Math:

This week our mathematicians added nickels and quarters to the coins they are learning about. They have learned a fun rap to help them remember the values of each coin.

                   The Coin Rap

                 A penny is 1.

                A nickel is 5.

                A dime is worth 10cents,

                A quarter 25.

They also began counting combinations of coins. Having coins available for your child to sort and count would be a great way to help your child practice this tricky skill.

Spelling Words:

The words this week were: made, teacher, give and has. These words made 100 new words that your children have learned in first grade!

Phonics:

The students worked with adding the suffix –ed to the end of action words or verbs. They learned that when –ed is added to some words, it sounds like a -t, as in the word talked. In some words it sounds like just a –d, like in the word filed and in other words it adds another syllable and sounds like –ed, such as in painted.

Important Dates:

• May 31^st – Memorial day – No school
• June 17^th – Last day of school – 12:00 Dismissal

Math:

This week our mathematicians used various place value strategies when adding two 2-digit numbers when the ones are more than ten.

Spelling Words:

The words this week were: made, teacher, give and has. Next Monday will be the last four new words of the school year!

Phonics:

The students continued working with contractions this week.

Social Studies:

We began our unit on American Symbols. The students learned that a symbol represents something else. This week they learned about the US symbols: the American Flag, the Statue of Liberty and the Bald Eagle.

Important Dates:

• May 26^th – 1 hour Early Dismissal
• May 31^st – Memorial day – No school
• June 17^th – Last day of school – 12:00 Dismissal

 

                Enjoy your weekend! 

Math:

The students are deepening their understanding of place value while using place value charts and drawings. They are using a variety of strategies that they have learned when adding or subtracting tens or ones from a two-digit number within 100.

Spelling Words:

This week the words were: why, talk, quit and night. There will be four new words on Monday.

Phonics:

This week the students began working with contractions. They learned that to make a contraction, you put two words together while leaving out one or more letters. You then use an apostrophe in the place of the letters that were removed.

Science:

Our scientists continued on in their exploration of “Communicating with Light and Sound” by learning about how light behaves in different situations. They explored this concept by using flashlights to see when and if light can pass through different types of objects. They observed that some objects that are see through or transparent, allow all light to pass through. However, other objects, such as wax paper, only allow some of the light to go through while others do not allow any light to pass though

Important Dates:

• May 26^th – 1 hour Early Dismissal
• May 31^st – Memorial day – No school
• June 17^th – Last day of school – 12:00 Dismissal

Math:

We have begun our final math module. This week your students worked on solving comparison word problems using tape diagrams.  They also worked on adding and subtracting ones and tens to two digit numbers and comparing two digit numbers.

Spelling Words:

This week was a review week. The 8 words were: pretty, your, went, animal, was, friend, how, play. There will be four new words on Monday.

Phonics:

This week the students learned about the 2 sounds of g: the soft g sound (j) and the hard g sound. They learned that just as with the letter c, usually when the letter g is followed by an e, i or y, it makes the soft g sound.

Science:

Our scientists began the unit “Communicating with Light and Sound” by learning about how sound is made. This week your students learned that sound can make things vibrate and that when something vibrates it can make sound. They also learned that when sound waves enter our ears they make our ear drums vibrate. We did a number of experiments, including putting a vibrating tuning fork into a bowl of water and seeing how it made the water move and touching a laser pointer with a vibrating tuning fork and seeing how it made the light zig zag.

Important Dates:

• May 26^th – 1 hour Early Dismissal
• May 31^st – Memorial day – No school
• June 17^th – Last day of school – 12:00 Dismissal

              I hope you all have a great weekend!