2-3 weeks. So you will not see math papers coming home as much.

And because I love pictures, here are a couple of students working on the interactive board.

Social studies-

In social studies we will be finishing up our unit on frogs. Our janitor found a live frog in the church and let us keep it for a while, the kids had so much fun looking at it! After next week we will be starting our last unit on plants.

Art- Sonshine students reaching for the stars!

This week we finished our (probably one of my favorite) art projects.

Here is the picture I finished and the student's pictures on the wall.

Notes:

·        Wednesday is pictures day for graduation! The student’s will be wearing their cap and gown in the pictures.

3-15-14

Well I cannot believe we have less than 3 months left of school! Time is going quick, and I think the next couple months will keep going that way, especially with Spring break coming up!

I wanted to say sorry for not sending home bible verse test sheets the last couple weeks! We are practicing them at school, and actually the last couple weeks we have been building on top of the prior verse. So this week they will know 3 consecutive verses.

I did remember to take pictures this week, so here are some of them=)

These pictures are from Friday, we learned about coral reefs and did a painting to go with it.

Here is our letters to God. They were pretty cute. 

"Are there angels in heaven? Is there Jesus?" Love Clark

"Dear God, I love you. And I went to Disney land and I went on a water slide. Love alana"

"To God, How big is Jesus? How big are you? I love you! How big is Heaven. Love Kayla"

Dear God, Is there a lot of jewels in heaven? Love Blake"

"Dear God, Is there gold in heaven? Is there 2,000 gold? Love Dylan"

"To God, Do angels and you fly like that? Do angels really have wings? Love Eliza"

"Dear God, I am going to the beach. Love Timothy"

Here is our All About Oceans chart, and some of the crafts we did.

Lastly, here are the students learning about measurement. We all measured each other and talked about who was taller or shorter.

Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures! They are my favorite part about my blog, unfortunately sometimes I forget to take them!

Notes:

·       Monday is our field trip to the aquarium; please remember to wear your red shirts.

·       No school on Friday. I met with a lot of parents for conferences last month, if you did not get one but now would like one please email or call and I would love to set one up.

Focus wall:

Literacy:

I can blend my sounds together.

I can segment my sounds.

Math:

I can tell the position of an object.

Bible Verse:

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for HIs name's sake. 

Science:

Oceans

February, 26th

I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend! This next week coming up is a little different because of the teacher work day on Wednesday. Also a reminder that Tuesday evening is our open house! It is just a time of families to come into the classrooms and look around, and see the fun things their students have been doing. It is different from back to school night because we won’t have any presentations or anything. Just a fun time for families and the school to get together.

Focus wall:

Pictures are always fun, so here are some pictures from our Math Work Station time!

Students doing math on our interactive board

Students reading math books to eachother

Quack shake and spill. Students have to say how many are on the duck and how many are off, and how much it makes all together.

Students practicing patterns

Candy land turned into math game! Read it, write it , count it.

Notes:

·        On February 4^th, our class is going to the public Library. This is a very relaxed field trip. We are going for a few hours to get a tour of the library, have a story time, look a books, and play. We won’t be checking out any books during this time. We are taking one class at a time so we do not need parent volunteers, though they are always welcome!

·        Just a reminder that class does start at 8:30. I know it is sometimes hard to get there on time, but please try because this is still valuable learning time in the morning. Students always have some type of work to do when they come in, and this is a time I get to work with students individually. Missing 1o minutes every day totals to almost a week of school a year!!! It really does add up.

9-28-13

Happy Saturday Families!

Our class had a very busy week, So busy I did not get to take any pictures=( Those are my favorite to post. This week we started our reading and math curriculum. We as well, did out Dibels testing in math and reading. These scores will be given to parents during parent conferences.

Here are a few things we did this week.

In reading we are learning a letter a day and the sign to go with it. We are as well practicing rhyming and syllables. The students are very good at breaking the words up to count syllables. We are continuing to do our Daily 5, and students are able to pick their own rotations now.

In Math we are practicing counting and writing to 5.  In Math Workstations we are continuing to practice routines and expectations, and learning new counting stations each day.

In social studies we talked about families, and how families and different and the same. They all look different but they are the same because they all have love. We as well, discussed how we are all apart of God’s family. I am excited about next week’s unit, we are talking about Community building with in our classroom. This includes how to be a good classmate, and things we can do to help our class. This unit includes a lot of fun games and activities for the students, which I will make sure to get pictures of!

I hope everyone enjoys their rainy day, and takes time to relax inside! And if you haven’t taken time to look at scholastics for the September book buy here is the website

https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm?fileName=get-started&anchorLink=gs_page-menu-startedlink

Class activation code: M9B42

Bible verse next week:

Proverbs 3: 5- Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

~Mrs. Lee

Week 3

3^rd Week of school-

We had an awesome week! All of the students are learning the procedures very well. They are becoming very comfortable with each other too; making lots of friends.

We are slowly adding more Sign Language signs to our daily routine. Thanks goes to Eliza and her mother for teaching us new signs everyday! Every day when we come in from recess I use signs to see if they need to use the restroom or get a drink of water and they respond with a yes or no sign. Next week as we begin practicing our letters we will as well learn our letter signs!

This week our focus in Social Studies was butterflies! We made Lap books, which I will send home on Monday. We labeled our butterflies and talked about the lifecycle. We even watched a video of the life cycle which they loved! In art we talked about symmetry to accompany our unit. Students painted butterflies, and when they were done pressed both sides together to make it symmetrical.

In daily five we added two new things: Listen to Reading and Word Work. The students have the routine down very well, and are saying they love doing it. It is my favorite time of day too, the students are all quietly reading, writing, and working with words. The best part though is this is the time where authentic learning is happening! Next week I will begin working with students one on one and in one more week begin small groups.

In math we are continuing to learn how to use all of the manipulatives, including computers. On Friday, they learned how to use the workstation board and find where they should be. Next week we begin lessons on counting.

I have to say all of my students are becoming very independent, which amazes me and I am very proud of. Some examples are in Daily 5 they pick where they will sit in the room, in math they look to see what station they work at, they grab that station and pick a place to sit in the room, and while walking in line the line leader leads us not me!

Next week we begin digging into our curriculum, now that our class has a routine down. We will be doing dibbles testing all next week. Lastly, in Social Studies we will be talking about families.

As well, look out for our October calendar and a News Letter next week. There are a lot of fun things going on in October!

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I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,

Mrs. Lee