Weekly Preview

Hi Families!

BRRR.....it may be cold outside but we're heating up with learning in our class!  We had a good first week back and are continuing to rock and roll!

This week in reading we will learn how make generalizations while reading.  We will learn how to do this out of context first and then connect it to reading.  We will continue to do word study and everyone will learn long a and hard/soft c and g.  We will also begin Fountas & Pinnell reading tests.  This is just a formal running record.  A way for the county to assess each child's reading level at this time of the year.  Your child will be familiar with is as we have been doing informal running records throughout the year.  This testing will take place during our normal small group reading time.  No worries though, with having Miss Davis, she will be pulling students to read with them one on one while I do testing!  What a great advantage we have!  We will continue to learn how to write opinion papers during writing time.

In math this week, we will be learning more about place value.  We will do some hands-on activities as well as paper/pencil assignments.  We will learn how to represent a number in serveral different ways including expanded form.  This week with homework,  I have also attached math flashcards.  I ask that you spend NO MORE than 1-2 minutes a night review those flashcards with your child.  We will start to have math fast facts tests starting next week.  This will be an assessment of 1 minute where your child will write answers to the fast facts being reviewed.  This will be a grade on the first grade report card.

We will continue to review facts about winter in Spotsylvania.  We are learning about how winter affects animals and people.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Beltz