Superkids: This week the students will review long vowel words.  Our spelling words are: go, no, so, be, he, me, she, we, hi, flu.  In writing the students are working on nonfiction pieces.  

 

Math: This week in math we are starting Chapter 5 - Working with Addition and Subtraction Equations.  The students will work to find the missing addend and compare like equations.

 

Religion: This week, we are working on Chapter 6, "Baptism is a Wonderful Gift." After break, we will begin our lessons on Advent.

 

Science: This week, we are finishing up our Thanksgiving science lessons. We will discuss Thanksgiving traditions and why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

 

Social Studies: This week we are reviewing for and having our Unit test.  The study guide will come home on Tuesday and the test on Thursday.  Our next unit will be Economics.

Superkids: This week we will review -ed and -ing endings.  Our spelling words are: flipping, flipped, stepping, stepped, there, from, be, to, we, or. In writing, we will begin writing descriptive paragraphs.

 

Math: We will begin practicing for our cumulative test.  We will review strategies from chapters 1-4.  We will review all week and have our test on Friday.

 

Religion: The students will wrap up Chapter 5.  The study guide will go home early this week.

 

Science: This week we are doing Thanksgiving Mystery Science lessons.  Our lesson will be, Why do people eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

 

Social Studies: We will review for our "Groups" quiz. Look for a study guide going home early in the week.  We will take our quiz later in the week.

*Our review got pushed back because we were talking about the election last week.  

Superkids: This week is a short week so we will have our spelling quiz on Thursday.  The kiddos are doing well with the spelling words!  This week we are reviewing -ed endings and learning how to add the -ing ending.  The words are: helping, helped, asking, asked, hugging, hugged, shopping, shopped, grinning, grinned.

 

Math: We are finishing up Topic 4.  The students have been learning many strategies to subtract.  Our quiz will be on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how well the review goes.  Next we will do a cumulative assessment on chapters 1-4.  The students will review and have a test next week.

 

Religion: We will begin Chapter 5 - God is our Loving Father.

 

Science - We are taking some time to do Thanksgiving related science lessons.  We learned about turkeys on Friday and we will do our experiment on Tuesday.  

 

Social Studies - We will wrap up our Groups That we Belong To lessons and study for a quiz.  Once we are finished with that we will begin to review the entire unit and prepare for a test.

Superkids: This week we are learning the other two -ed sounds, /t/ and /d/.  Our spelling words are: yelled, smelled, jumped, bumped, look, your, the, was, are, for.  In writing the students were working on opinion writing.  I am going to do a quick opinion writing evaluation to make sure the students can write at least three sentences on topic, with capital letters, and punctuation marks.  We will then begin writing our narrative stories.

 

Math: We will continue practicing our subtraction using multiple strategies.  We will continue learning fact families and doubles facts. 

 

Religion: We are working on an activity for All Saints Day.  We will make a banner to go in the hallway and a poster to learn more about Saint Peter Canisius.

 

Social Studies: We will continue learning about and discussing the groups we belong to.  

 

Science: We will do a Halloween science lesson: How do bats find things in the dark?

Superkids: This week the kiddos will be practicing -er and -ed endings.  Our spelling words are: after, never, better, winter, summer, rested, twisted, planted, printed, acted.  In writing we will finish our opinion pieces on our favorite seasons.

 

Math: This week we are starting subtraction.  We will practice making a 10, using addition, and fact families to help us subtract.

 

Religion: Last week the students brought home a unit study guide.  They are to practice it until their quiz on Tuesday.  We will review in class on Monday as well.  After we take the test we will begin Chapter 5 - God is Our Loving Father.

 

Social Studies: We are moving on to our last section in Unit 1.  The students will work on lesson 5 - What groups do we belong to?

 

Science: We will continue with some fun fall and Halloween lessons.

Superkids: This week the spelling words have the -le ending: bubble, little, candle, and pickle.  They are also quizzed on their memory words: do, have, show, how, me, a.  In writing, we are working on opinion writing.

 

Math: This week we are reviewing strategies we learned to add up to 20.  We will practice doubles, near doubles, making a 10, and number lines.  We will have a quiz on Friday.  

 

Religion: We will be taking our Chapter 4 quiz on Tuesday.  The students went home with the study guide last week and I know they've been practicing!  Because we have completed four chapters, we will now review for a test covering all we have learned up to this point.  We will review all week and the students will bring home another study guide.

 

Science: We have finished our Plant Superpowers unit.  After reviewing we will have a test.  We will then do some fun fall lessons!

 

Social Studies: We will finish lesson 4 - How are we good helpers at school?  Once the lesson is complete we will have a quick quiz to summarize our learning.

Next, we will begin lesson 5 - What groups do we belong to?  

Superkids: This week the spelling words are king, sing, thing, hang, bang, sang, long, song, rung, sung.  We will also being a research writing project where the students will find answers to the questions they generated last week. 

 

Math: We will continue with learning how to add to 20.   We will revisit doubles and learn the importance of memorizing them.  We will have a quiz next week.

 

Religion: The 1st graders are working on Chapter 4 - We give praise to God.  Last week they wrote what they praise God for and it is hanging in the classroom. This week they will finish the chapter and prepare for their quiz.

 

Social Studies: The students are working on a lesson called, "How are we good helpers at school?"  They're learning about respect and responsibility, along with the Golden Rule.

 

Science: This week we will do the experiment for our lesson about the structure of trees.  The students will have to create an umbrella that doesn't blow over using trees as an example of a solid structure.

Superkids: This week the students will be learning the /th/ sounds.  The spelling words are - this, that, thin, think, thank, bath, path, math, cloth, moth.  In writing, we will continue to learn how to ask and answer questions in writing.

 

Math: This week we will have our unit 2 quiz and begin Unit 3.  Our quiz will be on Tuesday.  The students have been reviewing and are ready to show their knowledge of adding and subtracting to 10.  Unit 3 is Adding Facts to 20.

 

Religion: The students will take the Fall Religion Assessment.  This assessment is not graded.  

 

Social Studies: We will start our next lesson - How are we good helpers at school?

 

Science: We have begun our Plants Superpowers unit.  This week the students are learning how seedlings are similar and different from the adult plant.

Superkids: This week the students will decode and encode words with the /sh/ sound.  They will also continue to practice their memory words.  Our spelling words are: fish, wish, rush, brush, I, my, she, her, he, his.

 

Math: This week the kiddos will continue learning different strategies to add and subtract within 10.  We will have our quiz next week.

 

Religion: The kiddos brought home a study guide last week for our next quiz.  We will review in class and take the quiz on Monday.  We will then begin our next topic: God's Word Teaches Us.  We will learn about the Bible and read bible stories.

 

Science: We will do the activity to match our last video - Why do family members look alike?  We will then review for a unit test.  

 

Social Studies: We will continue with our lessons in the unit, "Why Do Schools Have Rules?" 

Superkids: This week we officially begin 1st grade material!  Yay!  The kiddos did great on their spelling tests last week!  Thank you for practicing at home.  They will have another spelling test on Friday this week and every Friday going forward.  I will let you know if that changes :)  This week's spelling words are: bunch, lunch, inch, pinch, ranch, branch, chip, chop, chick, check.

 

Math: This week the kiddos will begin topic 2 - Fluently Add and Subtract Within 10.  They will learn to add with doubles and near doubles, use a 10 frame, and solve word problems.

 

Religion: The 1st graders will continue to talk about what we see in a church.  After mass they will draw a picture of different things they remember seeing in the church.  We will also continue discussing how we can learn from and help each other.

 

Science: We are continuing with our animal lessons.  This week the kiddos will do an experiment with moths that are camouflaged.  

 

Social Studies:  We are moving on to lesson 3 in Social Studies.  We will have a short quiz on lesson 2 (Why it's important to learn from each other).  Lesson 3 is, Why Do Schools Have Rules?

Superkids: The kiddos have their first spelling list this week!  They will bring the list home to practice during the week.  We will have a quiz on Friday.  As a class we have been practicing how to rotate through our reading centers.  We will continue this practice until it becomes routine.

 

Math: We have been practicing addition and subtraction, missing addends, and terms such as greater and fewer.  We will have a quiz on Thursday if the students seem ready.  If it seems more review is needed, we will continue with practice.

 

Religion: The students are learning about working together and how we need each other in our SEL religion program, Friendzy.  We are also talking about how we are community members of a church and the things we see in a church.

 

Social Studies: We have begun our 2nd chapter in our Civics unit.  The students will learn that they are special, they can learn from each other, and they are good at different things.

 

Science: In Science, the students will continue their study of animals with lesson 3.  In the lesson the students will discover different ways animal parents help their babies.  

Superkids: This week we will continue with our review lessons. We are reviewing memory words and spelling patterns.  The students are also reviewing sentence structure and making lists.  In reading, the students are reading adventures stories and will begin filling their book bins.

 

Math: Monday and Tuesday we are taking the Math Iready test.  Our class lessons will continue with addition and subtraction practice.

 

Religion - We have finished chapter 1 and have a quiz on Monday.  This quiz will not count as a quiz grade, but classwork.  I will go through quiz expectations and we will do it all together.

 

Social Studies: We are learning what it means to be part of a community and how to work together.  We have done many activities that demonstrate the power of listening to each other and working together.

 

Science: We have completed our first lesson and experiment.  The students had to classify animals based on their traits.  There will be a quick review of what they learned and then we will move on to the next lesson.  Our next lesson is, Animal Structures and Survival: Why do birds have beaks?