December 14-18

Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:
  • phonics: phonetic skill #5 (two vowels walking, the first one does the talking)
  • phonics: assessment (soft c & g, adding suffixes, adverbs, and phonetic skill #5)
  • phonics: spelling with -k
  • reading: continuing to close read A Chair for my Mother (objectives: describe the overall structure of a story, describe how characters respond to major events and challenges, use information gained from the words in a print text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, identify and understand the central message in a text)
  • writing: continue with narrative writing
  • Holiday sing-along - Friday @ 8:30 AM.
  • Holiday rotations - Friday 12:45-2:25.  We will be learning about holiday customs in Italy, Germany, Israel, and Mexico.
Have a safe and happy holiday!
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December 7-11

I am so sorry for neglecting the blog!  Things have been very hectic lately, and to make matters worse I have been a bit under the weather.  Cold and flu season has definitely arrived!  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:
  • phonics: soft c & g
  • phonics: adding suffixes to CVCe (consonant-vowel-consonant-e) and CV words
  • phonics: adverbs
  • reading: begin A Chair for my Mother (objective: identify and understand story structure)
  • reading: compare A Chair for my Mother with Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday.
  • writing: begin working on narrative writing (objective: write a narrative that clearly describes the order of story events)
  • power hour: continued practice becoming better readers, spellers, and comprehenders.
We will have our annual holiday music program on Monday @ 1:30 (for grades 1 & 2 - grades 3, 4, & 5 will be on Tuesday, and K will be next week).  Hope to see you there!
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November 16 - 20


On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I will be in Salt Lake at the Professional Learning Community conference.  Mrs. Navarro will still be at school.  Please remind your child about your expectations for their behavior when we have a substitute.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

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November 9-13

Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:
  • phonics: linking verbs
  • phonics: subject/verb agreement
  • phonics: vowel families o & i (-old, -olt, -ost, -ind, -ild) - these are single vowel words in which the vowel sound is long
  • phonics: phonetic skill #3 (when a vowel stands alone, the vowel sound is long - for example, in the word 'she' or 'go')
  • writing: writing sentences that compare and contrast two different things
  • reading: The House on Maple Street (objective: to describe the overall structure of a story, and to use information from words and pictures in a text to show understanding of setting)
  • power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending
There is no school on Friday.  It is a professional development day for teachers.
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November 2-6

We made it through all the Halloween craziness!  Here is what we will be working on this week in English:
  • phonics: spelling with /ck/ (/ck/ follows short vowels)
  • phonics: adding suffixes to one-syllable short vowel words
  • phonics: the three sounds of /ed/
  • phonics: verbs (action and linking, subject/verb agreement, past, present, future, and irregular) - this will continue into next week to say the least
  • writing - writing a paragraph that compares and contrasts two elements within a text (we are currently working on comparing/contrasting two characters from a text)
  • reading - continuing to read Friends Around the World
  • power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending
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District Flyers

Here are some programs/activities that you may be interested in.  Click the picture for more information.





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October 26-30

This is going to be a crazy week, so buckle your seat belts and I will try my best to get something taught!  Here is what we will be working on in English:
  • phonics: nouns - singular, plural, common, proper, personal, possessive, indefinite, collective, irregular, and reflexive (who knew there were so many different kinds of nouns!)
  • phonics assessment - short and long vowels and phonetic skills 1 & 2
  • writing - they didn't do well on the writing assessment last week so we are going to practice some more.  We will be writing about games this week and going through the entire process again.  
  • reading: identifying the main topic of a text
  • reading: understanding the steps in a process
  • reading: using text features (captions) to locate facts and information
  • reading: ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding
  • power hour: continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehension

Tuesday we will be going on a field trip to the Ellen Eccles theater.  We will be seeing Julie Fowlis perform Gaelic music.  The buses will leave school at 12:10 PM and return at 2:30.

This is also Red Ribbon Week.  Here is the schedule of activities for the week:
Monday - Wear your craziest socks to "Sock it to drugs!"
Tuesday - "Hats off to giving drugs the boot!" so wear hats and boots today.
Wednesday - "Staying healthy and doing drugs don't match" so be mismatched today.
Thursday - "Follow your dreams" and wear pajamas today.
Friday - "Scare out drugs!" by wearing your Halloween costume today.


The Halloween parade will be on Friday morning at 8:20.  Parents are welcome to attend.  There will be seating in the gym.  There are a few rules to  ensure that everyone has a good time: please, no masks, no weapons (real or fake), no gore, and minimal face paint.  Students may wear their costumes during the parade, but they will need to change into regular clothes afterwards.
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