Saturday, October 28, 2023

October 30th Newsletter

 

October 30th, 2023


This week in literacy, we will…

  • Blend sounds to produce words with digraphs sh and th.

  • Read irregularly spelled words (were, gave, go, first).

  • Identify elements of a sentence and understand the use of quotation marks.

  • Read and write words with the inflectional ending -ed.

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons.

  • Read a poem titled, Dingle, Dangle Scarecrow. We will highlight words with digraphs, notice the author's word choice, and locate high frequency words. 

  • Read Food Store in the Woods, by Reese Brooks. While reading, we will talk about what is interesting in an illustration and discuss important information in a text.

This week in writing, we will…

  • Start a new unit on opinion writing.

  • Watch a dog show and judge the dogs according to which one is our favorite and give reasons why

This week in math, we will….

  • We will start Unit 3 in math! 

  • Apply the commutative property of addition to add

  • Add fluently with sums to 10

  • Solve for the unknown in an addition equation involving 3 whole numbers

  • Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to 3 categories

  • Play “Drop the Beans” and play “Make the Sum”

  • Practice our doubles facts and our doubles plus and minus one facts

This week in social studies we will….

  • Learn how to “Think Like a Historian” by exploring what social studies is and how we can be social studies detectives

  • Begin our first unit on “Being a Good Citizen”

  • Learn about how rules and laws help us

Reminders - Please send a coat, hat and mittens with your child as the days are getting colder.  Our recess is in the morning and the temperature is not at the high for the day. Have your child practice getting his/her outdoor gear on independently. It's also recommended to label all items so they don't end up in the lost and found!


Important Dates to Remember!

  • November 1 - Picture Retakes

  • November 2 - End of 1st Quarter

  • November 3 - No School - Professional Development and Records for Teachers

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