Third Quarter Expectations

Reading:
· Name letters
· Make sounds for letters
· Identify initial sounds in words
· Blend and segment one syllable words
· Read the follow sight words without hesitation: I, see, a, the, can, we, you, my, like, to, and, it, is, me, yes, no, go, at, am, an.
· Read words with a consonant, vowel, consonant pattern (i.e. rat, map, tub, ten, pit, net).
· Discuss books with others (i.e. describe illustrations, characters, setting, problem/solution, make predictions)
· Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
· Draw/write the beginning, middle and end of a story.
· Use reading strategies effectively (i.e. use picture clues, make predictions, stretch the word, ask yourself, “Does this make sense?”)
· Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.
· Reads on grade level.

Writing:
· Use spelling that shows letter/sound correspondence.
· Writing shows evidence of spacing.
· Write daily (pictures and/or words are done neatly and legibly).
· Generate own topics.
· Include detailed illustrations to support writing.
· Working toward meeting the elements of narrative writing (story with a single event or several events loosely linked, tell events as they move through time, include drawings that support the meaning of the story).
· Working toward meeting the elements of report writing (gather, collect and share information about a topic, maintain focus and exclude extraneous information when prompted).

Math:
· Name numerals 0-20.
· Place numerals in order 0-20.
· Write numerals 0-20 correctly.
· Match numerals with groups of objects 0-20.
· Count orally 1-75.
· Count by tens to 100.
· Compose and decompose numbers from 11-19 into ten ones and some further ones.
· Name three-dimensional shapes (cube, rectangular prism, cylinder, cone, sphere, pyramid).
· Compare and describe two and three-dimensional shapes.
· Identify shapes as two or three-dimensional.
· Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.

Blog Quiz

I'm so sorry that students have not received books from our most recent blog quiz. The books I ordered from Scholastic are on back order. They will get them as soon as they come in. In the meantime, congratulations to Jayden, Madison, Sara, Zoe, Kenny, Willy and Georgia who all submitted the correct answer!

Happy 100th day!

Check out all the things we did to celebrate being in school for 100 days.

We made portraits that show what we will look like when we're 100 years old.







We made 100th day hats.



We watched 101 Dalmations.



We read many 100th day books!

Look What We're Learning in Music

Here's another great song and dance we learned in Ms. Taylor's music class!