This week was full of fun as we celebrated Ava's half birthday, Remi shared about her week with Jiji, and we made commercials for our wish bins during reading workshop!
Current trick words: night, carry, something
Review trick words: city, family, every, eight, large, change, right, together, place only, house, move, always, once, often, against, knew, know, sure, use, used, animal, again, please, done, goes, pretty, both, talk, walk shall, pull, full, does, do, from, here, they, one, said, you, your, was
Reading: - Our class has launched a new unit of study, one that will focus first on helping kids solve tricky words. It'll be really important that kids LOVE the books they are reading - love them enough to do the hard work of word solving - so we launched the unit by creating wish bins of books kids are especially excited to read. Students built some great collections - some devoted to dogs, roller coasters, best friends, and cool cars. Ask your child about their wish bin. Here are some other ways you can support your child at home.
Ask your child about the wish bin they made with their reading partner and how they Introduced It to the classroom!
Writing - This week we completed our unit on nonfiction. We picked our favorite story and revised It. This story will stay in the classroom until the end of the year. All of the other stories your child wrote during this unit will go home next week.
Math - We estimated and measured lengths using standard rulers and meter sticks in centimeters and meters. We also solved compare story problems within 100 involving length.
Fundations - Today we completed unit 7 in Fundations. The assessment will go home on Tuesday. This week, we learned 3 new suffix endings!
Social Studies - We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. Ask your child to read you the poem they learned and to show you the MLK book room on their iPad.
Important Dates
Current trick words: night, carry, something
Review trick words: city, family, every, eight, large, change, right, together, place only, house, move, always, once, often, against, knew, know, sure, use, used, animal, again, please, done, goes, pretty, both, talk, walk shall, pull, full, does, do, from, here, they, one, said, you, your, was
Reading: - Our class has launched a new unit of study, one that will focus first on helping kids solve tricky words. It'll be really important that kids LOVE the books they are reading - love them enough to do the hard work of word solving - so we launched the unit by creating wish bins of books kids are especially excited to read. Students built some great collections - some devoted to dogs, roller coasters, best friends, and cool cars. Ask your child about their wish bin. Here are some other ways you can support your child at home.
- You might encourage your child to make bins of books or magazines that go together at home.
- When kids read books that go together, they can bring what they learn from one book to the next.
- Take a trip to the library. When your child chooses one book, suggest looking for other books that somehow go with the first. Same topic? Author? Genre?
Ask your child about the wish bin they made with their reading partner and how they Introduced It to the classroom!
Writing - This week we completed our unit on nonfiction. We picked our favorite story and revised It. This story will stay in the classroom until the end of the year. All of the other stories your child wrote during this unit will go home next week.
Math - We estimated and measured lengths using standard rulers and meter sticks in centimeters and meters. We also solved compare story problems within 100 involving length.
Fundations - Today we completed unit 7 in Fundations. The assessment will go home on Tuesday. This week, we learned 3 new suffix endings!
- -y can be used as a suffix to make a word into a word that describes someone or something (ex. Chilly, windy, lucky)
- -ly added to the end of a noun turns the word into an adjective with the meaning “like (the noun mentioned)” (ex. Bravely, promptly)
- -ly added to the end of an adjective to form adverbs with the meaning of how a person is feeling or acting. (ex. Gladly, sadly)
- -ly added to the end of a noun that refer to units of time, with the meaning “at or for every (unit of time mentioned)” (ex. Hourly, daily)
- -ty added to the end of numerals that are multiples of ten. (ex. Sixty, ninety)
Social Studies - We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. Ask your child to read you the poem they learned and to show you the MLK book room on their iPad.
Important Dates
- Monday 1/16 - No School (MLK Day)
- Wednesday 1/25 - Early Release Day (Dismissal @ 12:15)