We sure had a lot of fun this Saint Patrick's Day! On more than one occasion the leprechauns left gold coins in our room. A few of the girls reported seeing leprechauns out on the playground! We even got 3 special Saint Patrick's Day treats!
Report Cards: Sometime this week, the report cards will be mailed home.
Math: The kids are starting to get a little bit better at counting coins. We will continue to practice. We are going to start the next section in our math books, titled "Time." We will be working on .....telling time!
* Tell time to the minute
* Tell elapsed time
* Read a calendar
Reading: The kids have been lookinng forward to our next fiction story, Where on Earth Is My Bagel.
phonics/spelling: ou and ou
book, should, took, stood, crook, would, look, could, good, shook
*cookout, understood, bookstore, cookies, couldn"'t
fluency: notice the punctuation while reading
comprehension: look at cause and effect
grammar: look at irregular verbs
vocab: belongings, fleeing, gently, smothered, replied, pleaded, fragrant, grunted, crave & correspond
reference skills: We have been using the dictionary to look up the vocab. words. We are trying to learn how to use the guide words as a tool.