Beta

Math Polygons! Quadrilaterals! Congruent vs similar shapes! This week we also investigated 3D solid figures, identifying their faces, edges and vertices. On Thursday we explored the hallways & gym on a 3D shape hunt! ELA In phonics this week we studied suffixes: er, est, full, less and ly. Our sight words were: become, before, behind, small, long and well. These kids have come so far this year – they are champions! Theme Book clubs are on a roll! Our Frog and Toad girls have finished their book. Meanwhile, the Here’s Hank and Ralph S. Mouse groups are reading their final chapters […]

Math The Beta’s first week of geometry flew by! We reviewed 2D shapes by looking at many street signs. Next, we sorted shapes several ways, based on their attributes. We used our pattern blocks to create bigger shapes out of shapes and some really neat designs. Next week we’ll investigate each 3D solid shape and hunt for them in our environment. ELA In phonics this week we finished our studied prefixes: re (to do again), un (not), mis (to do incorrectly), dis (not or none) and pre (to do before). Our sight words were: across, again, another, animal, after and

Math This week we completed our math unit on measurement & time! We also took a detour on Tuesday to focus our math minds on some logic puzzles and try our hand at writing story problems to match given answers. It took many attempts but we preserved – with creativity! ELA In Phonics this week we finished our study of the syllable: “consonant+le.” Our sight words were: answer, people, and sentence. Book clubs are charging ahead! Two clubs began new books this week! Our girl group is on their second book of Frog & Toad stories while the Here’s Hank

Math The Betas were busy this week measuring everything in the classroom – large and small! We learned how to “mark the spot” to reuse the same measuring tool repeatedly when measuring big things, and practiced adding up several smaller measurements to find a grand sum. Next week we’ll wrap up measurement and close out our unit! Geometry and fractions are next. ELA In Phonics this week we studied the syllable: “consonant+le.” We learned that when we see this group of letters at the end of a word it is always a separate syllable and the e doesn’t make a

Our time unit is wrapping up! The Betas have been working SO hard at telling time to the exact minute! They’ve just about got it. Next week we’ll wrap it up and begin our unit on measurement! ELA Everyone has begun a new book for Book Clubs this week! The current line up includes: Here’s Hank, Ralph S. Mouse and Frog & Toad. I’m so proud of this batch of burgeoning readers! In phonics this week we studied spellings of the long u sound (both /yoo/ and /oo/): u, u_e, ue, and ew and ow. Our sight words were: move,