We are having a great school year so far! Here is what we will be studying in September!

Reading and Writing-

5th grade readers are working on fluency and comprehension along with grammar concepts. We are practicing answering in complete sentences and using capital letters in the correct places.

4th grade  readers will be focusing on letters D, E, F, G and also working on onset and final sounds in     a  word.

Math-this month we are focusing on shapes, angles, fractions and perimeter.

Science and Social Studies-this month we are learning about American symbols, our American rights, Patriot Day, and Leaders. This group has a lot of interest in learning about the US map and where different places we study are located.

Have a great September!

Our class follows the Texas standards developed for students with cognitive disabilities in accordance with STAAR Alternate 2. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions about anything we are learning!

https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/staar-alternate-2

Homework is not required but encouraged!

Math: We use a website that is specific to your student’s math level called Zearn. (www.zearn.org). Please ask me for your child’s login and password.

ELAR: You can review the sight word list in your student’s planner each week. Quizzes are on Fridays! Your student is reading 1:1 with me everyday at a book specific to their level. Please let me know if you are interested and I can send your child’s book home for extra practice.

I’m excited to see our returning students and new students! It’s great to have our school family back together again!

This year I am going to streamline  announcements through Parent Square since that is used by the rest of the campus.

You can also reach me through Seesaw. This is the place we can send messages and also you can see your student’s daily work and some fun class pics. It’s a great way to see what we’re doing every day! Be sure to sign up at www. https://app.seesaw.me/

Here on the blog I’ll give you an overview of what we’re working on each month. Our class follows the Texas standards developed for students with cognitive disabilities in accordance with STAAR Alternate 2. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions about anything we are learning!

https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/staar-alternate-2

The first month of school:

In Reading-we are using leveled books and working on stretching out words and reading with fluency.

In Writing-we are working on spelling our first and last names and writing or copying neatly.

In math-we are working on number sense, including counting, using tally marks, and place value.

In Science and Social Studies-we are reading our weekly newspaper (News2You) about the new Elio movie.

Our theme for August is:  The Amusement Park.

*extra work/homework

Homework is not required but encouraged!

Math: We use a website that is specific to your student’s math level called Zearn. (www.zearn.org). Please ask me for your child’s login and password.

ELAR: You can review the sight word list in your student’s planner each week. Quizzes are on Fridays! Your student is reading 1:1 with me everyday at a book specific to their level. Please let me know if you are interested and I can send your child’s book home for extra practice.

This week we are learning about Youth Winter Olymics to wrap up our study on ways to be healthy.

In Reading -we are continuing to practice our sight words

In Writing -we are working on writing legibly and using a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence

In Math-we are learning coin values

In Science-we are learning about ways to winter sports

In Social Studies-we are learning about the winter olympics

Don’t forget we have a PLC day Wednesday! I hope that you have a great week!

Happy New Year! In January this year we are learning about Health.

This week we are studying-

In Reading-retention of sight words and making new words by changing the beginning and ending sound

In Math-introduction of multiplication as repeated addition

In Science-parts of the body and how to keep them healthy, focus on teeth

Doing a science experiment to try new foods (green eggs and ham) and the stains different foods leave on our teeth

Making a healthy smile image out of marshmallows, apples and peanut butter.

In Social Studies-different heatlhcare jobs such as the doctor and dentist

I am looking forward to a great week back!

Welcome back!

This week we are learning:

In Reading: finding the ending sound of a word

In Writing: using a period

In Math: Review of skills

In Social Studies: Niagara Falls Annual Lights Festival

In Science: Making a Christmas dessert: peppermint bark

Sight words this week: or, grass, telephone, ice cream, sit

On Friday we will begin the Countdown to Christmas!

Our Thanksgiving Play is this week! We hope you can make it!

Friday November 17th 9:30 am . You may want to arrive at 9:20 to have time to check in through the office.

This week we are learning-

In Reading-putting story events in order

In Writing-finding nouns and verbs

In Math-times of day

In Science and Social Studies-Thanksgiving Traditions

sight words:

teacher, run, it, purple, she/Letter N

Sight words this week:

• up
• bread
• cat
• school
• play

We should know the colors:

• yellow
• green
• red
• blue
• orange
• black

This week we are learning:

In Reading-Sequencing a story

In Writing-Choosing a punctuation mark

In Math-telling time to the hour and half hour

In Social Studies-Ancient Times

In Science-We are finding out about Archeologists and making “Dinosaur Dig Cookies”

We are beginning practice on our Thanksgiving Reader’s Theatre: Turkey Claus!

*3rd grade field trip-Tuesday November 7th

5th grade field trip-Tuesday November 14th

Storybook Character Day-Tuesday October 31st.

Your child may dress up as  a character from a book (no scary or just “halloween” costumes)

The special ed teachers are dressing up like the series “The Good Egg/Bad Seed” if you would like to join us! We will reading these books this week during our book study time!

This week we are learning:

In Reading-making a connection to the text-(What does this story remind me of?)

In Writing-Using a period at the end of a sentence and letter L.

In Math-skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s

In Science and Social Studies: Long Ago and Today/Native Americans

Cooking and Science Projects: cornbread recipe

Have a great weekend! Happy Halloween!

Red Ribbon Week!

• Monday-Wear Red
• Tuesday-Wear Your Pajamas
• Wednesday-Wear a Hat *Early Release
• Thursday-Athletic Clothes 
• Friday-Wear Roughneck Colors
• This week we are learning:

In Reading-making a connection to the text-(What does this remind me of?)

In Writing-Using a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and letter K.

In Math-interpreting a picture graph

In Science and Social Studies: Halloween and Light reflected from the moon

Cooking and Science Projects: Carving a pumpkin, pumpkin play dough

Have a great weekend!

Back by popular demand , I will be updating the blog weekly so that you can know what are we working on in school and support any extra practice at home. 🙂

This week we are learning:

In Reading-making predictions about a book by taking a picture walk.

In Writing-Using a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and letter J.

In Math-measuring objects with non-standard units

In Science and Social Studies: Light and Sound Waves

We have done a density experiment with pumpkin shells and seeds, a light experiment with glowsticks in a bottle, and we will make a chocolate cake to go with our book, Thundercake, by Patricia Polacco.

The spelling words for this week are: tree, long, flower, he, said

Your student can practice math at home on the website www.zearn.org

(Please contact me for your student login-I don’t want to publish anything with names on the internet!)

Homework for our class is voluntary,  but if you would like for your child to get extra practice, they can practice the spelling words for the test on Friday and work on math on Zearn, 15 minutes each day.

Don’t forget to check Seesaw to see work your student is doing every day on the weekly skills and IEP goals! There are always fun pictures of our class projects!