Week of October 19-23

Homework:

The Word Wall Words for this week are: once, and, you, said, what. These will be introduced on Tuesday and we will continue to review them and do activities with them throughout this week. Please practice the words at home each night. Students should be able to recognize and read the words by the end of the week. The students should also be able to spell these words correctly in writing (journals and stories). The words are posted in the classroom for their reference.

First Week: SPELLING SORTS: The spelling patternis listed on the colored sheet. When studying the spelling pattern with your child, please focus on the sound we are working on or the rule, rather than just memorization. We will work on each spelling sort for about 2 weeks. Your child will be tested on some of those words as well as similar words on the spelling test day. I will work with the students on their spelling pattern in small groups over the next 2 weeks.

Spelling test: Friday, 10/30

Monday, 10/19- Review new spelling sort (cut sort and only glue headings like we do in school, then practice sorting and spelling sort words all week). Test on Friday, 10/30.

Tuesday, 10/20- Word Wall Practice- Due Friday

Wednesday, 10/21- Please complete Math Sheet(s)

Thursday, 10/22-Read the story in your reading bag to yourself and then to someone at home. Return the reading bag, the sheet filled out, and book on Friday.

Notes and Reminders:

  • November 2, 3, 4: Students have 12:30 dismissal due to conferences.
  • Think Central, Big Universe and Raz Kids usernames and passwords were sent home. You can find the links on my website. Think Central supports our math program.
  • Scholastic Book Club(optional): Orders due October 27th
  • Salt Brook Character Education theme: Take a Stand! Lend a Hand! Ask your child about it!
  • Halloween parade (weather permitting)- 10/30 at 2:15

Overview of the Week:

In Language Arts, we will enjoy a few new stories for the week. We will read- To Be a Kid (a big book), some Norman Bridwellbooks (our new author of the month),a few fall stories, and many leveled books. As we read these stories, students will work on comprehension skills, with an emphasis on noting details and how to use questions to help comprehend a story. During Reader’s Workshop, we will continue to focus on how partners read and think about books together. We will also begin to talk about what strategies we can use to figure out unfamiliar words and to comprehend what we are reading. Throughout the week in phonics, we will be focusing on the short /o/ sound. Students will be able to associate the sound of the short /o/ with the letter o. We will blend with the word families (graphemic base) –ot, -op and–ock.

In Writer’s Workshop, we will begin our Small Moment unit. A small moment is a focused narrative that expands on one small moment in time. Typically, the structure of these pieces is chronological (beginning, middle, and end). The best small moments are told with a storyteller’s voice and not just summarized events or comments on events. We will also practice our writing in our journals and in response to what we read.

In Math we will continue to work with subtraction strategies. The students will show all the ways to take apart a number within 10. We will use our unifix cubes to model. The students will build fluency for subtraction within 10. At the end of the week, we will review all the skills/concepts taught in Unit 2 and the students will take a written assessment. The written assessment will be sent home for your review.

In Science we will continue our unit: Force and Motion. We will continue investigating motion using spinners (tops, zoomers, and twirlers).

Halloween is coming…