Week 6

Upcoming events:

Monday, September 21:  dress like a pirate day

               & sign and return interims if you forgot to return on Friday

Friday, September 25:  school spirit day

What we are learning this week:

Sight words:  like, you, at, cat

Letters and sounds:  Vv, Ii, Ww, Kk

Reading:  Comparing/contrasting fiction and non-fiction using community helper books.  How can you determine what type of book you are reading?

Writing:  Sentences begin with a capital letter and have ending punctuation.  We will be using a sentence frame to remember this concept.  Our sentence frame looks similar to this /\________.  The "mountain" reminds you to start with a capital and the period is at the end.  We will be writing a community helper book using this frame.  

Social studies:  There are many different community helpers.  Some community helpers help us and keep us safe.  

Math:  Review numbers 1-10, special emphasis on 6-10.  Writing the number, counting objects, making sets.

How can you help at home this week?  

Review anything missed on the interim or weekly assessment.  I will recheck those skills before report cards are issued to give students another chance at mastery.  Remember to sign and return interims if you forgot on Friday.

Reading:  Read 100 Book Challenge each night.  Remember to log your books.  Practice sight words, letters and their sounds.  Read a variety of books this week including 100 Book Challenge books, decide if they are fiction or non-fiction.  How do you know?

Writing:  Practice writing simple sentences with a capital letter and ending punctuation such as: The dog ran fast.  The cat is gray.  My name is Jack.

Social studies:  Discuss family member's jobs.  Is someone at your house considered a community helper, such as a police officer, mailman, grocer, etc.?  How do they help the community?

Math:  Practice counting objects in groups and writing the corresponding number.  For example, count six buttons and write 6, count 9 pieces of cereal and write 9.  Then try it in reverse, the parent writes the number 8, the child makes a set of 8 crayons.