Friday, January 29, 2010

We have a short week with Friday, Februay 5th being a PIR day for teachers.

1st Grade: We are on our last week of orange level Road to Read. We are working on ending blends, ft, lt, nt, lf, and lp. Students need to practice their high frequency-memory words to help promote fluency. If parents are interested in getting a clean copy of these just e-mail me or stop by the school and I will provide those.

1st Grade Intervention: We are continuing to practice the beginning and ending blends. Memory word practice is throught he use of red word practice. Parents wanting to know about this may stop by the school and I will show you how to do this.

Jr. High Reading: We are working on Health reports and curriculum based reading. If you have questions or concerns about work not getting done please contact me at the school.

Geometry: Monday: TLW apply algebra in angles. A; p. 9
Tuesday: TLW identify complementary and supplementary angles. A: p. 4
Wednesday: TLW identify parallel, perpendicular, and skew lines. A: p. 5
Thursday: TLW classify angles formed by parallel lines A: p. 6

Basic Math: Monday: O: TLW review skills from Chapter 5. A: p. 136-37
Tuesday: O: TLW demonstrate knowledge of proportions. A: Mastery Test B
Wednesday: O: TLW determine the percent that is shaded in a 100-unit figure. A: p. 140, WB 69, A 53
Thursday: O: TLW rename percents as decimals. A: p. 141 and 142 and WB 70

PE: Monday 2nd/3rd: Jump Rope Circle Activities-hopping, skipping, walking, sliding, jumping, running, and galloping.
Tuesday 4th: Jump Rope Circle Activities-hopping, skipping, walking, sliding, jumping, running, and galloping.
Wednesday: 2nd/3rd PE Jump Rope - Line activities-Hop-jumps-rolling-bear crawl-crab walk
Thursday: 4th Health Making Hearts for Wall of Hearts

Education is the movement from darkness to light. --Allan Bloom