Current trick words: they, one, said, you, your, was
Reading:
Important Reminders:
Reading:
- We have been talking about how there are many different types of reading (and writing) genres. This week we focused on the genre fiction. Stories that are fiction have characters, a setting, a problem, and a solution. When you read with your child at home, ask your child to identify those story elements!
- We started our first unit of writing workshop! This week we learned that master authors don't just tell any stories…they tell meaningful stories! They pay attention to the kinds of stories they choose to tell can inspire us when we are trying to come up with our own meaningful stories.
- We also learned that writers collect tiny details that they can later turn into stories. We can do this at lunch, at home, on the playground…anywhere! Whenever we we find a good idea or remember something we want to write about, we can jot it down in our tiny notebooks! Ask your child about some of the topics they wrote in their tiny topics notebook!
- We started unit 1 in math which focuses on adding, subtracting, and working with data.
- We demonstrated different methods for adding and subtracting within 20.
- We played games with our math partners. Ask your child about:
- What’s behind my back - to 10
- What’s behind my back - to 20
- How close - target was 20
- Ask your child the strategies and tools they use to solve addition and subtraction facts to 20.
- We started an ST Math challenge! This week we solved ___ puzzles all together as a class! We are going to try to beat that next week!!!
- Ask your child what the two rules are for a syllable to be a closed syllable. What happens to the vowel when the syllable is closed? (Rules: The syllable can only have 1 vowel and must be closed in by a consonant after the vowel. Ex: bath is a closed syllable. Show your child the words boat and she….why are these two syllables NOT closed syllables?
- When a syllable is closed, the vowel is short.
- We learned the rules for using c, k, and ck!
- Ck is only found at the end of syllables and must be right after a short vowel. (Example: sock)
- K is found at the end of a word if the k sound is NOT immediately following the vowel (ex. Milk)
- C is almost always used at the beginning of words.
- K should only be used before an e, i, or y.
- We practiced different skills we can use for learning. These skills include listening, focusing attention, and self talk.
- We also talked about growth mindset. Ask your child what the difference between fixed mindset and growth mindset is!
- We learned that anyone can be a scientist, regardless or race, gender, or ethnicity.
- We thought about what scientists do and how we can be scientists in the classroom. We can ask questions, make observations, and collect data in order to answer our questions.
- We learned that things can be classified as living and non-living.
- we said Hello to fall and wrote about our favorite things to do in the fall. We also painted a fall tree using water colors.
Important Reminders:
- 9/26 - Rosh Hashanah - No School
- 10/5 - Yom Kippur - No School
- 10/10 - Indigenous Peoples Day - No School
- 10/12 - Early Release Day - Dismissal @ 12:15