Week of February 1-5, 2016

We finally have seen the true arrival of winter. Unfortunately, the snow days have delayed our learning plans. Therefore, the week will begin by catching up on some things missed from the previous week.

Reading: “The Lion and the Mouse” will be completed, along with the concept of main idea. We will also continue writing sentences correctly. Once this story wraps up, we will start Unit 4. The stories in this section will discuss adventures. The first story is Eric Carle’s animal fantasy, “Rooster’s Off to See the World.” Sequence (the order of events in a story) will be the skill taught.  The new amazing words to explore are: world, trip, journey, lonely, horizon, and homesick. The sight words to focus on are: are, do, and that.

Phonics: After practicing the /o/ sound, we will move on to letter Hh. Words with the initial /h/ sound start like the word helicopter.

Math: Topic 6 (Numbers to 100) will be introduced. This includes counting to 30; estimating items that are close to 5, 10, and 20; using a hundred chart to count and find missing numbers to 100; and counting groups of 10.

Reminders:

~Friday, February 5^th will be our 100^th day of school. We will be completing activities involving the concept of 100. Students may dress as if they were 100 years old.

~Please review sight words daily. Also, practice writing the sight words and numbers to 20.

Have a happy first week of February!