WELCOME TO THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR
MY NAME IS MR. JOE OLESKY AND I AM THE
TITLE ONE TEACHER
FOR GRADE 1 Math Grade 2 Math Grade 3 ELA and Math
STUDENTS IN GRADES 1- 2 Math-3- ELA and Math will be working diligently on a variety of topics in Reading and Math
Reading-
- Upper and lowercase letters and letter sound recognition
- Long and Short Vowel Sounds and Consonant Blends
- Making Predictions Identifying Main Idea Theme and Guided Reading
- Months, Seasons, Calendar
- Base Words Contractions and Simple and Compound Sentences
- Contractions and Vowel Digraphs
-Sentence structure, Compound and Complex Sentences, Kinds of Sentences Verb Tenses
- Cause and Effect Fiction and Nonfiction
- Long and Short Vowel Sounds Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs
- Independent Reading and Writing, Parts of Speech
- Common Misspelled Words, Frequently Misspelled or Confused Words
- Letter recognition skills, Phonics skills Sounds Sight Words Vowel Digraphs
-Readers' Purpose
-Discussion of Author, Illustrator, Reading with Fluency
-Making Story Predictions and Recalling Story Events
-Journal Writing and Guided Reading Groups
- Fiction/ Nonfiction/ Drama
- Comparative Endings
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Simple and Compound Sentences
- Poetry
- Syllable Patterns
- Informational Text
- Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution
- High Frequency Words
- Drama
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Subject and Predicate
Math-
- Calendar, Time and Money
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction with and without Regrouping
- Different Ways of Writing Numbers Correctly
- Solving One and Two Step Word Problems
- Basic Facts and Fact Families
- Comparing and Ordering Numbers
- Standard Form Word Form Expanded Form
- Comparing Numbers to 100
- Addition and Subtraction One and Two digit Numbers with and without Regrouping
- Greater Than Less Than Equal To
- Multiplication and Division
- Fractions
- Measurement
MAY NEWS
MAY 3-9 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
MAY 4-29 NJSLA TESTING
MAY 7 DISTRICT CIVICS COMPETITION
MAY 8 PTO MOTHER'S DAY SALE
MAY 11 STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY 6:00 PM @ BHS
MAY 14 GRADE 2 G&T TRIP
MAY 15 PTO COOKIE SALE
MAY 18 -19 NJSLA SCIENCE GRADES 5&8
MAY 20-29 NJSLA MAKEUPS
MAY 22 12:40 DISMISSAL DISTRICT AFTERCARE
MAY 22 STUDENT COUNCIL "IDIOM DAY"
MAY 25 SCHOOL CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 26 FIELD DAY
" THE YOUTH OF TODAY, THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW"