Monday, October 18, 2021

October 18th Newsletter

                                                

Week of October 18th, 2021



This week in literacy, we will…


  • Understand that some letters represent vowel sounds

  • Recognize and use consonant clusters at the beginning of words

  • Read In a Dark, Dark Wood by Joy Cowley. We will adjust our voice to reflect aspects of the text (suspense, humor) and notice a repeating pattern of text on each page

  • Read a poem titled, Bat, Bat 

  • Read books about bats and Halloween, including Stellaluna by Jannel Cannon, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colondro, Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and Where’s my Mummy by Carolyn Crimi

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons


In writing this week, we will…

  • Continue our unit on opinion writing and writing reviews

  • Share our opinions about different topics with others

  • Use convincing statements to support our details

  • Understand the components of writing an opinion piece and analyze whether or not our opinion pieces have them





In math this week, we will…

  • - Solve addition problems by counting on

  • - Add within 12 and use strategies to add

  • - Use >, <, = symbols to record and compare 1 and 2 digit numbers

  • - Apply commutative property

  • - Solve subtraction problem by finding an unknown addend

  • - Add and subtract within 10

  • - Demonstrate the understanding of the equal sign to determine if addition or subtraction problems are true

  • Recognize doubles facts such as 3+3=6 

  • Learn a new work place called “Spin and Add”


In Science this week, we will…

  • Learn about soil and how we use Earth’s land

  • Learn about different types of landforms including mountains, plateaus, plains, and islands


Important Dates to Remember!

10/22- Early Release 1:45

10/25-Pumpkin Days-Decorate a pumpkin for the IMC

10/29- Outdoor Halloween Parade

11/3- Picture Retake Day

11/5- No School- Professional Development and Records Day


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