Weekly Preview

This week we are going to continue to do reading groups and whole group reading.  I am so impressed with the progress that they are all making in reading!  Please continue to read, read, read!  We will talk about story sequencing in reading along learning to read/write words that begin with triple clusters.  Ex.  scr, sch, spr.  We will do a spelling assessment on Wednesday.  This will give me the opportunity to see how every child is doing independently and to adjust word study for their level.  We will continue to write about How to.....  This week our focus will be how to wrap a present.  A skill everyone should know the basics for.  

In math this week, we will continue with solving basic facts, addition and subtraction.  We will also begin to solve story problems.  This is not a new task for the class, just a review.  

This week we will not have an SOL for science or Social Studies.  We will finish maps on Monday with a simple assessment.  I hope you had the chance to look at your child's map that we create in class.  They LOVED map making!  We will go back to this skill later in the year.  

We will be busy working on lots of other things this week as well.  We will make Gingerbread houses on Wednesday, always a class favorite and we will celebrate Winter break with a sweet treat on Friday.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Beltz

Holiday Performance

WOW!  They did an amazing job!  I am so proud of them and all the hard work they put in!   

Every"buggy" did AWESOME!

Weekly Preview

WOW!  Time sure is flying by!  Only 2 more weeks until winter break and we are trying to fit it all in.  They are doing are a great job of absorbing it all!

This week we have lots going on: 
Monday- Please send your child to school in a green shirt and pants if possible.  We will be doing the play in the afternoon for the school.  It begins at 1:30 and you are also welcome to attend this performance.
Tuesday-  Play performance will be done at 9:30.  Please send your child to school in green again.  Then return to school at night between 6:30-6:45pm for the night performance also wearing green.  
( if your child has a speaking part, I will be keeping costumes at school )

This week we will continue to read, read, read.  We will be learning about clusters with s, scr, spr, sn, sl, etc.  We will also briefly learn about kn, gn, wr ( harder concepts to master ).  We will talk about comparing and contrasting while reading.  We will also continue our sequencing writing.  We learned to use the words first, next, then and last to tell others how to do something.  Last week, we wrote about how we eat Oreo cookies and even did some taste testing.  This week will write about How to build a snowman.  FUN!  Thank you for your support on continuing to practice word study at home.  They rocked the tests this past week!  The goal is to have them see these pattern features in other words and be able to make the connection with reading and spelling.  

We have been focusing on addition and will move to subtraction this week.  The goal is to get students to "see" the numbers they are adding and not just memorize the fact.  I want them to make connections between number equations.  For example if they know that 3+1=4 then they should be able to figure out that 3+2=( one more than 3+1 )  We will be doing the same things with subtraction.  We are only working on numbers to 10.

We have been studying maps.  We will continue to learn parts of a map and then begin to use them in creating our own maps and reading maps.  

Next week, we will be making gingerbread houses to place on our WES map in our room.  This will require donations.  I will send home that letter tomorrow.  Be on the lookout for that.

Again, thank you for your support.  The class is making great gains and working hard!  Have a great week!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Beltz

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Learning with Legos

This week we got the chance to learn with Legos.  We practiced our skip counting, 2, 5, and 10 by putting out Legos in the correct order.  Learning can be FUN!

Flashlight Friday!

Flashlight Friday Fun!  

On Fridays we get the chance to turn off the lights, partner up with a friend and READ, READ, READ!  

Perfect Attendance 1st nine weeks

PERFECT ATTENDANCE!

Check out the students who had perfect attendance for the 1st nine weeks!

WAY TO GO!

Morning Routine

Morning Workout Fun!

I get a laugh every morning and thought I would share part of our morning routine! 

Weekly Preview

This week we will continue to learn and grow in true wildcat style.  Learning and growing together as a family.

In reading this week, we will continue to read and learn to categorize, classify and learn to question.  We will learn how to read and blend words with r clusters.  We will also learn about words that contractions with s.  Words like it's, who's and where's.  Word study will continue as we will pick up the pace and work through one sort a week.  This week in writing we will write about our past, present and future.  We will create a writing piece and work on it during the writing process.

In math this week, we will work on skip counting by 2, 5, and 10 to 100.  We will look at numbers pattern.s We will work on verbally counting and writing our numbers in writing patterns.  We will do this through lots of kinestetic activities, reading, and even use Lego's to learn.  We will then begin to learn about how to create graphs, read graphs and answer questions about the graphing data.

We will continue to learn about past, present and future.  We will learn about how to read a timeline and create one for ourselves.  We will also begin to talk about Pilgrims, turkeys and Thanksgiving.

Another great week is upon us and I am looking forward to growing and learning with my wonderful wildcats!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Beltz 

Dr. Slunt's Visit

This week Dr. Slunt, a professor from Mary Washington University, came to visit us.  She taught us about day/night and how we get our seasons.

Field Trip Video

This video illustrates just one of the many things the class learned on our field trip to the River!

Field Trip

Field Trip to Friends of the Rappahannock

Learning all about Habitats and 

using our 5 senses!

Weekly Preview

This week we will complete the following SOLS:

In reading, we will continue to learn how to make predictions and how to infer.  We will learn how to read verb ending s,ed,and ing.  We will also learn about possessive nouns.  We will learn that this means something belongs to someone.  We will continue with small groups as well as word study.  We will begin to pick up the pace with word study and switch from one sort every two weeks to one sort a week.  This week in writing we will learn how to write friendly letters.  We will conclude this week with writing a friendly letter to Veterans.

We will continue to work on place value in math.  We will be looking at recognizing numbers in terms of tens and ones and determining how many tens and ones are in a number.  We will do this through many different activities.

We will take two days this week to talk about Veteran's day and why it is important.  We will then begin to learn about the terms past, present, and future.  We will talk about these terms and look how how our communities, schools, dress, and cars have changed and will change over time.  We will also use these words in reference to a timeline.  

Thank you to our field trip volunteers!  We had a great time visiting the Rappahannock River.

Things to Remember:

Thanksgiving Break  Wednesday, November 26-28.

Please continue to send in a daily snack. 

Many Thanks and have a great week!

Mrs. Beltz

Weekly Preview

This week we will complete the following SOLS/activities:

During reading, we will continue working on short vowels, cvc words.  We will learn about words that double final consonants, and words that end with "s" to make plural words.  We will talk about how to evaluate a story.  This will allow the class to voice their opinion about the story and back it up with supporting details.

We will continue to work on place value in math.  We are working on writing and identifying numbers to 50 as well as how to represent those numbers using base ten blocks.  I am also working hard with the class to "prove" their answers.  I want them to be able to use words/pictures to prove that they truly understand why it is and not just because.

We will finish talking about the season of Fall.  We will have Dr. Slunt come in this week and do a lesson about Fall later in the week.  Pictures on that to come.

Reminders for the week:
NO SCHOOL on Tuesday----this is a teacher Professional Development day
Wednesday----Field trip!!
Please continue to send in Boosterthon Fun Run money.
Report Cards will be coming home on Thursday!

Have a great week!
Mrs. Beltz 

Summarizing/Retelling the Story

The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything!

We have been working on how to retell/summarize a story.  We learned that when we retell a story we included the important parts of the story.  We used this story and fun props to help us with this strategy.

Boosterthon Fun Run!

Thanking Our Crowd!

Thank you to all the parents who attended the fun run.  We would also like to thank all the families and family members who contributed to WES's school wide goal!

YOU ROCK!

Here we are Rockin' the Boosterthon Fun Run Track!

Pumpkin Math Fun!

Fun with Magnitude!  

Make a reasonable guess how many seeds you can scoop out a pumpkin.

They did great and had fun too! Their faces were priceless!

Boosterthon Pep Rally!

We are off and running....we have about $22 pledged per lap to date!  

Thank you to all our families that are contributing to make WES the best school possible for our students!  YOU ROCK!