Resources for the
week are: Music (Mon), Art (Tues), Music (Wed) and Music (Fri).
We didn't get a chance to visit the ducklings last week...
Mrs. Davis has asked if we wanted to babysit them. Ms. Godbold and I said YES!!
We are expected to babysit on Thursday. :)
Wednesday is an Early Release Day. Lunch will be at 9:40.
Friday is HAT DAY! :)
Friday is the last day to turn in money for Play Day shirts.
Don't forget to turn in your Easter Activity Donations and Field Trip Permission Slip & Money too.
Below is what we will be focusing on in class:
Reading:
We will be
reading the book Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. We will be working on retelling the events in the order that they happen. On Friday students will be tested on their retelling of the story. We will
continue practicing phoneme deletion/
substitution. Our
Word Family is
the -og
family, our blend is cl-, our vowel focus is letter a (short sound & long sound) and our new Sight Words are
each, use, there, when.
Here is a quick video of our book. Along a link to the cl- blend powerpoint I made. :)
When
choosing books to read at home this week, find books that you may have read before and practice having your child give a retelling of the book. Their retellings should be told using the characters names and most of the events should be told in the order they occurred. ~ You may notice a few of the events are told out of order, at this time the students are not penalized for that.
Writing:
We are going back to Narratives. The students will be writing more complex sentences and lengthening their stories. They will choose whether to write a fiction narrative or a non-fiction one. The choice us up to the students! Everyone has strengthened their use of sounds and increased their sight word vocabulary, so I am very excited to see what everyone's writing is like. :)
At home, have your child write a narrative about anything they choose. When they feel they are done, go over the sounds used to write words, spaces, and whether or not their story answers the questioning words~ Who, What Where, When, Why and How.
Science/Social Studies:
We are continuing the Unit on Plants and Animals. We will be observing pictures and discussing whether they are real or make believe plants or animals. We will also be discussing how to plant seeds and what they need in order to grow. On Thursday we will be planing grass seeds in decorated plastic cups. :)
Here are two videos~ one is a make me genius video about seeds growing and the
other is a quick 1 minute video showing grass seed growing at a time lapse.
At home, discuss what seeds/ plants need to grow and on Thursday ask your child the steps they took in planting their grass seed. :) I hope to have the grass seed cups sent home at the end of next week.
Math:
We are finishing up the Topic of addition. The students have done a good job remembering the vocabulary and solving the problems. Story problems are a little difficult so we will be practicing them more in class. We will be having our Test on Friday. (The practice test we took for Position Words was great at helping the students practice for the real test. :) So we will take the practice test on Thursday and I will send it home for you to review with your child. )
At home, review the vocabulary expression and equation. Ask your child to tell you how they are different. Then practice having them solve a problem that only gives pictures~ they will need to write
the full equation.
Example:
oooo oo
the students will need to fill in the blanks and write the mathematical signs ( + and =)
______________ ______________ ______________
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