Sunday, February 12, 2023

February 13th Newsletter

 

Feb. 13th-17th, 2023

This week in literacy, we will…

  • Distinguish r-controlled vowel sound /ar/.

  • Read words with r-controlled vowel sounds /ar/ spelling patterns.

  • Read irregularly spelled words (work, again, eight, two).

  • Review capitalization of proper nouns.

  • Read a poem titled Hearts.

  • Read Valentine's read alouds

  • Read Garden Helpers, by Charlotte Rose, during shared reading. We will discuss important information in a nonfiction text and talk about the big idea and supporting details. Additionally, we will read words with consonant clusters and recognize compound words.

  • Write a response to reading.

  • Participate in Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Lessons

This week in writing, we will…

  • We will be sharing our how-to at home presentations with the class this week!  If you are doing a presentation or video, please email it as soon as possible if you haven’t done so already!  Thank you so much for all of your help with this!


This week in math, we will….

  •  Partition a rectangle and circle into 2 equal parts and into 4 equal parts

  • Use the terms halves and half of to talk about the 2 equal parts into which a rectangle or circle has been partitioned, and use the terms fourths, quarters, fourth of, and quarter of to talk about the 4 equal parts into which a rectangle/circle has been partitioned

  • Describe a whole rectangle or circle as 2 (4) of two (four) equal parts

  • Create 3D Shapes during a STEM activity using toothpicks and marshmallows 

This week in science, we will…

  • Start our unit on polar animals

  • Learn about animals who migrate, hibernate, and adapt in winter.


Important Dates to Remember!

  • Feb. 13th - Start our How-To presentations

  • Feb. 14th - Valentines Day Celebration

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