Weekly Update

Hello Families,

I hope everyone is enjoying the snow! Thank you for sending snow pants, boots, hats, mittens, and shoes to change into when the boots come off! J

Math

We finished our unit on adding facts with sums up to 12. Topic 5 assessments will be coming home next week. We will launch into subtraction next week! Please keep practicing addition facts at home.

Reading Workshop

We are now working on retelling fiction books. Finding the main idea can be tricky. We are practicing with simple non-fiction books. Your child should be able to tell you that a non-fiction retell includes the main idea, facts, new words, and new learning.

Good Fit Books

Most children at this age have trouble identifying good fit books independently. Please be sure your child is reading good fit books at home. If they are hard to find the little books that come home every few days are perfect! J

***Look for the following characteristics when helping your child find a "just right" book: It is read not too fast, but not too slow. He/she knows all or most of the words. The topic is age appropriate.***

Writer’s Workshop

We are making a transition from telling a sentence to telling a story. Ask your child about their heart list of people, places, and objects. J

Word Workshop

This week we worked with words with s blends. These words are referred to as CVCC words. This means the vowel (V) says the short sound. The first CV blend together. Each individual sound is heard, but the words should be decoded saying the blend together.

This Week I Really Learned!

This week we brainstormed what we learned in a T.W.I.R.L. web. Each student was required to write at least one sentence on his/her own and show evidence of the learning. We also are following the friendly letter format. Each week your child’s letter should have the date, a greeting, a sentence or 2, a closing, and a signature. We’ll work on placement later. For now we just want all of the part of the friendly letter in the letter. J From now on the line leader of the week will be taking our class T.W.I.R.L. chart home. J Thank you for taking time to write to your child. Please try to write back to your child whenever possible. They love hearing your letters during snack time.

Practice Packets

I apologize for the incorrect answer on one of the math pages in last week’s packet. Thank you for noticing and bringing it to my attention. I appreciate your attention to these weekly review packets. Grammar and word work is now being included each week. These pages are practice from the skills taught that week in school. The math is a spiral review which covers material from kindergarten up through our current skills. Because we skipped a topic occasionally there is a subtraction problem. Students should try is, but not worry about it if it’s too difficult right now.

Enjoy your weekend!