Week of March 7

 

Our Resources for the week are: Monday #1-18 ART and #19-37 MUSIC, Tuesday ART, and Thursday MUSIC. Wednesday is an Early Release Day and we have a visit from a Dental Hygenist. Thursday is school fundraiser night at Moe's- Hope to see you all there! And Friday is Hat Day. PLUS- our favorite librarian Mrs. Noah Thomas is making a visit.

**If your child missed out on shopping at the Book Fair last week, no worries! We will still send students down to shop that have money. Just make sure the money is labeled BOOK FAIR. Thanks!
Lakeisha joins the Six-Year-Old club on Wednesday!! 

Handwriting/Writing

We are moving away from Opinion Writing and into Letter Writing! We are beginning by discussing the letters from the story Click Clack Moo Cows That Type and figuring out our own letters we would write to the characters. 

We will be discussing questions words: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. 

Check out the youtube video of the book and practice coming up with questions for the characters with your child. 

Math

This week and next week we will be using sums of 9 and 10 to compose and decompose. Learning combinations of ten is an important building block for addition and subtraction for years to come. Knowing that 1 and 9, 2 and 8 etc make 10 will bolster your child's fluency in math especially in 2nd and 3rd grade! I have been very proud of how well the class is applying their skills to adding and subtracting. I know the extra effort at home completing homework is paying off!

Science

Space, the final frontier. I always enjoy teaching concepts of relating to space. The students get very excited about all things having to do with the sky, stars and planets. This week we will observe the day and night sky. Take time on clear evenings to check out the moon and the stars. I love hearing the students tell me their night sky observations!

Reading

Sight words for the week are: would, him, did and over. Our two Word Families are the -un and -ut family. Practice having your child make words that would belong in the families~ bun, shut, fun, hut, etc. Along with the CH- blend. Practice having your child think of words that would begin with the ch blend: chicken, chips, chapstick, etc.   Here is a slideshow I made for us to use in class. We will also be discussing words that have the long a sound thanks to "Magic/Super/Silent E!!"

 We are beginning a new Module titled Columbus and the Pilgrims. This week we will discuss Christopher Columbus and the plans he has for finding new land. We will discuss how he has the financial support of Ferdinand and Isabella, but not much from the other people. Here are links to the stories we will be reading: The Spice Seekers, Ferdinand and Isabella, 1492 and Not the Indies.