Week 7 Update

Reminders for Next Week:

Looking Ahead to Next Week

Independent Reading

Boosterthon

 

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

Phonics: We will introduce letters, Qq, Xx, Yy, and Zz. We will be practicing the sounds these letters make as well as practicing making words with the letters we have already learned. We will also practice writing all 26 upper and lower case letters this week.

Reading: As we progress in our community helpers unit, we will be reading various books about community helpers. We will be discussing the difference between non-fiction and fiction texts as well, in addition to the other print concepts we have been practicing (following words with your finger, reading from left to right, spaces in between words, etc.)

Writing: Working in Writer’s Workshop has been a fun, learning experience!  We will be reading books to get ideas for our own writing and share our writing with our peers.

Math: We will specifically focus on counting to twenty-five, as well as introduce a number line. We will practice filling in missing numbers on number lines to help us with our counting skills. We will continue to work hard in math stations for independent practice.

Social Studies: We will continue our community helpers unit. There are many more helpers for us to learn about!  We love reading books about these helpers on our Epic! app!

Sight Words: stop, go, dog, in

 

Independent Reading:

Please be sure to work with your child at least 15 minutes per night. This really helps to reinforce the concepts we have been working on in school.  Working on one READ card box per night, review sight words and letter sounds will be very beneficial for your child. Please be sure that the READ card AND the books from school are returned in your child’s binder each day. 

 

Boosterthon:

We will kick off our fall fundraiser, Boosterthon, next week! Be on the lookout for more information to come about this super exciting time to raise money for our school!

 

Week 7

Upcoming Events:
September 30th Boosterthon kick-off

What we are learning this week:
Sight words: an, is, look
Letters & sounds: q, x, y, z
Reading Strategy:  We use our "owl eyes" to look at picture clues to figure out unfamiliar words.
Writing:  We will continue using the sentence frame to write about community helpers.  The purpose of the sentence frame is to remind students to begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. 
Math:  We will continue working on numbers 0-10.  This week we will be using a number line to count and find missing numbers.
Social Studies: We will finish our unit on community helpers.

How can you help at home this week?
Review anything missed on the interim or weekly assessment.
Review sight words.  Students love being sight word detectives!  Give them a magnifying glass, a simple book, a notebook, and a pencil.  Have them search for sight words within the book and write them in the notebook.  After they finish their list, have them read their list of words.
Review letters and sounds.  One way we practice in class is by playing a matching game with uppercase and lowercase letters.  An easy way to prepare this at home would be to write an uppercase letter and matching lowercase letter on an index card, cut the card in half, mix up a few at a time, then have your child match the letters together again.  Say the letter name and sound each time they make a match. 
Writing:  Practice writing letters correctly.
Math:  Write the numbers 0-10 on a number line (or you could use a ruler for a number line to 12).  Have your child close their eyes, cover up a number on the number line, then have your child guess the missing number.  If this is too easy, try covering multiple numbers.

Week 7

We will continue to learn about community helpers this week.  We will have a few visitors come and share about their career.  We have made lists of questions to ask them when they visit.  We will continue working on numbers one to ten.  Our sight words will be an, is, & look.  We will focus on the letters I and W. We will begin working on opinion writing.  We will be reading books by Mem Fox; you may want to check some out from the local library.  As you can see, it will be a very busy week!   I can't wait to get started in the morning!  Come rested and ready to learn!  We have a lot of work ahead of us!