Monday, October 29th, 2012 (39th Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Families:
map
cap
lap
nap
tap

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
sail
trail
nail
wait
plain
paint
mail
train
snail
brain
rain
paid

IXL Math Outcomes September/October

Below are the following math outcomes we have previously been working on and the outcomes we are covering right now. These are the outcomes aligned with the IXL math program. If your child wishes to practice at home (not required) here are a few of the outcomes they can currently practice on.


Grade 1:
N1, N2, A1, A2, A3, A4, A9, A10, A11, A12

Grade 2:
A1-A8, L1, D1, D2, D3

Monday, October 22, 2012 (34th Day of School)

Grade 1 Sounds (long vowel sounds):
a (ape, cake, rake)
e (he, she, we, me)
i (I, ride, hike, like)
o (go, rope, joke, rose, nose)
u (use, fuse)

Grade 2 Spelling:
wing
king
swing
ring
bring
sting
spring
sing
bang
hang
rang
long
song
strong

Tuesday, October 17th, 2012 (31st Day of School)

Grade 1 Sounds:
wh (whale, whisper, while, when)
th (the, thank, there, thistle, think)
sh (shut, shoulder, ship, shop)
ch (chain, chair, chin, choose)

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
too
pool
moon
boot
choose
fool
tooth
school
spoon
room
loose
noon

Fire Safety Week

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 (25th Day of School)

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Grade 1 Spelling Blends this week are:
cr (crown, crow, crayon)
dr (draw, dragon)
gr (grandma, grandpa, grey, grab, grand)
fr (frown, freeze)
br (breeze, brown, black)

Grade 2 Spelling words:
hook
took
book
cook
look
brook
shook
good
hood
wood
stood
foot

This week is Fire Safety week. Today we will be taking a tour of the Springside Fire Hall!

Monday, October 1, 2012 (20th Day of School)

The grade 1 students have finished reviewing all their sounds for the last couple weeks. This week we have started working on blend sounds. This week's blends are:
bl (ex- blue, blanket, blocks, black)
sl (ex- sled, slither, slimy, slide, sleep, slippers)
fl (ex- flame, flag, flashlight, fly, flower)
gl (ex- glasses, glove, glue, globe, glass)
cl (ex- clown, cloud, clock, clothes, climb, closet)
pl (ex- plane, plum, plate, plant, play)

Grade 2 Spelling Words are different words ending with y and the different sounds they make:
Y sounding like I
-cry
-by
-shy
-sky
Y sounding like A
-may
-way
-gray
-today
Y sounding like E
-any
-only
-many
-very