Week of October 22nd
Hey everyone! We have finished the 1st nine weeks of school, WOOH! It is AWESOME to see how much your children have already grown and learned in such a short period of time! Report cards will be coming home with your child on Thursday. š
As a reminder, if you have not signed up for a time for student led conferences yet please do so. Next week will be a very busy week with Red Ribbon Week (dress-up days information note coming home tomorrow), student led conferences, Halloween, and a half day! As for this week…
Phonics – we will begin focusing on consonant blends! This week’s focus will be on s-blends (sp, sn, st, sl).
Spelling – we, there, can, an /Ā spelling test Friday!
Reading – we will be reading stories aboutĀ bats and doing a nonfiction study unit to focus onĀ facts vs. details. We will also continue to discuss beginning, middle, and end.
Science – we will dive deeper into discussion and research overĀ bats! The books we read during interactive read-aloud will carry over into or science time for students to make connections.
Writing – we will focus on how to write a nonfiction story by learning about spiders! We will introduce how to writeĀ can, have, are sentences (i.e. spiders can, spiders have, spidersĀ are).Ā Facts vs. details will also be discussed during this time.
Math – we will begin learning aboutĀ place value! This will be a fun unit for students to better be able to manipulate and understand numbers greater than 10.Ā Math homework Thursday!Ā Place value assessment Friday!
As always, if you have any questions/concerns please do not hesitate to contact me! Have a great week!
