Instructional Focus

This week we will be working on the following skills:

Math

This week we will look at addition and subtraction word problems. Please remember that each week we will have a timed drill on addition facts. You can help your child with this at home by using flash cards to practice the facts.

Reading

This week students will read "Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett." Our comprehension focus will be on fact and opinion. A fact can be proven true or untrue while an opinion expresses what someone thinks, feels, or believes.

Phonics

We have been exploring the different sounds that vowels make. Now we will look at the different sounds that consonants make. We will continue this exploration by looking at the different sounds that the letter c can make.

The letter c has a hard and a soft sound which make the following sounds: hard c sound (s): city, center, cypress; soft c (k): cat, cop, cut. Usually, a c sound is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. Here's the general rule: When c is followed by e, i, or y, its sound is soft. Otherwise it makes the /k/ sound (hard c).

Grammar

We will continue working on sentences. In order to be considered a sentence the group of words must expresses a complete thought and have two parts: a naming part and an action part. The naming part tells whom or what the sentence is about; the action part tells what is happening. This week we will look at commands. A command tells someone to do something and ends with a period.

Spelling

many, later, little, walk, where, trip, swim, club, stone, next, brave, glad, lost, storm, space

Sight Words: your child should be able to read the following words:

put, through, walk, little, busy, important, later, touch, young, where, many

Writing

We will continue looking at narrative writing. Please remind your child to use a capital letter at the beginning of their sentence and a punctuation mark at the end.

Social Studies

We will continue working on our Social Studies unit called “People and Places.”

Instructional Focus

This week we will be working on the following skills:

Math

We continue working with money. Students should be able to identify pennies, nickels, and dimes. This week we will look at how to add money. You can help your child at home by letting them use real money to solve their homework problems.

Reading

This week students will read "Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night." Our comprehension focus will be on comparing and contrasting. When we compare and contrast we look at how things are alike and how they are different.

Phonics

We have been exploring the different sounds that vowels make. Now we will look at the different sounds that consonants make. We will start this exploration by looking at the different sounds that the letter g can make.

The letter g has a hard and a soft sound which make the following sounds: hard g sound (guh): gap, goat; soft g sound (juh): gerbil, gym. Usually, a g sound is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. Here's the general rule: When g meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard. When g meets e, i, or y, its sound is soft.

Grammar

We will continue working on sentences. In order to be considered a sentence the group of words must expresses a complete thought and have two parts: a naming part and an action part. The naming part tells whom or what the sentence is about; the action part tells what is happening. This week we will look at telling sentences and questions. A telling sentence tells something and ends with a question mark. A question asks something and ends with a questions mark.

Spelling

always, laugh, ready, saw, sure, bone, robe, these, rope, note, cute, close, hope, those, mule

Sight Words: your child should be about to read the following words:

already, mother, father, laugh, beautiful, even, quiet, year, straight, always, saw, ready, sure

Writing

We will continue looking at narrative writing. Please remind your child to use a capital letter at the beginning of their sentence and a punctuation mark at the end.

Social Studies

We will continue working on our Social Studies unit called “People and Places.”

Instructional Focus

This week we will be working on the following skills:

Math

We continue exploring how students can use groups of 2’s, 5’s, or 10’s to solve addition problems more quickly

Reading

This week we will focus on poetry. At the end of the week students should be able to explain how poems help create pictures in their minds.

Phonics

We have been exploring the different sounds that vowels make. This week we are reviewing short and long vowel sounds. Long vowel sounds say the name of the vowels. For example:

long /a/ as in gate

long /e/ as in need

long /i/ as in nice

long /o/ as in yoke

long /u/ as in you

Short vowels on the other hand make the vowel’s sound. For example:

short /a/ as in apple

short /e/ as in egg

short /i/ as in insect

short /o/ as in orange

short /u/ as in umbrella

Grammar

We will continue working on sentences. In order to be considered a sentence the group of words must expresses a complete thought and have two parts: a naming part and an action part. The naming part tells whom or what the sentence is about; the action part tells what is happening. This week we will look at how to correct run-on sentences.

Spelling

some, been, want, know, never, wide, bump, skip, dime, date, name, fish, yet, ask, not

Sight Words: your child should be about to read the following words:

begin, thought, their, very, goes, every, about, again, other, word, have, move, two, first

Writing

We will continue discussing the importance of character and setting in our stories. Please remind your child to use a capital letter at the beginning of their sentence and a punctuation mark at the end.

Social Studies

We will continue working on our Social Studies unit called “People and Places.”

This week we will be working on the following skills:

Math

We continue exploring how students can use groups of 2’s, 5’s, or 10’s to solve addition problems more quickly

Reading

This week we will take a Benchmark Test to see how much we have learned during our unit on "Silly Stories." We will also learn about Main Idea and Facts and Details. The main idea of a paragraph or story tells the most important idea. Facts and Details help explain the main idea. While you read this week ask your child about the main idea and the supporting fats and details.

We have been exploring the different sounds that vowels make. This week we will continue reviewing short and long vowel sounds. Long vowel sounds say the name of the vowels. For example:

long /a/ as in gate

long /e/ as in need

long /i/ as in nice

long /o/ as in yoke

long /u/ as in you

Short vowels on the other hand make the vowel sound. For example:

short /a/ as in bat

short /e/ as in bet

short /i/ as in insect

short /o/ as in orange

short /u/ as in umbrella

Grammar

We are going to be continue reviewing sentences. Remind your child that a sentence expresses a complete thought and has two parts: a naming part and an action part. The naming part tells whom or what the sentence is about; the action part tells what is happening.

Spelling: homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings)

bear, bare, flour, flower, pear, pair, ate, eight, hole, whole, know, no, sew, so, meat, meet

Writing

We will continue or discussion about the importance of character and setting in our stories. The character(s) are who or what the story is about. The setting tell when and where the story took place. Please remind your child to use a capital letter at the beginning of their sentence and a punctuation mark at the end.

Social Studies

We will continue working on our Social Studies unit called “People and Places.”