Week of February 27

This week is going to  be even better than most thanks to Dr. Seuss!! We have Resources on Monday~ COMPUTER LAB, Tuesday~ P.E., Wednesday~ P.E. and Thursday~ MUSIC. Noah is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the Class. Also, we have a visitor coming in Thursday to see the class participate in the Learning for Life Lesson. The lesson is on Life Skills-using non-verbal communication to communicate with others.

We also have a few students joining the Six-Year-Old Club this week!! Kingston (March 1) and Joey (March 2). 

MATH

We will decompose 6, 7 and 8 to get us ready for subtraction. This is basically a review of number bonds, so I think the class will do great!! We are also having a Mid-Module Test. It is a 6 question story problem test, along with a 20 question equation assessment on addition. (The 20 equations have totals of 5 or less, with two of them being more than five.

Here is a fun Jack Hartmann Youtube video on Subtraction:

SAXON, SIGHT WORDS,  BLENDS & MORE!!

In Saxon we are continuing to focus on the y sound. We are reviewing rhyming words and omitting/ substituting sounds at the beginning of words. We are also word building with blends at the beginning and ends of words.

Our Sight Words this week are: very, give, new & take. **Make sure you are practicing sight words! The expectation this quarter is 60 words. **

Our blend this week is SP-. Practice having your child think of words that begin with SP-. If your child does this with ease, have them think of words that have -SP at the end of words.  Here is the slideshow that we will be watching in class:

Our Word Family this week is -ing. I believe the students will have an easy time coming up with words for this family and my goal is the ing ending will carry over to their writing. Here is the Youtube video for -ing.

READING

I did a post last week of all the Dr.Seuss Books we will be reading this week. If you didn't see it, you'll want to go back and check it out! The skills we will be reviewing are: finding rhyming pairs, discussing character development (how the character changes from the beginning of the story to the end), meanings of unknown words, sequencing of events and retelling stories. 

Also, we will be watching the following Youtube video for our Learning for Life Lesson on Communication. 

WRITING

We are writing lessons this week to Theodor Geisel on our opinions of his Dr.Seuss Books. This will help close up any trouble students had with Opinion Writing, but also allow them to practice friendly letter writing. 

Please remember to have your child do their writing homework. DO NOT do it for your child, nor tell them how to spell all the words "the adult way." In school the students are expected to participate in independent writing without adult help. 

SCIENCE

Woohoo- it makes me smile to know that we are getting to more science as the year goes on. 

These lessons help produce great discussions in the class. Our lesson this week is on Sound and Vibrations.We will read a Capstone Book: Loud, Soft, High and Low. Also, we will watch a Youtube video on Sound. Check it out below: