Week of January 20 - 23

Reading -
We are still reading about Amazing Animals and focusing on biographies. Please ask your child to tell you about what they've read in school. You'll be surprised just how much they are learning! Last week they learned about ants. Some students read about earthworms, bees, and butterflies too!

Also, twelve students read Charlotte's Web last week! Many students are transitioning into reading chapter books now. Please encourage this at home too.

Phonics : Vowel Pairs oa, ow
I can:
recognize and read words the the oa and ow vowel pairs

Comprehension: Cause and Effect
I can:
Identify the cause and effect Ina passage or story

Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words; Parts of a Dictionary Entry
I can:
Read and state the meaning of this week's high-frequency and vocabulary words
Identify the parts of dictionary entry words

Fluency: Decodable Text; Leveled Readers
I can:
Decode text
Read books on my level.

Math
This week we will be studying geometry.
I can:

• Describe and give examples of basic geometric elements and terms
• Apply these terms to solve real-world mathematical problems
• Describe and give examples of tow-dimensional shapes
• Describe and give examples of three-dimensional shapes
• Identify congruent figures
• Show examples of line symmetry in real world and mathematical problems
• Apply one line symmetry to construct a simple geometric design
• Locate points on a grid representing a positive coordinate system

Writing

We will continue working on short stories and friendly letters. We may begin Persuasive Letter Writing this week.

Reminders

• Please continue to send in Box Tops for Education and Nestle Water Bottle Labels.
• Please check your child's take-home folder each day for notes and homework.

January 12 - 15

Math - Last week we discussed money. We discussed the value of coins and how to combine coins. We ended the week by adding and subtracting money. This week some students will be taking the GMADE test. We will also be studying time.

Reading - We have started theme 4 - Amazing Animals. We will read many stories about animals and we will also be focusing on biographies for the next several weeks.
This week's targeted skills are:

Phonics - words with nd, nt, mp, ng, and nk; base words and ending in nouns (-s, -es, -ies)
Comprehension - Text Organization - using pictures, captions and text to retell the main idea and details.
Vocabulary - High Frequency words; using a thesaurus
Fluency: Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Writing- We will continue working on short stories and friendly letters.


It is so important that your child read to you at least 20 minutes daily. Please encourage your child to sound words out. We have covered word decoding strategies all year so your child should be able to do this with little help from you. If they "get stuck" encourage them to look at the whole word. Tell them to find parts of the word they know and to sound out other parts using the decoding strategies we've learned.

This week's spelling words are:
king
think
end
bring
hand
bang
sing
thank
send
thing
grand
young

Reminders:
No school January 19th.
Please bring in Box Tops for Education
Please bring in Nestle Water Labels
Muffins for Mom January 23rd. RSVP by January 14th.
Children should bring backpacks to school daily.
Please check take-home folders daily for important information that may be sent home and for homework.