September 23rd-27th

Ms. Gonzalez's Class News for September 23rd-27th

Literacy-

SWBAT:

• build words with long vowels, VCe
• practice fluency using story passage
• read “Exploring Space with an Astronaut” to build comprehension
• think critically about main selection
• understand VCe words
• Review VC/CV and VCC/V words
• read words in isolation
• read words in context
• read at an appropriate rate
• correctly identify a subject in a sentence
• review amazing words: ascend, descend, orbit, universe, enormous, journey
• review short vowels and consonants
• practice putting words into alphabetical order
• understand why we speak and listen
• review characters and setting and apply them to a story
• review high frequency and selection words-everywhere, live, machines, move, woman, work, world
• review selection vocab- astronaut, telescope, experiment, gravity, shuttle
• identify expository nonfiction

Handwriting-

SWBAT:

• correctly form the letter E, e and write about Adam and Eve

Religion:

SWBAT:

• understand their responsibilities as baptized children of God
• know that they must try to keep their souls free from sin and filled with grace, so they may go to Heaven
• learn that most Catholics are given a saint’s name, a patron saint
• know that saints are those honored for serving God faithfully in this life by being united with Him forever in Heaven

• Pray a decade of the rosary
• Attend mass

Math-

SWBAT:

• subtract 0, 1, and 2 from a number by applying the concepts of 0-less than, 1 less-than and 2 less-than a number
• use addition doubles facts to subtract
• find differences by using related addition facts to 10
• find differences by using related addition facts to 18
• recognize how fact families can help subtract
• review subtraction strategies

Social Studies/ Science-

SWBAT:

• understand the motion of Earth in relation to the sun
• understand that most things are in the process of change and that there are patterns to these changes
• recognize how our daily activities are affected by the weather
• create a foldable seasons reminder
• create a seasons window

Spelling-

SWBAT:

• spell the words: page, nose, space, size, fine, mice, late, huge, blaze, race, rice, vote

Reminders:

CORRECTION: There is no mass this week. Picture day is on Tuesday, please send your child in mass uniforms!

Please see cccscoltexpress.blogspot.com for an updated calendar and the happenings of this week.

I will be gone on Thursday and Friday, Mrs. Keas will be subbing for me. She subbed for my class last year and is amazing! Please note that I will do my best to return emails in a timely manner while I am away, however, I may not return them within 24 hours

September 16th-20th

Ms. Gonzalez's Class News for September 16th- 20th

Literacy-

SWBAT:

• build words with short vowels
• practice fluency using story passage
• read The Twin Club (2nd read) to build comprehension
• think critically about main selection, The Twin Club
• write a personal narrative based on a place they have visited
• Review VC/CV and VCC/V words
• read words in isolation
• read words in context
• read The 1st day of school and review poetry
• read at an appropriate rate
• correctly identify a sentence
• revise a draft of my personal narrative
• review amazing words: investigate, rural, urban, downy, perch, founders, muttered, unanimous
• review short vowels and consonants
• practice putting words into alphabetical order
• understand why we speak and listen
• review characters and setting and apply them to a story
• review high frequency and selection words- someone, somewhere, beautiful, country, front, friend, cousins, meadow, promise, and parents
• review poetry
• review sentences
• proofread for sentences
  
  

Handwriting-

SWBAT:

• correctly form the letter D, d and E
  
  

Religion:

SWBAT:

• review that Adam and Eve lost grace and the ability to go to Heaven by their sin
• Adam and Eve are our first parents and Original Sin is passed onto all man
• understand that Baptism washes away Original Sin and infuses the soul with grace
• understand that Baptism makes it possible for us to go to Heaven because we receive grace
• understand their responsibilites as baptized children of God
• know that they must try to keep their souls free from sin and filled with grace, so they may go to Heaven
• pray a decade of the rosary

Math-

SWBAT:

• review adding doubles, near doubles, making 10 and adding three numbers
• show what I know from topic 2
• listen to a math story
• identify subtraction in the story
• subtract 0, 1, and 2 from a number by applying the concepts of 0-less than, 1-less than and 2-less than

Social Studies/ Science-

SWBAT:

• understand the motion of Earth in relation to the sun.
• understand that most things are in the process of change and that there are patterns to these changes.
• recognize how our daily activites are affected by the weather.

Spelling-

SWBAT:

• spell the words: block, pit, sum, fist, sit, disk, miss, clock, glad, bag, crust, drop

Reminders:

Wednesday Mass at 1:45pm.

Updated grades will be in by Wednesday

Friday is Junior Achievement for a Day

For a schedule of events for the following weeks please check the calendar at www.teacherease.com or the Colt Express

Have a blessed week! 

Update is coming

Dear families, 

As some of you may have heard, my basement flooded on Friday morning. I have spent the weekend working on it with my roommates and have not had time to get everything prepared for the week. 

I am working on planning and grading at the moment, but it may not be done by tonight. I will have a post ready tomorrow! 

Thank you for your understanding! 

Ms. Gonzalez

September 9th - 13th

Ms. Gonzalez's Class News for September 9th- 13th

Literacy-

SWBAT:

• learn 8 amazing vocabulary words: investigate, rural, urban, downy, perch, founders, muttered and unanimous.
• distinguishing medial phonemes
• review short vowels and consonants
• learn 6 high frequency words: beautiful, country, friend, front, someone, somewhere.
• determine character and setting in a story.
• write a personal narrative.
• review syllable patterns VC/CV and VCC/V
• review selection vocabulary: cousins, meadow, parents, promise.
• determine the plot of “The Twin Club”
  
  
  

Handwriting-

SWBAT:

• correctly form the letter c.
• review correctly write A,a,B,b,C and c.
  

Religion:

• The Fall of Adam and Eve
• The Effects of Sin
• Attend Mass
• Review of Chapter 5- God is Offended
• Introduction to Chapter 6- Becoming a Child of God

• Continue to build stamina for First Friday adoration.

Math-

SWBAT:

• Topic 2.3- master addition facts where the addends are one part
• Topic 2.4- use the communitive property to find sums.
• Topic 2.5- find the sum of three addends using any order.
• Topic 2.6- find sums by making 10 when adding
• Topic 2.7- draw a picture and write a number sentence to solve a story problem.
  
  
  

Social Studies/ Science-

SWBAT:

• read a map by using a compass rose and legend as well as understanding a map grid.
• understand the motion of Earth in relation to the sun.
• understand that most things are in the process of change and that there are patterns to these changes.
• recognize how our daily activities are affected by the weather.

Spelling-

SWBAT:

• spell the words: rock, list, desk, job, sad, chop, sack, tag, rib, mess, dust, drum.

Reminders:

Wednesday Mass at 1:45pm.

Back to School Night- Thursday Sept. 12th at 5pm, meet in the gym for dinner. Presentations will be held in classrooms from 5:30-6:00 and from 6:00-6:30 after there will be an HSA presentation until 7:15pm.

Friday Sept. 13th- Mid term progress check, check www.teacherease.com for your child’s grades. If there are any questions, please contact me.

September 3rd-6th

Ms. Gonzalez's Class News for September 3rd- 6th

Literacy:

• Continue to build stamina in writing
• Coninue reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
• Properly punctuate sentences.
• Use precise nouns in our writing. (ex. The room in your house has new cabinets. vs. The kitchen in your house has new cabinets.)
• Use vivid verbs in our writing. (ex. The horse runs. vs. The horse gallops.)
• Use active adjectives in our writing. (ex. She sat under a tree. vs. She sat under a leafy tree.)
• Create and illustrate silly sentences that use adjectives, verbs and nouns.
  

Handwriting:

• Lowercase b
• Capital C
• lowercase c

Religion:

• Order of Creation
• God created the Angels
• The Fall of Angels
• The test and fall of Adam and Eve

• Continue to build stamina for First Friday adoration.

Math:

• Assessment of student’s understanding of the concepts and skills in Topic 1.
• Introduction to Topic 2- Addition Strategies
• Topic 2, lesson 1: Adding 0,1,2
• Topic 2, lesson 2: Adding doubles
  

Social Studies/ Science:

• Continue our geography unit.
• Students will also be able to locate themselves, their community, their state, their country, their continent and their planet on a map.
• Students will be able to identify that a map is a representation of a place and understand that a map is not the same as a picture, that it uses symbols.
• Students will identify the Equator, Poles and Hemispheres.
• Students will be able to identify different geographical features, including: coast, valley, prairie, desert, oasis, harbor, bay and island.

Reminders:

I hope you had a wonderful five day weekend! I learned all about the sacraments at the Aquinas Catechetical Institute!

Wednesday Mass at 1:45pm. Remember to wear mass uniforms.

Thursday is PE, please remember gym shoes.

Grandparents day on Friday Sept. 6th there is also noon dismissal from classrooms that day.

Math homework will be graded this week online. Please read the previous blog about the Envision Math.

Envision Math

Alright, so now that I am finally understanding the online math portion of our program and have gone through it with your lovely children, I can hopefully help to rid you of some of your headaches. :)

When you log on, there are two programs for you to look at. Right now, we are just going to be using the Envision Math. (That is until I can become more familiar with Reading Street.)  

If and when there is an assignment for your child to complete, the tab on the left side of the banner will say "To Do," click on that and it will show the assignments you need to complete. 

After you get to the assignments screen, click on the assignment for the day. There will be a pop-up. The left side will have three options, "Learn, Guided and Independent Practice and Quiz." Have your child watch the Learn video, this will be review for what we did in class. 

After your child has watched the video, you can skip the guided and independent practice, this portion is what we will have completed in class together. 

Then your student will take the quiz. There is a bottom bar that has bubbles labeled A, B, C, D with two arrow button. Click the bubble of the answer on that bottom bar, you will not be able to select the actual problem. Once they have the quiz graded a link will appear for reteaching, practice or enrichment. You do not need to print this page off, however, encourage your child to work on the problems. I will use the grade of the quiz and work from in class to grade the lesson, I will also use the quiz to enrich or reteach the lesson. 

Once the lesson homework is complete, don't forget to click the I'm Done button on the right side of the assignment. This will submit the assignment to me, otherwise it cannot be graded. 

I hope this brings about a little more clarity and I will be walking through the homework at the Back to School Night on September 12th!

Thank you for your patience and working through this with me! 

Many blessings, 

Ms. Gonzalez