Mrs. Knight’s Schedule
2014-2015
See current newsletter below schedule.Keep scrolling for the current week.
n 7:35-8:05 Character
Ed./Homeroom
n 8:05-9:20 Math
n 9:20-10:00 Language/Reading
n 10:00-10:15 Snack
n 10:15-10:55 PE
n 11:00-11:50 Spelling/Phonics/Reading/Handwriting
n 11:50-12:18 Lunch
(table 2 line 1)
n 12:18-1:18 Reading/RTI/AR
n 1:18-2:18 Social
Science
n 2:18-2:30 AR/Dismissal
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Library- Thursday 9:30-10:00
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Counseling- Thursday 11:00-11:40
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Music- Thursday 11:00-11:40
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Computer
Lab-Tuesday 8:00-8:40
Feb. 3 PTA Performance
Lunch Table 2
Line 1
Mrs. Knight's Newsletter Sept. 29-Oct. 3
This week we will be taking post tests. There will not be a spelling test.
Review all previously listed reading high frequency words. Review all previously listed language and math skills.
Important Information:
·
Our end of the
year party will be May 15 at 12:30 in our classroom. Please send in $5.00 for our room mother to
purchase party supplies.
·
Our Award’s day
will be May 15th at 1:15 PM in the gym.
·
If your child
will be leaving after the awards ceremony, you will need to sign them out in
the classroom.
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter April 20-24
This
week we are reading “A Birthday Basket for Tia.”
Spelling Words: mixture,
nation, section, future, picture, action, caution, station, fixture, motion,
nature, feature, furniture, adventure, tuition
High Frequency Words: plan, notice,
south, sing, war, ground
All tests will be completed on Thursday
due to our field trip on Friday.
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter April 27-May 1.
This
week we are reading “Cowboys.”
Spelling Words: kindness,
careless, goodness, useless, fearless, darkness, sadness, sickness, helpless,
thankless, fitness, weakness, awareness, wireless, eagerness
High Frequency Words: fall, king,
town, I’ll, unit, figure
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter May 4-8
This
week we are reading “Jingle Dancer.”
High Frequency Words: certain,
field, travel, wood, fire, upon
Spelling Words: midair,
misplace, mislead, midway, misprint, midday, midweek, misbehave, midyear,
mismatch, misdeed, mistake, midstream, midnight, misbehavior
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Feb. 2-6
This
week we are reading “I Like Where I Am”.
Spelling Words:
joy, noise, royal, moist, broil, cowboy,
spoil, joint, foil, enjoy, destroy, loyal, employee, corduroy, turquoise
Reading Vocabulary Words: friends, easy,
heard, order, red, door, sure
Language Skill:
Your
child should be able to use a reflexive pronoun correctly in a sentence.
Reflexive pronouns are: himself, herself, itself, myself, themselves,
ourselves, and yourself.
Your
child should be able to use an irregular verb correctly in a sentence.
Present
Tense Past Tense
sit sat
give gave
come came
do did
draw drew
go went
eat ate
make made
get got
We will have a
special snack on Friday for Valentine’s Day.
If you would like to supply one
of the following items below please let me know by a note as soon as possible. Special Snack Items: 21 cupcakes or 21 juice boxes
Use the class
list below if your child would like to share Valentine cards on Friday, Feb.
13.
Student
Names for Cards
Anna Eniya Kendyn Zedrick Arianna Hannah Cory J
Cory G Romney Ayden Trevor Kaleb Aniyah Deunte
Madison P Emily Madyson
S Tommy Montral Lino Micah
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Feb. 9-13
This
week we are reading “Helen Keller and the Big Storm”.
Vocabulary
words: become, top, ship, across, today, during, short
Spelling
words:
too,
new, fruit, blue, true, cool, suit, spoon, clue, juice, drew, flew, cruise,
nephew, shampoo
Language
Skill:
Suffixes
are word parts that go at the end of a base word.
Review
all previously listed LA skills.
We are out of tissues and Lysol spray/wipes.
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter Feb. 16-20
This
week we are reading “Firefighter”.
High Frequency Words:
Better,
best, however, low, hours, black, products
(Your
child should be able to read the high frequency word and use it in a sentence.)
Spelling Words: cheerful,
visitor, slowly, weekly, teacher, helper, hardly, graceful, yearly, quickly,
fighter, sailor, gardener, competitor, extremely
Language Skill:
Review
all previously listed skills.
Prefixes
are word parts that are added to the beginning of a base word.
Examples: retie,
preview, dislike, unpack, unplug, disappear, regroup, pretest,
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter Feb. 23-27
This
week we are reading “One Dark Night.”
High Frequency Words: happened, whole, measure, remember, early, waves,
reached
(Your child should be able to read the high
frequency word and use it in a sentence.)
Spelling Words: unsafe,
preheat, rerun, disappear, unlock, retie, rewind, unpack, unplug, regroup,
preschool, disagree, prehistoric, unfortunate, reunion
Language Skill:
Adjectives
describe nouns.
Commas
are placed in the closing and greeting of a friendly letter.
Your
friend, Dear
John,
John
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter March 2- 6
There will not be a spelling test.
Ms. Knight’s Newsletter March 9-12
This
week we are reading “Bad Dog, Dodger!”
High Frequency Words: listen, wind,
rock, space, covered, fast, several
Spelling
Words: knock, sign, knee, wrong, write,
climb, wrap, wren, gnat, lamb, comb, knob, knuckle, plumber, wrestle
Language Skill:
Adverbs tell more about verbs. The dog barked loudly. The girl whispered softly.
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter November 10 (Nov. 11 is a
holiday.)
This
week we are reading “Dear Juno.”
Reading Words: idea,
enough, eat, face, watch, far
Spelling Words:
goat,
hold, show, most, window, float, toast, ago, open, hero, notice, slow, almost,
throat, hollow
Language:
Compound
words are two words put together to make one word.
Example:
rainbow,
sunbeam, weekend, riverbank
Mrs.
Knight’s Newsletter Nov. 17 (Next week will be Thanksgiving Break.)
This
week we are reading “Anansi Goes Fishing.
Reading Words:
Indian,
real, almost, let, above, girl
Spelling Words: basketball,
someone, weekend, something, birthday, riverbank, bathtub, backyard, driveway,
bedtime, raindrop, mailbox, rattlesnake, earthquake, grandparent
Language Skill:
Proper
nouns are days of the week, holidays, and names. They must have a capital letter.
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Oct. 13-17
This
week we are reading “Turtle’s Race with
Beaver.”
Reading Words: until, important, children, side, feet, car,
mile
Spelling Words: her, person,
nurse, dirt, turn, birth, serve, curb, curl, skirt, purse, turtle, hamburger,
perfect, surface
Language Skill:
Singular
nouns name one person, place, or thing.
Plural nouns name more than one person, place,
or thing.
1.
You add –s to
most nouns to show more than one.
2.
If a noun ends in
s, sh, ch, or x add –es to the noun to show more than one.
3.
Examples: foxes, brushes, boots, churches, buses
Math Skill:
We
will be adding two-digit and three digit numbers.
Report cards will be coming home Oct. 16. Please sign the report card and the attached
promotion form. Please return on Friday.
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Oct. 20-24
This
week we are reading “The Bremen Town Musicians.”
Vocabulary Words:
Night,
walk, white, sea, began, grow, took
Spelling Words:
note,
notes, lunch, lunches, story, stories, tune, tunes, switch, switches, baby,
babies, crumbs, centuries, supplies
Language Skill:
Singular
nouns name one person, place, or thing.
Plural nouns name more than one person, place,
or thing.
1.
You add –s to
most nouns to show more than one.
2.
If a noun ends in
s, sh, ch, or x add –es to the noun to show more than one.
3.
Examples: foxes, brushes, boots, churches, buses
4.
To make words
that end with the letter f plural, you change the f to a v and then add -es.
5.
Examples: shelf- shelves, loaf-l loaves, leaf- leaves
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Oct. 27-31
This
week we are reading “A Turkey for Thanksgiving”.
Vocabulary Words: river,
four, carry, state, once, book
Spelling Words:
tail,
main, wait, say, away, play, raise, brain, paint, stay, today, tray, holiday,
raisin, daily
Language: Nouns
A plural noun names more than one person,
place, or thing. Some nouns change
spelling to name more than one.
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Example:
goose-geese, tooth-teeth, foot-feet,
wolf-wolves, loaf-loaves
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Sept. 15-19
This
week we are reading “Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends.”
Reading Words: hard, open,
example, begin, life, always, those
Spelling Words: part, hard,
born, horse, before, more, smart, farm, porch, corn, chore, score, cardinal,
morning, therefore
Language Skills:
Students
will use context clues to
understand the meaning of unknown words.
Example:
She
is always courteous to others. She opens doors, and helps out everyone.
Math Skills:
Students
will understand that each group of 10 tens is 1 hundred.
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter Sept. 22-26
This
week we are reading “Ronald Morgan Goes
to Bat.”
Reading Words: both,
paper, together, got, group, often, run
Spelling Words:
I’ll,
wasn’t, it’s, he’s, I’m, didn’t, who’s, she’s, we’ll, isn’t, hasn’t, hadn’t,
wouldn’t, where’s, shouldn’t
Language Skill:
Dictionary
Skills
Math:
Review
Mrs.
Knight’s Newsletter Aug. 25
We will reading “Henry and
Mudge and the Starry Night.”
Reading Words:
never
start city
eyes
light thought earth
Please
don’t forget to have your child read the homework passage. It should be in your child’s take home
folder.
Spelling Words: stop, strap, next, hand, brave, ask, clip,
stream, mask, twin, breeze, state, browse, straight, skeleton
Language
Skill:
Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
An
imperative sentence is
a command. It starts with a capital letter
and ends with a period.
An exclamatory
sentence is
a sentence that shows strong feeling. It
starts with a capital letter and ends with an exclamation point.
Math Skill:
Skip counting by ones- 356, 357, 358…
Skip counting by tens- 170, 180, 190, 200, 210…
Skip counting by hundreds- 257, 357, 457, 557…
Skip counting by fives- 450, 455, 460, 465…
Mrs. Knight’s Newsletter August 11-15
This
week we will be reading a story called “Iris and Walter.” It is about a little girl named Iris who
moves to the country. It is a good story
about being in a new place and making new friends-perfect for the beginning of
a new school year!
High Frequency Words:
high,
every, near, add, food, between, own, below
Spelling Words: drum, rock,
list, desk, job, sad, chop, sack, tag, rib, mess, dust, pocket, lettuce, engine
Language Skill:
Complete Sentences are groups of words that tell a complete idea. The words are in an order to make sense. A sentence begins with a capital letter and
ends with a punctuation mark (. ! ?).
Homework:
Your
child will need to read the timed one-minute reading passage.
Check
your child’s folder for math homework.
