Wednesday February 24th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. name
2. game
3. same
4. snaps
5. fights
6. says
7. tells
8. sets
9. don't
10. it's

Spelling Challenge

" Caption Words" 

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge 

"Peter, Peter Pizza Eater"

Class Reading

Continued reading "DC Super Heroes - Crime Wave". Started "Star Wars - Escape from Darth Vader". 

Worksheets

"Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down"

Writing

Worksheets

• "Create-A-Sentence" 
• The letter "Tt" and "Turn Hh to Bb" 

Homework

"Read and Draw"

"The letter Zz"

Wednesday February 17th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. cuts
2. stops
3. into
4. are 
5. up
6. open
7. all
8. out
9. room
10. water

Worksheet

"Words and Sounds" 

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge 

"Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face

Class Reading

"Flying High (DC Super Friends)" Pages 11 - 19 and "Crime Waves"

Worksheets

• "Strong Mental Image"
• "Reading Prompts"

Writing

Worksheets

• The Letter "Pp" and "Qq"
• Dates

Homework

• 
  

Wednesday February 10th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. swing
2. air
3. block
4. race
5. rescue
6. work
7. splash
8. beach
9. zoo
10. stop

Worksheet

"Words and Sounds" and "Kid's News"

Reading

"Flying High (DC Super Friends)" Pages 11 - 19

Worksheets

• Read and Draw

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Super Hero Duo! "

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• Alphabet and Number practice

Homework

•  "Cr and Cl" blends

Wednesday February 3rd, 2016

Vocabulary

1. splat
2. that 
3. what
4. than 
5. plan
6. this 
7. have
8. had
9. miss
10. gave

Worksheet

"Words and Sounds"

Reading

"100 Monsters in My School" Pages 12 - 19

Worksheets

• Read and Draw

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Weeeee!"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• Alphabet and Number practice
• The letter "Qq"

Homework

• "St" and "Sp" blends

January 27th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. head
2. bed
3. school
4. not
5. why
6. spine
7. line
8. some 
9. thing
10. slowly

Reading

"100 Monsters in My School" Pages 12 - 19

Worksheets

• Read and Draw
• My Mental Image

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Boy on Adventure"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• The Letter "Pp"
• Dates 

Homework

Long A (ai) 

January 20th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. dry
2. cry
3. spy
4. good
5. hood
6. food
7. pit
8. fit
9. see
10. tree

Spelling Challenge

Draw Your Words Worksheet

Reading

Class Reading

"100 Monsters in My School" Pages 1 - 11 

Worksheet

Read and Draw 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Mouse Pirate"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

The Letter "Dd" 

Homework

The letter "Cc" 

Wednesday December 16th, 2015

Last class of 2015!!

What a year! The semester flew by, but our class completed many objectives. Our class focused on strengthening our reading comprehension, visualization, and writing skills using worksheets, challenges, prompts, class discussion, and assigned reading. Overall the class progressed nicely, and I am looking forward to our Spring 2016 semester to help students continue their progress. 

Vocabulary

1. snow
2. coal
3. cold
4. gift
5. cookie
6. sled
7. fire
8. deer
9. elf
10. light

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge - "Finish the Snowman, Tell the Story"

Students read a short, incomplete paragraph about a snowman. The exercise requested students to read the story, finish the ending of the story, and illustrate the story in the space provided. Exercise help students strengthen their comprehensions and visualization skills. Student also instructed to use 4 vocabulary words in their writing and follow our class writing checklist.  

Class Reading

Continued reading "Hi Fly Guy", by Tedd Arnold - Chapter 2

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Happy Holidays!"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing Activity

"Is Winter Fun?" 

Students followed a writing prompt that asked if they thought winter was fun. Instructions requested students to describe if they liked or disliked winter, and explain why they do or do not like winter. Students were requested to include the following in their writing:

• Complete sentences
• Beginning, middle, and end format 
• Correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. 
• Legible handwriting
• 3 vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)

"Holiday Paper Chain"  

Students created paper chains using holiday themed sentences and phrases. 
They used cut out strips of paper to write their holiday sentences and phrases on. Students then began to construct each strip together to form a paper chain. Students glued and stapled their chains together so they may be used as holiday decorations! Students were requested to include the following in their paper chains: 

• Complete sentences
• Beginning, middle, and end format 
• Correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. 
• Legible handwriting
• 3 vocabulary words (underline vocabulary words)