September 9, 2011
Parents,
We have had a wonderful start to our school year. I am enjoying getting to know my class. What a nice group of students!
SKILLS FOR THIS WEEK
MATH: We have been spending time reviewing skills from first grade. This week we reviewed counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. Next week, we will review telling time to the half-hour, addition and subtraction fact families, and counting combinations of coins.
READING: As we read we are learning to make predictions about what will happen next in the story, and we are learning to identify the main characters in a story. In phonics we are reviewing words with short vowel sounds and words with th, sh, ch, and wh.
Our reading vocabulary words for next week are: could, have, need, then, was, always, apartment, elephant, pianos, dolphin, python, window, and quiet. I would appreciate it if you could help your child practice reading these words at home. Making a set of flashcards for the words of the week is a great idea to review.
SPELLING: The spelling words for this week are attached to this letter. Please help your child learn to spell these words as we will have our first spelling test next Friday.
SCIENCE: Next week we will begin studying the parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaves, fruit, and seeds).
DELAYED START ON MONDAY: School will begin at 10:00.
SCHOOL PICTURES: Pictures will be taken next Tuesday.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Wimmler
