Good evening! I hope everyone is having a great Sunday! It's hard to believe we are already in week 7 and only 3 weeks away from Fall Break. We have some exciting things planned this week. Here's what's coming up:
Literature: We are starting Owl at Home this week! We will be learning about the author, Arnold Lobel, on Monday, as well as how to track where we are in a book using a bookmark. On Tuesday, we will learn a little bit about owls, and then we will begin reading on Wednesday! Please make sure your child has their book by Wednesday so they can follow along! We also have reading groups coming up soon! If you would like to sign up to volunteer, please click here. (Note: volunteers must be fingerprint cleared to work with us in the classroom!)
Spalding: We have 30 words as normal this week and will test on Friday! Please make sure your child is including all markings on the words Monday-Wednesday. We have noticed quite a few homework assignments missing these. The markings let us know that your child understands the phonograms and sounds being said in each word.
Monday: tooth, teeth, worm, day, eat, sits, sit, lot, box, school
Tuesday: belong, door, floor, yes, low, soft, stands, stand, yard, bring
Wednesday: tell, five, ball, law, ask, just, way, get, home, much
Phonograms to practice: f, g, j, k, w, au, aw, ck, wh, wor
Writing: In writing, we have copy work and narration exercises from Peter Rabbit.
Grammar: In grammar, we will continue our Question and Answer flow to name parts of a sentence. We will look at longer sentences and find the “heart of the sentence,” which is the subject noun and accompanying verb. We will also explore action verbs within poetry and stories this week.
Poem: “The Pasture” by Robert Frost – We will recite this week!
Idiom/Proverb: If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.
Math: In math this week we will continue with subtraction! We will switch between using different hands on items and visuals as we learn all about how subtraction relates to addition. We will use what we have mastered during our addition practice to create subtraction stories and sentences. Our first subtraction test will be on Wednesday and I am excited for us to make more and more connections as we learn even more about number bonds and how parts and wholes relate to subtraction.
History: This week in History we will be studying the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, which means “the land between the rivers”. The two rivers are the Tigris and the Euphrates. We will learn how these early citizens survived and thrived. We will discover that many of their inventions have and are still being used today in one form or another. Students will learn about their temple called ziggurats, and their ancient for of writing called cuneiform writing.
Science: This week in science we will be studying animals! We will begin by learning about food chains and the herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores that are a part of them. We will learn why all parts of a food chain are important. We will also classify animals based on their groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. We will learn what is unique about each group, and which characteristics animals have in common with each other.
Miscellaneous: We have our first healthy snack day this Thursday! We have been learning all about fruit and its benefits in P.E. Please join us in packing a piece of fruit to eat on Thursday!
Have a FANTASTIC week!
