Thursday 05/29/14

Dear Parents/Guardians,
Tomorrow is our field trip!! Here is some important information!
• Students should come in jeans and a C.E.A SHIRT! (NO SHORTS, SANDALS, OR FLIP FLOPS!!!)

• Students should bring a lunch in a PLASTIC bag with THEIR NAME ON THE BAG!!!! All containers must be DISPOSABLE! Lunches should include a sandwich of some sort, a small healthy snack, and a drink. (NO SODA or CANDY!)

• Students SHOULD NOT bring any money!

Thank you!
Ms. Juarez



Homework:
Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Math: time review 2 worksheets 

Writing: some students need to finish their page one and two their story from writing workshop

Wednesday 05/28/13

Hi! Today we set free the butterflies!!!!!! One butterfly escaped in the room! It was interesting trying to catch it, but eventually we caught it and set is free outside! Today we also got new seats and new reading partners!!! Today was a day full of excitement!

Homework:
Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Math: 2 worksheets double digit subtraction and measurement review

Writing: some students need to finish their post-its from writing today. Each page needs a piece of inner thinking, explaining what their character is thinking on the yellow post-it, and a piece of feeling, explaining what their character is feeling on the blue post-it. 

Reading TRC Testing is all done!!! Ask your child what their level is? I am so proud of each of them for working so hard! Great way to end the year!!!!! 100% of my students made growth!!! 

Class Performance: Level K is the expected level to be reading at the start of 2nd grade!
Above Level: 43%  above level K
On Level: 32% on level K
Struggling: 25% levels from C-G


Weekly Words:
Yellow: top, hop, had, wag, ran, ham, box, lot was, for, mop, hot, mom, cab, bag, fox, got, map, sad, jam, job

Green: drill, clap, drip, slap, brag, grip, flip, brat, flat, crab, trap, grll, slip, plan, grab, slid, skip, glad, cram, drag, spin

Pink: throat, beast, beet, wait, beach, cream, need, pail, coast, coat, sheep, train, seat, goat, grain, wheel, neat, three, tail, toast, bait, cheek, cheat, road

Blue: Throne, squirm, threw, shrink, shrub, shrug, squint, shriek, squeak, squeeze, threat, squish, squash, shrunk, throw, shrewd, thrill, shrimp, through, squawk, thrifty

Sight Words: climbed, somehow, mind, something, unkind, patience, wear, certain, meant, threw

Homework:
Spelling: 3 times each and 10 sentences

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Math: 2 worksheets 

Thursday 05/22/14

Hi! Today we worked on adding double digit numbers in Math! We also read another classic story from Leo Lionni "An Extraordinary Egg." Please make sure your child knows their Spelling and Sight words for tomorrow! Tomorrow is Test Day!

Spelling: spelling practice test

Reading: Practice sight words and practice reading

Writing packet: all due tomorrow!

Math: page 267-268

Tuesday 05/20/14

Hi! This week we are reading Alexander, Who Use to be Rich Last Sunday. I am also testing students for TRC reading levels this week and the next, and the next, until we are all done! The end of the year is approaching fast! 

Homework:
Spelling: 10 sentences

Math: workbook page 261-262 add and subtract boxes

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Writing: Packet due Friday 

Monday 05/19/14

Dear Parents,
I am sending home a Reading Comprehension and Word Work packet. This entire packet is due Friday, May 23rd 2014. This packet is a review of the work we have done in class with writing opinions. I recommend completing the packet using the following schedule. 

Monday: pages 131-135      Tuesday: page 136-137
Wednesday: pages 138-140 Thursday: 141-144

Sincerely, 
Ms. Juarez 

Weekly Words:
Yellow: ank, ink, unk
bunk, chunk, drink, skunk, plank, prank, dunk, junk, bank, ink, thank, hunk, blank, yank, sank, think, sunk, link, blink, stink, wonk

Green: short i and u
zip, big, win, did, but, jug, tub, him, put, will, cut, hum, six, rub, run, nut, bit, rip, un, gum, pin

Pink: short e cvc and cvvc, and long e cvvc
reach, queen, bread, dream,beach, web, next, street, great, sweet, thread, desk, breath, sled, head, steam, bead, best, greed, sleep, threat

Blue: kn, wr, gn, and oddball
rap, wrist, wrap, wring, wreath, knack, knot, knob, knight, night, wreck, gnaw, knit, knoll, not, known, ring, wren, write

Sight words: getting, money, dollar, Sunday, while, record, requires, began, spent, scholar

Tuesday 05/13/14

Homework:
Spelling: 10 sentences

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Writing packet: due Friday

Math: Get Ready for Second Grade pg. 253-254

Monday 05/12/14

Dear Parents,

I am sending home a Reading Comprehension and Word Work packet. This entire packet is due Friday, May 16, 2014. This packet is a review of the work we have done in class with writing personal narratives. I recommend completing the packet using the following schedule. 
Monday: pages 87-94 Tuesday: page 95-98
Wednesday: pages 99-100 Thursday: 101-102 

*make sure drawings are colored 

Sincerely, 
Ms. Juarez 

Blue: ck, ke, k
bike, shook, duke, strike, sock, truck, sick, shake, spoke, cook, smoke, like, lock, duck, pack, lick, look, book

Pink: short u and long u -ew, -ue
plump, stew, sue, sew, few, trunk, chew, clue, true, blue, do, dump, drew, flue, brush, knew, glue, grew, truth, truck, junk

Green: top, ham, mop, fox, job, hop, box, hot, got, had, lot, mom, map, wag, was, cab, sad, ran, for, bag, jam

Yellow: ang, ing, ong, ung
strong, bring, king, ding, sting, sung, gang, rang, rung, sing, ring, gong, clang, hang, song, sand, stung, long, lung, gang

Sight Words: mirror, board, excuse, cross, mousse, two, read, complaining, your, might

Spelling: 5 times each

Math: 2 workbook pages reviewing place value

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Writing Packet: due Friday 

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Hi today the caterpillars finally arrived! We also learned about Koalas and a little more on the country of Australia. I sent home progress reports. Please sign and return as soon as possible.

Homework for today:

Reading; practice site words and practice reading

Writing: finished up story from class

Spelling: rainbow write

Math: today there is no math homework we took our chapter 12 test

Tuesday 05/06/14

Hi! We will be going on a field trip to The Peggy Notebaert Museum! We will need 5 chaperones for this trip. If you are interested in spending the day with us please complete the attached form! All names will be drawn from a cup and selected tomorrow. I will notify you if your name was picked so you can make the proper arrangements for our trip on May 30^th 2014!

Homework:
Spelling: 10 sentences

Math: practice test

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading 

Reading: packet due Friday

*Some students need to finish up their reading response to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Students need to describe what Alexander's personality is like and explain what part in the story proves using the sentence frame I think Alexander is... because...

There is a You Tube video of the story, but computers at school won't let me link the video. You can find the story by simply searching the title in You Tube. 

Monday 05/05/14

Dear Parents,

      HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!  Today we learned about Cinco de Mayo and the battle of Puebla. This week I am sending home a Reading Comprehension and Word Work packet. This entire packet is due Friday, May 9th 2014. This packet is a review of the work we have done in class with reading poems. I recommend completing the packet using the following schedule.

Monday: pages 146-149     Tuesday: page 150-153   
Wednesday: pages 154-155  Thursday: 156-158

Sincerely, 

Ms. Juarez

Homework:

Spelling: 5 times each

Math: 2 workbook pages 245-248

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading

Reading Packet: due Friday

Yellow: ash, ish, ush
rush, flash, fish, crash, hush, trash, dash, swish, mush, flush, rash, mash, wish, crush, bush, smash, dish, plush

Green: ank,ink, unk
bunk, chunk, drink, skunk, plank, prank,dunk, junk, bank, ink, thank, hunk, blank, yank, sank, think, sunk, link, blink, stink, wink

Pink: Shot o and long O CVCe, CVVC-oa, CVV-ow
long, blow, loaf, dome, coach, roast, gloss, lose, roam, boat, know, grow, wrote, globe, throw, chop, drop, shop, note, close

Blue: ou, ow
pound, clown, tough, count, crown, grown, mouth, town, howl, growl, cloud, found, south, frown, owl, shout, scout, rough, ground, couch, drown, plow, gown

Sight words: accidentally, knee, shoulder, bruise, rear, thigh, refuse, repeat, elbow, eyelash

Thursday 05/01/14

Hi!

Today, we really dived into our writing. Students learned that real writers use different names to disguise themselves as the write about personal experiences they have had. This makes writing stories with strong emotions easier to write as we share with the world! 

Don't forget tomorrow is our Writers' Celebration!!! Your child should have invited you on Monday as they made invitations in class! See you tomorrow in the cafeteria at 2pm! I am so proud of all their hard work! 

Homework:
Spelling: practice test

Reading: practice sight words and practice reading 

Reading Packet: due tomorrow!

Math: Workbook page 243-244