Week of May 13

We will work on the following this week:

1st LA-spelling words with the suffix -er and -est, reading and writing nonfiction texts

3rd LA-spelling words with -ge and -dge, reading and writing nonfiction texts

1st RTI-closed and open syllables

2nd/3rd RTI-reading and spelling words with ow

Upper level RTI-differentiating between -ge and -dge

Have a great week!

Week of April 8

The students have been working so hard the past couple of weeks on learning their long vowel sounds! This week third grade learned about dinosaurs and fossils, and they even became paleontologists and dug for "fossils" using cookies and toothpicks. They discovered that chiseling out something so tiny and delicate is not easy. First grade also got to experience the fun.

We will work on the following skills next week:

1st LA: words with oo (book, hood, hook, etc.), reading poetry, pronouns, and cause effect. First grade will also be researching three animals of their choice. The students will then create their own informational book.

3rd LA: words with y as a vowel (gym, penny, pony, etc.), reading nonfiction pieces, going back into the text to find evidence to support our answers, and text features. Students will also choose 3-4 dinosaurs to research and write their own informational books.

Students will have a sight word spelling test on April 18. They will also rotate reading the sight words with me that week for a grade. Continue to practice the words at home.

1st RTI: reading and writing words with v and y, fluency practice

2nd/3rd RTI: reading and writing words with vowel teams ai/ay, fluency practice

Upper Level: y as a vowel (gym, penny, pony, etc.), fluency practice.

Week of March 4

We will work on the following skills next week:
3rd Grade LA: reading fiction and finding the theme of a story, writing opinion pieces, spelling homophones, using adjectives in writing. Students will have an actual spelling word list for the week with homophone pairs in addition to five sight words.  

1st Grade LA-reading informational text about healthy foods, writing opinion pieces, spelling words with ai and ay (sail, pail, pay, say, etc.), using adjectives in writing.

1st Grade RTI: reading and spelling words with f and n

2nd Grade RTI: reading and spelling words with long e using ea (bead, read, etc.)

Upper level RTI: reading and spelling words with both ou and ow.

Have a great week!

Week of January 28

We will work on the following skills this week:

1st Grade Language Arts: long a vowel sound (bake, made, game, etc.), writing compound sentences, opinion writing, text features

3rd Grade Language Arts: spelling words with ur, writing compound sentences, opinion writing, text features, comprehension test for the story Technology Wins the Game will be Feruary 6.

1st RTI: writing and spelling words with j along with long vowel practice

2nd RTI: writing and spelling words with -ed where the final consonant of the base word is double or dropped (ex: dropped, skipped, baked, hopping, hoping, etc.)

Upper Level RTI: writing and reading words with ur

Have a great week!