September 18th Newsletter

 

September 18th, 2023

This week we will be starting library class! Our library day is Wednesday. This year every other week is going to be a checkout time. The other weeks will be a library lesson in the library or makerspace. 

We will also be sending home sight word list with directions on Monday! Please work on these with your student. 

This week in literacy, we will…

• Know the sound-spelling for short "o".

• Read irregularly spelled words (and, stop, jump, see).

• Recognize and produce rhyme.

• Understand the use of an exclamation mark.

• Read and write words ending with double final consonants.

• Read a poem titled, The Big Balloon. We will read this poem with expression and highlight words with short "o" vowel sounds. 

• Read a story titled, The Frog Who Couldn't Jump, by Lionel Page. While reading, we will summarize the problem and solution in the story and infer the characters' traits from story events. 

This week in writing, we will…

• Continue our unit on Narrative Writing

• Work on stretching out words to spell and writing down a letter for each sound we hear

• Zoom in on one small moment.  We will focus on writing a tiny seed story instead of a big watermelon story.

• Share our writing with partners!

This week in math, we will….

• Add with sums to 10

• Solve for an unknown number

• Count by 10s to 100

• Find missing numbers is story problems 

• Solve story problems

• Play “show me the number” and “Which coin will win”

• Measure with popsicle sticks

• Subitize with number racks

This week in science we will….

• Continue our unit on Land and Water

• Learn about landforms

• Learn about rocks and minerals

• Begin learning about the importance of water

Important Dates to Remember!

• September 18- High Frequency Word List Sent Home 

• September 20- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 21- i-Ready assessment (math)

• September 27- Picture Day