Miss Nuzzo’s Classroom News

Shared Reading: Spiders Week One

Focus: Spiders and Non- Fiction Texts Date: October 3-7, 2016

WORD WALL WORDS /

READING SKILLS

lawn walked
raw always
talk all
straw claw
almost small
also yawn
wall paw
law
*Word Wall Assessment Friday /
  • aw / al sounds in words
  • Answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions
  • Text Features (fiction/nonfiction)
  • Story Elements: characters, setting, problem/solution
  • Referring back to text for justification of answers
  • Making Connections, Predictions, and Interpretations of a story
  • Main Idea / Supporting Details
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Cause and Effect
  • Using Context Clues
  • Author’s Purpose
  • Summarizing/Retelling a story
  • Sequencing parts of the story: beginning, middle, end
*Cold Read Assessment Friday

LANGUAGE SKILLS

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MATH

● Nouns (Common, Proper, Collective, Plural and Possessive)
● Subject and Predicate of a sentence – Simple Sentences
● Rules for capitalization and punctuation
● Compound Words
● Narrative Writing:
-Using Temporal or Transitional Words and
Sequencing in our writing
-Adding detail, dialogue, and voice to our writing
-Discovering ways to hook your reader and adding a
good closure to our writing
-Writing for a purpose
- Start Revising and Editing our writing /
  • Even/Odd
  • Graphs – Pictographs and Bar Graphs
  • Geometry – Identifying/Drawing Shapes Having Specific Attributes
  • Addition and Subtraction Strategies
  • Telling Time
  • Place Value to 100
  • Number Form, Word Form, Expanded Form
  • 10 more and 10 less, 100 more and 100 less
  • Reading and Writing Numbers
  • Review Addition and Subtraction Facts
  • Story Problems
  • Identifying one more or one less of a number
  • Less Than < Greater Than > Equal To =
  • Skip Counting (“What’s My Rule?”)

SPECIAL NOTES

~Please send Supply Fee $30.00 (CASH ONLY) and PTO Party $5.00 (CASH ONLY)
~Parents, please do not send loose money to school with your child. All money should be in a sealed envelope or Ziplock with your child’s name, my name, and what the money is for!
~Parents, Please remember if your child’s transportation changes I either need a note or you must call the front office to let them know! I cannot just send a child home a different way unless it is in writing or the front office has buzzed me!
~It’s that time of year again, if your child has fever or throws up they may not return to school for 24 hours!
~Please encourage your child to do their best and try their hardest! A little encouragement goes a long way! Also, please remind your child that working hard and following school rules in class everyday is very important!
~PBIS focus of the week: How to Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe in the CAFETERIA!
~Walk to school day is Wednesday, October5th!
~NO SCHOOL MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH – FALL HOLIDAY!
~ I look forward to another SUPER week! 

Homework Assignments

Monday
Math and Language Practice
(Front and Back)
Study word wall words.
Read your reading fluency passage & record your time!
Tuesday
Math and Language Practice
(Front and Back)
Study word wall words.
Read your reading fluency passage & record your time!
Wednesday
Family Night
Study word wall words.
Read a book!
Thursday
Math and Language Practice
(Front and Back)
Study word wall words.
Read your reading fluency passage & record your time!
Friday
No Homework!
Have a Great Weekend!!
Read a book!