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[2nd GRADe] This week we focused on...

Daily 5: This week’s read alouds focused on various books related to Earth Day! The students learned about the Great Outdoors and how everyone can play a role in taking care of it and enjoying it! The class also spent time outside with their favorite books.

Writing: The 2nd Graders went down memory lane early in the week and opened their future letters from last year’s Earth Week. Throughout the week, the class worked on this year’s Earth Week letter to their 3rd Grade self.

Theme: The 1st and 2nd Graders went to the Chicago Botanic Garden and learned about worms! The class learned about compost, worm bins, and different types of worms. It was a beautiful day to also journal and draw various plants they found in different habitats.

EE: Ms. Naomi kicked off Earth Week with an introduction assembly on Monday! The class learned about the Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights, which connected with this year’s theme: earth for everyone. The class also visited their Solo Spot and journaled about what the Earth Week theme meant to them.

This week’s Math Homework was pages 161-164 and 165-166. No Math Homework this weekend.

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[1st GRADE MATH] This week we focused on...

This week the 1st Graders continued to help Hansel and Gretel with their paths. The characters laid down all their breadcrumbs, pinecones, and pebbles. Therefore, the task was to make the paths into beautiful ones. The 1st Graders were given the task to make paths of 10 or 20 steps using fences, benches, trashcans, or flowerpots to beautify the paths. The class created different combinations of 10 and 20 using those items. The students also continued practicing and learning about lines of symmetry and reviewing counting to 120. Later in the week, the students looked for symmetry in nature and went on a bird walk. The class tallied up how many birds they saw on the walk.

This week’s Math Homework was pages 113-114. No Math Homework this weekend.

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Upcoming & Announcements

Erin's Law Presentation: Wednesday, April 26th
Children's Day Assembly: Thursday, April 27th
ABC Countdown Starts: Thursday, April 27th
Appreciate Day - write an appreciation for your Book Buddy: Thursday, April 27th
Bring a stuffy day!: Friday, April 28th
Fun Food Friday: Friday, April 28th

CONTACT INFORMATION: Please e-mail both of us with any questions, child pick-ups, and any absences throughout the day (appointments/illnesses) at kchan@pccharterschool.org and klindstrom@pccharterschool.org.

Classroom 14 Wish List: If you wish to donate any materials to our classroom, please click here. We appreciate your generosity and donations!

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Sight Words & Practice Activities

Word of the Day: tape one or two words written on an index card next to the front door, as EVERYONE in the family leaves or enters the house…..ask them to touch the word and yell it out.
Jump to Read: write the words your child is practicing in chalk outside, spend five to ten minutes a day jumping from word to word and calling them out.
Eat the Words: write this weeks' sight words in whipped cream or frosting, eat one word treat a day (after reading it of course).
Spell Them Out: Use alphabet pasta (dry) to spell out each word (glue them onto a piece of cardstock for future practicing).

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Sight Words Practice Activities Continued

Concentration: Play concentration with matching sets of sight word cards.
Bath Time: Write words in the bathtub with bath crayons.
Shaving Cream: Spread shaving cream onto a plastic tray and write the words with your finger
Tic Tac Toe: Play tic tac toe (using two sight words instead of x and o).
Magnets: Build sight words each day with letter magnets on the fridge.
Sight Word Search: Hide two or three sight words around the house (written on a post it). Have your child find them (each day hide them in a new place).

Note of the Day: Each day write your child a short note (1-3 sentences). Include the words they are practicing. Ask them to circle those words in crayon(bonus points for letting them use their favorite color).
Use alphabet cookie cutters and playdough to spell out the words.
Put letters onto a set of legos and BUILD the words.
Catch: Use a sharpie to write each word from your child's current set on different parts of a beach ball. Toss the ball back and forth, yelling out the words that face up each time.
Roll the Die: Create a set of die (large size) with a word on each face. Roll and read.
Memory: create pairs of sight words and play memory.
Sight Word Detective: look for focus words in your favorite story each night.

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Math Practice Activities

Practice skip counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s up to 20.
Use legos, blocks, toys, or popsicle sticks to practice counting.
Write numbers 0-20. Use pencil, markers, colored pencils, or dry erase markers.
Bath Time: Write words in the bathtub with bath crayons.
Shaving Cream: Spread shaving cream onto a plastic tray and write the numbers with your finger
Practice counting with a ten frame app or the number rack app.
Practice adding and subtracting up to 20.
Use a deck of cards and have child flip over cards and write the number the card flipped over (paper or white board).
Think and share fun story problems using addition up to 20 (i.e. Kelsey has 7 popsicles. Her mom gave her 5 more. How many popsicles does Kelsey have in total?).
Measuring with popsicle sticks or unifix cubes. Practice estimating then counting to find the exact amount.
Counting or adding the dots on both sides of the dominoes. Create addition equations or asking which number is greater than, less than, or equal to.
Creating fact families with dominoes (one side of the domino plus the other side).
Identify and count coins: nickel, penny, and dime.
Counting forwards and backwards by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
Identifying the hour hand on an analog clock.
Counting forward and backwards on a number line by 1s, 5s, and 10s up to 120
Drawing and labeling a blank number line by 1s, 5s, or 10s.�More Bridges Math Practice Activities