Week 2 – September 14, 2020
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama
We have had a great start, and we are beginning to establish our routines. It is a wonderful class and I look forward to a fantastic school year.
Please make sure that your child comes to school each day with a fully charged chromebook. Additionally, if the computer needs a password when it is initially turned on, please email me that password. Sometimes students forget their passwords, and it helps if I have them written down. Additionally, please do not change the password on your child’s Trinity student account. or any other account that is setup by the school. At this grade level, I occasionally go in their accounts to help them. I truly appreciate your cooperation on this.
Below is a brief synopsis on what we will be covering this week. We will be going slowly in the beginning of the year, and gradually we will pick up the pace.
ELA:
Our anchor text is A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech.
We will be working on story structure and analyzing illustrations. Our target strategy is summarization. In phonics we will be focusing on short vowel a,e,i,o, and words with the VCCV (vowel consonant consonant vowel) pattern. The vocabulary words this week include principal, soared, strolled, worried, proud, announced, fine, and certainly. The vocabulary strategy we are working on is context clues. In grammar, we will be focusing on simple sentences (identifying both subjects and predicates). Our spelling words are crop, plan, thing, smell, shut, sticky, spent, lunch, pumpkin, clock, gift, class, skip, swing, next, hug, hospital, and fantastic. Our challenge words are principal and announced.
Religion: The students are learning Jesus always forgives us. Our prayer video this week is Church by Cochren & Company.
Social Studies: We are working on geography skills and beginning our unit on Mexico. The students will locate Mexico on a map and globe.
Math: We are focusing on strategies to add three-digit numbers. We will be estimating to ensure that our answers are reasonable. We will be focusing on the following vocabulary words: round, compatible numbers, estimate, and Associative Property of Addition. Here is a link to the vocabulary words.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday ELA: Spelling Test
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at [email protected].