week of 1/29-2/2

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!

Week of 1/9-1/12

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!

 

Week of 11/27-12/1

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!

Week of 11/10-11/17

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

Week of 11/6-11/10

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

week of 10/30-11/3

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!

Week of 10/23-10/27

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!

Updates! Weekly Lesson 10/17-10/20

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!

 

Welcome!

Welcome to the new school year 23/24!

Welcome to our returning students and new students coming from Mrs. Anderson’s 2nd grade Lifeskills class!

Most of my communication is  through Seesaw. Please make sure you connect so that you can see your child’s work everyday and also use the messaging system to stay in touch.

Other methods of communication are:

 text-903-231-3720
email: [email protected]

We will be making lots of edible play dough this year as well as our weekly cooking project so any donation of supplies would be great!

Playdough supplies:

flour, oil, cream of tartar

Craft:Cooking projects this month:

rice krispies

marshmallows

egg cartons

I am looking forward to a great school year!

Welcome to the New School Year!

Welcome to the new school year! I am so excited to meet our new students and see our friends. We are a family in Lifeskills and we are so happy that you are here!

Please remember to connect to all of my methods of communication so that you can stay informed.

Remind: text @brondu to 81010

Seesaw: please accept my email invitation. This is a way to see your child’s work on a daily basis, receive announcements and contact me. Each student profile is private so you are the only one viewing your child’s work.

Google voice (connects to my phone): 903-231-3720