This week in... Reading!

 

Unit 1 Big Question: How do we live, work, and play together?

Question of the Week: How do families cooperate?

Story of the Week: Plaidypus Lost

Comprehension Skill: Sequence

Sight Words: the, little

Amazing Words: platypus, lost, market, around, found, groceries

In our story of the week, we read Plaidypus Lost. Our main character was a little girl that had a stuffed platypus her grandmother made for her. Everywhere she went, she lost Plaidypus, and then she had to go back to find him. We found rhyming words in our story and practiced reading some of the repetitive text.

Letter recognition: Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss

(Use a book or magazine to have your child look for and name these letters!)

Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds
(We say the words in slow motion as we slide one arm down the other. To find the beginning sound, we stop our arm at our sleeve, so we hear only the initial sound. Give your child a word and ask them to stretch it for you!)

This week in... Math!

We are finishing up Chapter 1 this week. We have now learned the numerals and the words for numbers 0-5. We have counted objects and filled in five frames to represent numbers.  

                                                 Five frame 

We have also learned how to use the strategy make a model to solve problems. This means we used objects(counters) to show how many we started with and how many we took away. This actively involves students in thinking about the problem and provides a visual connection.

We will be taking the Chapter 1 test on Wednesday and Friday of this week. Next week, we will begin Chapter 2 where we will learn to compare two numbers.

Math Homework: Math homework was due this week. If you did not get it turned in, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we took on this new challenge! The Chapter 2 math homework will be sent home on Monday and Tuesday of next week.