Week of March 6

This week are Resources are: Monday~ ART, Tuesday~ MUSIC, Wednesday~ P.E. and Friday~ MUSIC. Wednesday is an Early Release Day and Friday is SOCKS DAY. (This was an idea that the students all agreed would be so much fun! SO I'm willing to try it out. However, I need your help! Please make sure your child is able to take their shoes off and put them on without any help. Also, inform your child that they will need to wear their shoes in the Cafeteria, Music, outside during Recess and in the bathroom.Thank you!!) Also, Leilani is bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class.

MATH

We are working on numbers 9 and 10 this week. We will be adding groups to make the amounts (composing) and taking the numbers apart with subtraction (decomposing). The students will continue to write equations and fill out the parts in the number bond. I've also planned a cute Penguin activity for subtraction on Thursday. :) The students will be coming up with their own story problems for number 10 and use the penguins to tell the story. 

Here is the paper we will be using. You can use it to practice with your child if you'd like!

SAXON,SIGHT WORDS, BLENDS & MORE!

In Saxon we will be discussing the letter d. I am so excited because a lot of the students are having difficulty differentiating between the b and d when sounding out words. We are also discussing short vowel sounds in the middle of words. 

Our Sight Words this week are: back, with, know & after. I am in the middle of Sight Word Testing, so continue to practice past sight words. 

Our Blend this week is ST-. Ask your child to think of words that have st at the beginning. If this is easy for your child, move on to words that end with -st. Here is the slideshow I will be using in class:

Our Word Family this week is -og. Check out the video with your child and then have them think of a list of words that go in the -og family.

READING

We are beginning a new Module on Weather. We will begin with a book by Gail Gibbons= Weather Words and What they Mean. (I think that Gail Gibbons is great for Non-Fiction books! Check her out at the library. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.) We will use the book to review how to find the meaning of unknown words. Then we will read the big book What Will the Weather Be Today? and discuss the details that help support the main topic of weather. We will end with a book from the Online Book Site EPIC. The book will be Clouds. This book will explain the different types of clouds and allow the students to illustrate the types and give information to support why they are different.

Here is the Youtube video for Weather Words and What they Mean.

WRITING

The students will be picking a teacher at school to write a letter to. The letter could tell them how much they like their class (ex. p.e., music.), give ideas of what else they could do in the class (ex. art- paint pictures of horses) or what they are doing at home that reminds them of the teacher. The possibilities are endless! 

On Friday, we will hand deliver the letters to the teachers. (Cross your fingers I get pictures!! It's sure to be adorable and make everyone's day!!!) 

SCIENCE

Last week Dr.Seuss week took over a lot! haha So we never got to the book for Sound. Therefore we will be reading the book Loud, Soft, High and Low this week. Students will make a journal entry discussing which sounds they like and which ones they prefer not to hear.