2nd grade tier 3 RTi reading

We started our week with a get to know you activity.  We read and wrote about scarecrows.  We sorted words by a variety of consonant clusters.  We worked on the vowel digraphs-ou & ow.  We reviewed the sh sound as well as some contractions.  The stories we read this we were; Meli at School, Pigs New House and Super Fox.  Look for these books to come home daily.

1st grade tier 2 RTi reading

We began this week with a color scarecrow activity.  We learned a poem about Winshield Wipers.  We added the words go, to, & the to our word bags.  We read the books Mom and Dad.  Look for these books to come home in your child's reading bag.

Kindergarten tier 3 RTi reading

Kindergarten
Reading- We are working on building words with a variety of words bases.  We have focused the past few weeks on short a and i word bases.  Our popcorn words continue to grow new words include: four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went and come.  We are continuing to work on rhyming, this continues to be a hard concept for many of the students.  
Math- Our math centers included numbers through 20, using 10 frames, addition and subtraction.

1st grade tier 3 reading
We continued to work on consonant clusters, focusing our attention to sh, th, ch and wh words.  We looked at how words can change when we add the -ing ending.  We reviewed contractions.  Keep reading the books that come home each day!!

ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK!!!

1.  Kindergarten

     Language Arts- We have been working on reading words from the same word families.  We focused on -at, -am, -an & -ap.  New popcorn words include: will, have, must, one, two & three.  For writing we are focusing on lowercase letter formations.  We met magic c bunny and learned about how he helps us to make the letters c, o, and s.

   Math- We continue to work with numbers 1-20.  We are practicing adding and subtracting using all sorts of manipulatives.

   
   

   1st grade tier 3 reading- We worked on recognizing words that have a y as their ending to make a long i or e sound.  We also looked at the -ay pattern that makes a long a sound.  We are looking at words that begin with consonant clusters so far we have focused on sm-,sl-,st-,sk-,tr-, gr-,br-, & fr-.  Some of the daily books are becoming more challenging.  Make sure you practice reading them at home to build up fluency.

1. Kindergarten-

   Language Arts- We learned the sounds "ar" and "er" to complete all of the jolly phonics sounds for the year. Our new popcorn words were: look, good, & jump. We finished working on uppercase letter formations and will begin lowercase next week.

   Math- Our math centers all revolved around the celebration of our 100th day of school.  We traced our hands and counted the fingers by 5's to 100.  We made a bubble gum machine with 100 gumballs.  We made fruit loop necklaces with 100 pieces of cereal strung to them.

   
   

   1st grade tier 3 reading- We brainstormed words that end in -ing.  We learned about contractions and located them in the stories that we read this week.  

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   Kindergarten 

   Language Arts- We have learned the sounds for "ou", "oi", "ue" and "q".  New popcorn words include: here, our, out, get, help & now.

   Math- We are working on addition and subtraction of numbers through 10, using many kinds of manipulatives.

   1st grade tier 3 reading- We worked on the following word endings:-ay, -ent, -ee, & -ack. Continue to read the books that come home daily as well as try some of the other activities on your child's daily homework sheet.

   
   

1. Kindergarten

   
   

   
   

   Language Arts- So far this new year we have learned 

   2 songs; January and Dr. King.  We have learned the sounds for sh, ch, th and ng.

   Words to add to the popcorn list: the, you, down, she, he & be.  In handwriting 

   we have been working on "magic C" letters.  These letters are made my making a 

   C first, they include: C, G, O, Q and S in the uppercase letters.

   Math- We continue to work with numbers 0-10.  We have been focusing on adding 

   and subtracting with these numbers using manipulatives.

   
   

    1st grade tier 3 reading

   We have been working on long vowel words with the silent e both reading and 

   spelling these words.  We also have focused on sounds you hear at the ends of 

   words.  

   Benchmarking took place at the beginning of the month and we reviewed data this

   week.  Notes will be going home with report cards next week regarding changes

   to tier 2/3 reading.

  Kindergarten
Language Arts- Our new songs are, "Candy Cane Chorus" and "Reindeer on Rooftops".  Look for the songs to come home on Friday.  We learned the letters and sounds for x and y.  We also learned the two sounds that oo can make.  New popcorn words include: little, and, yes, no, so & go.  Keep practicing the letters, sounds and words over the break.  We are seeing great progress here!!
Math- We continue to work with numbers through 10.  Our centers the past two weeks included the following: ordering cups by number and putting the correct number of sticks in each, number puzzles, numbering dog bones,  gingerbread baking and hot chocolate dash.

1st grade tier 3 reading
We continued to work with word endings.  We focused on the following short vowel endings: -it, -in, ig, -op, -og, -ot, -ill, and -all.  We also began to look at some long vowel endings including: -ade, -ake, -ike, -ile, and -ide.  We have started reading level D books, which are somewhat equivalent to a DRA level 6.  Continue reading daily with your child over the break!!

ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS!!!