Week of May 2-6, 2016

Reading:  Unit 6 starts this week. The stories will explain different ways of building structures. Our first story is “Building with Dad.” It is an informational fiction book that tells how a school is built. We will practice how to compare and contrast to identify how things are the same and different. The pronouns I and me are used throughout the week. The amazing words presented are: groundbreaking, foundation, water proof, trenches, welding, and gleaming. Sight words to focus on are: here, do, little, with, and what.

Phonics:  Qq and Yy will still be practiced this week. The vowels Aa and Ii are also reviewed.

Math:  Topic 13 begins this week. The lessons teach the students how to sort, classify, count, and categorize data. The ideas include same and different, sorting by one attribute, sorting the same items in different ways, sorting by more than one attribute, and graphing.

Reminders:

~ Please continue to practice ALL sight words daily. The 96 word goal is definitely in reach!

~ Review all letters and sounds. Students also need to name one word that begins with each sound.

~ Practice word writing regularly. Remind your child to use sight words, word families, colors, numbers, familiar names, etc.  

~ Also practice writing dictated sentences. Remind children to use a Capital letter at the beginning, finger spaces between words, and punctuation at the end. For words they do not know how to spell: have them sound out the word and write the sounds they hear.

Specails:

Mon. Art         Tues. Gym         Wed. Music         Thurs. Computers         Fri. Library