Welcome to the first 9 weeks of school

The new school year is beginning and I am SOOO excited to meet my new kids.  

In case you are looking around to learn more about me or your new class for next year, I thought I would take a moment and welcome you.

It can be very scary to go into a new place and not know what to expect.  I understand that and want to reassure you that we will have an AWESOME year this year.  

In case you want an idea of what we will be working on during the year, I am listing some of the skills we start the year off with.  Most of these are things that were covered last year and I just want to make sure you understand each of them very well and help anyone that is having any problems.  

If you have any questions or are scared about anything coming up this year, just leave me a message below and I will gladly talk to you about it.

I am also trying to get our class a facebook page for this year and I will let you know when that is ready.

Feel free to look around and I will see you soon.

Sections of books: Table of contents, Title page, Glossary, and Index.
Reference materials and how to use them: Dictionary, Thesaurus (synonyms and antonyms), Atlas, internet research.
Finding and using guide words: alphabetical order, how to locate entry words on a dictionary page.
Types of sentences: statement, command, exclamation, question.
Subject and Predicate: Subject is who or what the sentence is about.  The Predicate is the action of the subject.
Nouns: Common nouns (dog, truck) and Proper nouns (Bull Dog, Ford).
Fact and Opinion:  A fact is something that can be proved.  An opinion is the thoughts or feelings of someone.
Main idea and supporting details: Main idea is the big idea of a book or paragraph.  The supporting details are the details that the main idea is talking about.  The details MUST support the main idea.

In math we will be working on our basic addition and subtraction facts and the following skills:

Telling time: To the hour, half hour, and quarter how.
Elapsed time:  What will the time be in _____ hours/mins?  What WAS the time ____ hrs/mins ago?
Calander: What is the date, day of the week, months, past and future days and dates.
Temperature: reading and using a thermometer.  Finding the difference in temperatures between days.
Money: Coin value, counting money, trading coins, making and solving money story problems.
Numbers: Using base ten blocks to show number amounts, writing numbers in word and expanded forms, odd/even numbers, balancing scales using numbers, communitive property (a+b=b+a    AND 80+2=82 so 2+80=82)
Fractions: Finding and drawing fractions up to 12ths, finding fractional parts of a whole, evaluating different fractions to make a whole.
Measurements: Centimeters and inches (to half inch)
Digits: Using digits to create 2 and 3 digit numbers, ordering numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least.
Number patterns: Finding the pattern (rule) used in a number pattern and continuing the pattern.

This is not a complete list of the skills we will be working on, but it should give you a good idea of where to start.  I will continue to add to this list as the year continues.