Week of January 19

Our Resources for the week are: Tuesday P.E. and Wednesday ART. 

We have two students joining the Six-Year-Old Club~ Samantha on the 19th and Kimberley on the 22nd. 

**Reminder: NO SCHOOL Monday, January 18 and January 22.**

Handwriting/Writing

We will be reviewing our writing checklist and discussing different ways to begin sentences. Examples of sentence starters: The best part was, They are, My Mom/Dad likes, etc. 
 *Not all sentences begin with I- I like, I think, I am, etc. 
We will also work on getting more confidence with using our sounds when stretching words and using the word wall so that we spell all of our Sight Words correctly. 
One writing piece will be collected for the quarterly writing grade.

Math

As we finish up a unit on comparing numbers and quantities we revisit capacity and weight this week. Next week there will be an assessment on recent work using all of the comparing skills learned in January. Also, we begin to focus on numbers 16-20 to prepare us for upcoming new skills.

Science

It is a short week so hopefully we will be able to wrap up our fun with motion. As we look ahead gravity will be our topic.  This week the students will have hands on opportunities working with a marble run and creating systems to move their marbles through a maze. I hope we get some good pictures to share!

Reading

Sight words for the week are: how and do. Our Word Family is the -est family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the family~ best, vest, chest, etc.

We are finishing up our Module on Native Americans. We will be reading a few Native American Books and completing our Module Test.The books we plan on reading are: Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, The Sacred Dog and Brother Eagle Sister Sky.
To make sure your child is ready for the test review shelters, clothing and how each tribe gets its food.
Below is a video of one of the books for you to enjoy with your child. :)