This week we will work on the following skills:
Reading: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters; describe how words an phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song
Math: Identify real-life connections between words and their use
Spelling: Variant vowel /oo/ syllable pattern
Math: Add two-digit numbers
Spelling Words: brook, push, pull, bush, look, full, bully, bookshop, seagull
High Frequency Words: away, got, head, later, leave, read, saw
Homework
Every night: study spelling words and read "Good Dog"
Monday: math
Tuesday: math, get test papers signed and return to school on Wednesday
Wednesday: math, reading
Thursday: math, write spelling words 4 times each
For several weeks we have worked on place value. We did several activities to help us with this concept. It takes a lot of practice to realize that a 1 in the ones column or the tens column mean different things. First, we did a button activity. We had a lot of buttons in a jar. We estimated how many buttons we thought it was. The class divided into small groups. Each group had some buttons in a bowl to count. Ten buttons went into a paper cup. If a group had ten paper cups of buttons they were put into a plastic bag. When the groups finished counting, we counted all the plastic bags (hundreds), paper cups (tens) and left over buttons to get the grand total. We had over four hundred buttons!!
We also used base ten blocks to work on place value. We compared the units, rods and flats. Ask your child how many units make up a rod or how many rods make a flat.
Block test tomorrow --Tuesday, December 2
Scholastic book orders are due by Thursday, December 4
This week we are working on the following skills:
Reading: Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song
Spelling: variant vowel /oo/ syllable patterns
Math: Add and subtract 2-digit numbers
Language: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related adjectives
Spelling Words: brew, soup, blue, clue, blew, group, cashew, cartoon, pursue
High Frequency Words: through, enough, off, soon, try, why
Homework:
Every night: study spelling words, read "Blue Goose"
Monday: Math
Tuesday: reading, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday
Wednesday: reading
Thursday: Math, write spelling words 4 times each
