It's Friday in Mrs. Bognetti's Room!

Our first reading and spelling tests were taken with enthusiasm! Everyone did well on the Spelling test. I will send home the Reading test (and the Math test from yesterday) when everyone has taken them. We practiced more centers today and wrapped up literacy for this week. In Social Studies, we read a Time for Kids magazine and learned two vocabulary words: law and vote. We completed a worksheet about following rules in our neighborhood. This afternoon we read Harry Potter. Then, we tried different strategies to practice adding. We learned that we can add 6 +3 and 3+6 to get the same answer. We also learned that when you add zero to a number, it is always that number. The students do have one page of homework to complete over the weekend. At the end of the day, we had our first celebration of good behavior. Those students that earned at least three stamps this week got to play outside! Next week, since it is a short week, I will require that they earn two. Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Friday--Miss Calderone's class

What a super fast day! We started off with a story, then did some phonics. We then completed only 2 centers because we ran out of time. After we finished, we completed our DLP and wrote in our journals. Then, it was test time! We took our spelling test and after our reading test. Because we took the reading test together, you'll find it in your child's take home folder. Hopefully they'll be ready and not too intimidated when we take the reading tests. We then came to the floor and practiced counting syllables. We found one and two syllable words in the story. Our morning ended with making mixed up chameleons! They look awesome! We didn't get to finish, so we saved them for our celebration day this afternoon. When we came back from lunch, we read Harry Potter for quite a while! Everybody did a fantastic job of listening. We then had math where we learned about addends and that when you switch them, the sum is the same. After math we went to music and ended our day with finishing our chameleons.

The homework for the weekend is to read Get Up and Go! our next story. Also, math 2-1. Please remember it is a three day weekend so don't come on Monday! Happy Labor Day :)

Thursday in Mrs.Bognetti's Room

This morning we reviewed our phonics pattern, practiced counting syllables and completed our DLP. We made our own mixed-up chameleons and watched a DVD of Eric Carle stories. We also read several of his other books. The students really enjoyed listening! This afternoon, we read Harry Potter. Then, we reviewed for and took our first math test. In science, we learned about the parts of plants. The students have one page of homework. Tomorrow will be our first reading and spelling tests. You can help by re-reading the story and reviewing the vocabulary words!

Thursday--Miss Calderone's class

This morning we began with another story about a plant’s life cycle, worked to complete some sentences in our DLP and then wrote in out September journals. After sharing, we did some phonics and then talked about what a table of contents is. We found some information using a table of contents and then completed a worksheet together. We then completed 3 centers! After centers we visited Mrs. Bognetti’s room to watch a few Eric Carle based movies! We had a blast! After lunch we read a bit of Harry Potter and then started math. We reviewed chapter one and then took our first math test! I hope everybody did a great job! We had a little time for science so we labeled a plant and talked about the job of each part. We ended the day with gym.

The homework for today is to read The Mixed Up Chameleon and study for the spelling test tomorrow! I will be giving a regular spelling test, however for the first end of story reading test, I will be helping the class through it.

Wednesday--Miss Calderone's class

Today we started with another story about seeds. After reading we completed 2 sentences in our DLP and wrote in our journals. After sharing we did some phonics and then completed a Mixed Up Chameleon web together. We then worked to finish 3 centers! We haven’t had a ton of time to do centers because we’re still getting the quirks figured out. After centers we reviewed what we learned in social studies and then learned about what a law is and what voting means. We finished a sheet together. After lunch we began math by finishing yesterday’s lesson. We learned about how “in all” means to add and “are left” means to subtract. We worked together and independently to finish some workbook pages. After sharing some number stories we went to library. We were still unable to check out books so we spent some time on the computers. We finished up our day with a lima bean experiment! We put lima beans in plastic bags along with a wet paper towel. After taping them to the window, we predicted what our bean will look like in 1 week, 2 weeks, and finally 3 weeks. It should be interesting!

The homework for tonight is to read The Mixed Up Chameleon, math pg. 1-4 and social studies page 3.

Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Class

Today we practiced our phonics/spelling pattern (-id and -ide). The students have one page of spelling homework. We re-read The Mixed-Up Chameleon and watched a video about real chameleons. Every day we complete two sentences of DLP (Daily Language Practice). We learned about neighborhoods and laws citizens must follow. Each student chose a sign to make to put up in our classroom showing one of the laws we talked about (stop signs, railroad crossings, speed limit, etc.). This afternoon, we learned how to solve word problems. When we see "in all", we know to add and when we see "are left", we know to subtract. The students have one page of homework and will have a test tomorrow on numbers, skip-counting, and word problems. In science, we learned about plants. We watched a video about how we use plants and why they are helpful to us. The students have one page of homework to complete.

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Tuesday--Miss Calderone's class

Our day started with a story about a sunflower. We reviewed how seeds travel and then began our DLP (Daily Language Practice). Most mornings we’ll complete a couple sentences in our DLP; it requires that the students correct and re-write sentences. After our DLP we wrote a bit in our journals and some students shared what they wrote. After that we reviewed the vocabulary for the story. We got together in partners and completed a sheet which we later corrected together. The next topic on our agenda was main idea and detail. We learned what the purpose of a main idea is and the job of the detail sentences. We then finished the morning with 2 centers. After lunch we came back and immediately began math. We learned about sum and difference and some students shared the number sentences that they thought of. We had to finish math later because we had Art today. When we came back, we finished math and had science to end the day. We reviewed what we learned yesterday, and learned about the jobs of different plant parts today.

The homework for tonight is to read The Mixed Up Chameleon, math 1-3, and science pg. 7 and 8.