Week six
- 1. Peek at the Week: o In reading, we reviewed and took our Unit 2 Test. Continue to practice the High Frequency Words at home. o In math, we continued to explore Unit 4. The students worked with ten frames up to 20. We also learned a card game called Top It (war). o During Science the students discussed how animals grow and change as they mature. o The students practiced printing the letter Ii, Aa, Dd, Mm, Nn, and Ss. We also worked on writing our last names! o Students are doing great with their reading books! Thanks for returning them! Coming Up: o Next week in Reading students will be introduced to the consonant sound of /t/ and our new high frequency words “we, at”. o Also, in Reading, we will identify and recall story details, understand fantasy and reality and blend short /a/ and /i/ words. o In Math, we will learn about probability, review shapes and symmetry, introduce subtraction, and practice counting, writing and ordering numbers. o In Science, we will explore relationships between people and animals. o Students will learn how to print the uppercase and lowercase letter Tt. As we approach the middle of the second marking period, I would like to share with you the skills your student is working on and the goal for midyear. You can work with your child through daily activities to reinforce what they are learning. The following skills will be assessed at the end of the quarter: Knows birthday Knows telephone number Knows the days of the week Identifies upper and lowercase letters Can make a sound for each letter Can say a word that starts with each letter Counts to 100 by 1’s, 10’s and 5’s Prints first name correctly on line Recognizes high frequency words(yellow and blue) Sorts objects and tells how they sorted them Writes short sentences with spaces and words. December 2nd , 2016 Reminders o Please send in your family Christmas Tree so we can share your stories and hang it in the hall! o Follow the December calendar and don’t forget to participate in our themed days. o Thanks to all for donations to the Angel Tree! At all three elementary buildings, we raised a total of $2,553.00. o Please return rest items. Writing Words You will notice we have started to practice printing decodable words. Students should know the sounds/letters we have worked on to blend and write these words. m a d