Reading

    This quarter we are doing an author study on Tomie dePaola, a much beloved children's author and illustrator.   Since the children are becoming independent readers, we will focus on the comprehension skills that accompany our reading.  Some of those skills are:

•     Parts of Speech
•     Punctuation
•     Contractions
•     Antonyms
•     Rhyming Words

Phonics

•     Long and short vowels
•     Rhyming words
•     Syllabication
•     Hard and soft "c" and "g"
•     "R", "L" and "S" blends
•     Vowel sounds of "Y"
•     Consonant Digraphs: sh, th, wh, ch, ck, kn, wr
•     Words ending in "le"

Writing

    We are working on writing good sentences.  A sentence should tell a complete thought, start with a capital letter, and end with the proper punctuation.  

Spelling

    The students are responsible for knowing the 1st grade spelling words, in addition to the 2nd grade spelling words, as they are introduced.  A list of the 1st grade spelling words was sent home at Open House.  The new spelling words for the 1st quarter are:

an    can    man    than    back    may    day    way    he     she     we     be    me   see    so       go      no       know   also   one    two    three   first   up     in     out    down