The Pitzer Post!
~*The Pitzer Post*~
March 27-31, 2017
(Enjoy spring break March 20-24, check out what to expect when you return March 27)
In this weekly post, you will find information about the academic content and special events happening in the upcoming week.
Literacy (Reading & Writing)
Click the link to view our upcoming theme skills!
Theme 13 (week one)
Phonics Words: undo, unjust, unload, unpack, unsafe, maybe, start, understand, unicorn
Vocab Words: interest, earn, increase
Grammar Skill: contractions
Check out these videos to review pronouns and get your brain thinking about contractions:
Math
Chapter 14: Time
Vocabulary: hour hand, minute hand, minute, hour, o’clock, after, clock face, A.M., P.M.
Objectives:
- Use the minute hand to show and tell the number for every five minutes after the hour
- Show and tell time in hours and minutes
- Use A.M. and P.M. to show morning, afternoon, or night
- Order events by time
- Determine how much time has passed
Cursive
Week 9 Uppercase Letters are: C, E, G!
As soon as your child learns the uppercase letter that starts their name, they can begin writing their name in cursive in class!! When you leave a comment on this post, you can tell us something you noticed, something you are proud of or something you are still struggling with. Don’t forget to leave a comment so we know that you completed your homework. I loved the comments that have detail (specifics) AND followed the rules of writing!
Second Step
This week we learned how to take responsibility. Student will further cement their knowledge of the problem-solving steps by using them to come up with positive solutions to interpersonal problems. This lesson sets positive norms for how students should handle situations where they have hurt someone else’s feelings or upset someone else. In particular, students work on coming up with ways to make amends, so problems are resolved rather than escalate.
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 27, 2017
- Lunch: Chicken Alfredo
- Watch Cursive Week 9 Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
- Lunch: Turkey and Cheese Croissant
- Watch Cursive Week 9Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
- Online Registration for current students begins
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- Lunch: Meatloaf
- Watch Cursive Week 9 Video and comment by today
- State of Schools at DVMS: 2nd grade is performing
Thursday, March 30, 2017
- Lunch: McRib
- Club Yearbook Pictures
- Phonics Paper comes home today due tomorrow!
Friday, March 31, 2017
- Lunch: Nacho Bites
Celebrating Our Greatness!
- Making sure to respect our reader and work hard on our spelling
- Becoming more detailed in our artwork AND in our writing. Elaboration is very important especially in helping our reader to understand our text.
- Learning how important directions are in every subject area
- Discovering more about Fractions via a HyperDoc
I like cursive this week because we are closer to J.
I liked cursive this week because I like how we learned cool words. My favorite letter was E.
Me too, Madison!
The G is kinda the same as the A. I can’t wait to learn more words in cursive!
Good work Jayden!!!!!!!!
I think it is geting easy.
Me to Sanjana!
The last few words on the video hurt my hand but the letters were easy.
I think that the best letter isE not to hard or to nies.
The letter E is like three but backwards.
I’m so excited that I can do my name!
I liked to learn the letter E because it is the first letter of my name.
I learned that one way that you can write the uppercase G is tricky.
I like the c because it is like the lower case c.
I liked the E because I lie curves and its curvy.
I’m excited that one of my friends can write his name in cursive
My favorite letter is E because my sister taught me how to do it in Kindergarten.
I like the letter c because it is basicly the uper-case c.
I’m super super happy because we learned T!!!!!!
I like the letter y because it is not to hard or not to eesy.