August 19th- 23rd

Ms. Gonzalez's Class News for August 19th- August 23rd

Here is what we are going to be doing in class this week!

Literacy:

• Phonics assessment
•  Identifying initial, medial and final consonant sounds
• building writing stamina
• What and why authors write
• procedures for how to work in centers and  in small groups
• begin reading Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Handwriting:

• Procedures for handwriting
• Pre-test in handwriting
• Identify letter size
• Identify letter strokes
• Write capital A

Religion:

• We will be answering four major questions  this week.
• Who made you?
• Who is God?
• Where is God?
• Does He know everything?
• On Friday, we will be going over to the church to build stamina in preparation for First Friday adoration.
• We will also be identifying areas of the church and talking about the use of them.

Math:

• Beginning our unit on understanding addition and subtraction
• Students will write addition number sentences
• Students will model joining stories
• Students will write subtraction number sentences
• Students will model separating stories
• Students will write subtraction sentences to solve stories about comparing groups

Social Studies/ Science:

• We are beginning the year by learning about continents, oceans, communities, maps and legends.
• This week we will begin by reviewing the seven continents and four oceans.
• Students will also be able to locate themselves, their community, their state, their country, their continent and their planet on a map.
• We played a game on Tuesday the students really loved! It is here!

Reminders:

Specials are as follows:

Monday- Spanish

Tuesday- Music

Wednesday- Art

Thursday- P.E. (please have black tennis shoes)

Friday- Technology

Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at 1:45pm. You are more than welcome to attend.

Planners will be coming home this week, please review the student handbook and this week's schedule.  

This week I will begin sending math homework home. Until I can get the online math component figured out, please be on the lookout for the homework on paper.

Please contact me with any questions!