Week of January 21-25, 2019

Reading: “The Lion and the Mouse” is the classic fable we will be working with this week.  Main Idea (the important part of the story) is the skill we will focus on. The amazing words for the week include: jungle, nibbling, trembling, beast, snarled, and entangled. The sight words to focus are: they, you, and of. During the week we will also examine how to correctly write sentences. Children should know that a sentence is a complete thought. It starts with a capital letter, has spaces between words, and ends with a period.

Phonics:  This week is a continuation of the /o/ sound, spelled with letter Oo. Remember: this is a vowel, it has two sounds! We will be practicing /o/ in the beginning, as well as the middle of words. Phoneme segmentation is also emphasized this week (breaking words into individual sounds- example: /c/, /a/, /t/ ).

Math: Unit 3 continues this week. This unit compares and orders numbers from 0 through 20. Remember to review concepts such as greater (more) and fewer (less), also practice counting backward  (20, 19, 18, 17…).

Reminders:

~ Please continue to practice sight words, counting to 100, and writing 0-20.

~ The children will participate in a glow fun run on Thursday, January 24^th.  (Please make sure your child is wearing sneakers!)  Pledges are being accepted to raise money for the PTO Boosterthon. The PTO provides our students with many fun activities throughout the year. Please show your support if possible. Students can gain rewards when goals are met. Visit funrun.com to participate.

Thank you for your continued cooperation!

~ Mrs. Green