Geometry

Family Members,

Today my class started a Geometry unit. Students will learn how to name and describe plane shapes and solid figures. Some of the math vocabulary you can help your child to understand are: solid figure - a solid figure has length, width, and height; edge - an edge is a place where two surfaces meet ( a cube has 12 edges) ; plane shapes - plane shapes are shapes that lie on a flat surface.
A home activity that could help your child develop a good understanding of how these geometric figures are found in the real world would be a shape hunt. Look around your house to find household items such as cereal boxes or party hats, potato chip cans, vegetable cans, ice cream cones, etc. Ask your child to write down the solid figures found and to name the plane shapes that make up their surfaces.

January 4 - 8

Our Story in reading this week is Officer Buckle and Gloria
This is a Thoroughbred Reader. Remind your child to take the quiz at the end of the week.

In the next week we will be focusing on the following in reading:
Phonics:
r-controlled vowels ar, or, ore
I can read words with r controlled vowels ar, or, ore
Comprehension:
Drawing conclusions
I can draw conclusions based on text I read
Vocabulary:
High frequency words, dictionary entry words
I can learn new high frequency and vocabulary words
I can use dictionary entry words to find words in the dictionary
Fluency:
Decodable text, leveled readers
I can read text on my level
I can decode text
I can reread to improve fluency

We will begin our Geometry unit in Mathematics. This unit is one that most students really enjoy!