Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
for the week of January 2-6
WELCOME BACK !!
I hope everyone had a great holiday break and is ready
to jump right back in to a new year!
Some reminders:
* This reminder from Ms. Flowers—Birthday Party invitations: Private
birthday party invitations shall not be distributed at school under any
circumstances.
Language Arts
This week we will begin Unit 3 in our reading series. The unit is entitled CHANGES and we will start by reading the story An Egg is an Egg. Skills covered will include compare/contrast story elements, identifying, reading, and spelling words with the long e and long i sounds spelled with Y, and the spelling pattern CV with a long vowel sound resulting. Grammar will focus on identifying and writing action verbs.
Math
We will begin a new unit of study in Math this week. We will be adding and subtracting 10 from any number, and covering skills required for addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
for the week of December 12-16
Some reminders:
* This reminder from Ms. Flowers—Birthday Party invitations: Private
birthday party invitations shall not be distributed at school under any
circumstances.
*Thursday Dec.15th@ 1:15 -1st grade Christmas party
Students will NOT exchange gifts
* Thursday Dec. 15th @ 6:30—Christmas Program for students K-2
Come watch your child sing at 6:30
(Students need to be in the café 6:00 to get ready.)
Language Arts
We will not be reading a new story this week. We have started a comparison of December holidays beginning with Hanukkah. This week we will continue our study with Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, and Christmas. We will be comparing/contrasting these holidays as we talk about the origins and customs of each one.
Math
We will not start any new skills this week. We will take our test on Monday over place value, estimating, and number order and then finish the week with some seasonal math activities.
No School December 19-January 1
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy Happy New Year!
for the week of December 12-16
Some reminders:
* This reminder from Ms. Flowers—Birthday Party invitations: Private
birthday party invitations shall not be distributed at school under any
circumstances.
*Thursday Dec.15th@ 1:15 -1st grade Christmas party
Students will NOT exchange gifts
* Thursday Dec. 15th @ 6:30—Christmas Program for students K-2
Come watch your child sing at 6:30
(Students need to be in the café 6:00 to get ready.)
Language Arts
We will not be reading a new story this week. We have started a comparison of December holidays beginning with Hanukkah. This week we will continue our study with Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, and Christmas. We will be comparing/contrasting these holidays as we talk about the origins and customs of each one.
Math
We will not start any new skills this week. We will take our test on Monday over place value, estimating, and number order and then finish the week with some seasonal math activities.
No School December 19-January 1
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, healthy Happy New Year!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
for the week of December 5-9
Some reminders:
* This reminder from Ms. Flowers—Birthday Party invitations: Private
birthday party invitations shall not be distributed at school under any
circumstances.
* Deck the Halls of Highland- Saturday Dec 3rd 8:00-12:00
*Send in empty toilet paper/paper towel rolls. We need them by
December 12th for a class project.
*Thursday Dec.15th@ 1:15 -1st grade Christmas party
Students will NOT exchange gifts
* Thursday Dec. 15th @ 6:30—Christmas Program for students K-2
Come watch your child sing at 6:30
(Students need to be in the café 6:00 to get ready.)
This will be the last week that Mr. Davis, our student teacher, is with us. We will say good bye to him on Friday, Dec. 9th and wish him all the best as he graduates from WKU and moves on with his career.
Language Arts
The story this week will be entitled Honey Bees. Skills introduced and practiced this week will include: compare/contrast, identifying antonyms, and identifying nouns in a sentence.
Spelling words will focus on the VCCV pattern with /ee/ as the focus sound.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We will continue to work on expanded notation and estimating. We will review < > as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers.
for the week of December 5-9
Some reminders:
* This reminder from Ms. Flowers—Birthday Party invitations: Private
birthday party invitations shall not be distributed at school under any
circumstances.
* Deck the Halls of Highland- Saturday Dec 3rd 8:00-12:00
*Send in empty toilet paper/paper towel rolls. We need them by
December 12th for a class project.
*Thursday Dec.15th@ 1:15 -1st grade Christmas party
Students will NOT exchange gifts
* Thursday Dec. 15th @ 6:30—Christmas Program for students K-2
Come watch your child sing at 6:30
(Students need to be in the café 6:00 to get ready.)
This will be the last week that Mr. Davis, our student teacher, is with us. We will say good bye to him on Friday, Dec. 9th and wish him all the best as he graduates from WKU and moves on with his career.
Language Arts
The story this week will be entitled Honey Bees. Skills introduced and practiced this week will include: compare/contrast, identifying antonyms, and identifying nouns in a sentence.
Spelling words will focus on the VCCV pattern with /ee/ as the focus sound.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We will continue to work on expanded notation and estimating. We will review < > as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
November 28-December 2
Our Student teacher, Mr. Davis will be teaching this week.
Language Arts
The story this week will be entitled Life in the Forest. Skills introduced and practiced this week will include: author’s purpose, inflected ending -ed, ABC order, and identifying words that mean one or more than one (singular/plural)
Spelling words will again focus on the CVCe pattern with long u as the vowel.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We are working on expanded notation, as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers. We will talk about estimating, and ways to easily count large quantities.
November 28-December 2
Our Student teacher, Mr. Davis will be teaching this week.
Language Arts
The story this week will be entitled Life in the Forest. Skills introduced and practiced this week will include: author’s purpose, inflected ending -ed, ABC order, and identifying words that mean one or more than one (singular/plural)
Spelling words will again focus on the CVCe pattern with long u as the vowel.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We are working on expanded notation, as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers. We will talk about estimating, and ways to easily count large quantities.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
November 14-18
November 21-22
Language Arts
We are continuing to focus on writing skills these next two weeks. We will complete and “publish” our dinosaur stories. We will be discussing Thanksgiving and writing about things we are thankful for. We will continue to use the writing process which includes the steps of: brainstorm, draft, revise, edit and publish.
Spelling words will be from a list of commonly misspelled words.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We are working on expanded notation, as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers. We will talk about estimating, and ways to easily count large quantities.
November 14-18
November 21-22
Language Arts
We are continuing to focus on writing skills these next two weeks. We will complete and “publish” our dinosaur stories. We will be discussing Thanksgiving and writing about things we are thankful for. We will continue to use the writing process which includes the steps of: brainstorm, draft, revise, edit and publish.
Spelling words will be from a list of commonly misspelled words.
Math
We will continue to work with place value. We are working on expanded notation, as we compare numbers to 100 in terms of place value. We will be comparing and ordering numbers as well as regrouping numbers. We will talk about estimating, and ways to easily count large quantities.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Ms. Pierce’s Newsletter
November 7-11
Language Arts
We are continuing to work on spelling words with long vowel sounds that use the CVCe pattern. Since we only have three days this week, we won’t have any new spelling words, but we’ll continue to read our story The Big Circle, and focus on writing about dinosaurs. In grammar we will continue looking at proper nouns, focusing on the names of holidays, days of the week, and months of the year.
Math
We will begin to look at place value: ones, tens, and hundreds. This concept is important for the children since future lessons with regrouping will be based on their understanding of place value. It is one of those skills that is an important building block to understanding much more difficult skills, so we’ll work hard at it and quickly become experts!!
As a school there will be a focus on Veteran’s Day and the meaning of the holiday. We will be writing letters in support of veterans at the hospitals in Lexington and Louisville. Last year’s letters were greatly appreciated by the vets that got them!
November 7-11
Language Arts
We are continuing to work on spelling words with long vowel sounds that use the CVCe pattern. Since we only have three days this week, we won’t have any new spelling words, but we’ll continue to read our story The Big Circle, and focus on writing about dinosaurs. In grammar we will continue looking at proper nouns, focusing on the names of holidays, days of the week, and months of the year.
Math
We will begin to look at place value: ones, tens, and hundreds. This concept is important for the children since future lessons with regrouping will be based on their understanding of place value. It is one of those skills that is an important building block to understanding much more difficult skills, so we’ll work hard at it and quickly become experts!!
As a school there will be a focus on Veteran’s Day and the meaning of the holiday. We will be writing letters in support of veterans at the hospitals in Lexington and Louisville. Last year’s letters were greatly appreciated by the vets that got them!
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