In our continuation of word families this week, we will be working on short i and short o word families.

Our spelling words this week are: him, or, look, her, had, dig, hip, top, got & dog.

The books we will read as a class are counting books.

During writing workshop, we will discuss more ways to find writing ideas. We will also work on drawing people and landscapes in our illustrations.

In math this week, we are continuing ways to make 10. We are working on finding a missing amount if we know part and the total. An example would be: There are 6 frogs on a log. Some frogs are in the water. There are 9 frogs altogether. How many frogs are in the water? We will do this in problem solving and also with pictures and manipulatives.

I’m looking forward to another great week with your students!

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We are continuing our study of word families this week in phonics. This week we will focus on short e and short i word families.

Our spelling words this week are: how, has, as, by, get, hen, ten, let, set & bin.

This week our read alouds will all be by the author Kevin Henkes. We will discuss characteristics of Kevin Henkes’ books.

In math this week we are working more on addition and subtraction. We will practice adding and subtracting on a number path. We will learn that addition sentences can be added in any order. We will practice finding a missing addend in a number sentence, using a picture model.

In honor of Johnny Appleseed, we will learn about him on Friday and do some related activities.

I’m looking forward to another great week with your students!

In phonics this week we are continuing our study of word families. We will work on short a and short e word families.

Our spelling words this week are: she, big, so, not, on, red, bed, dad, mad, & jam.

Our read alouds this week focus around the theme of family.

In math we are working on addition and subtraction. We are working to become fluent with the number pairs that equal 10.

During writing we are practicing  thinking of writing ideas. We will also be reading our pieces to each other and giving each other feedback on ways to add on to our writing piece.

Students are doing well reading their guided reading books. Thank you for reading with them at night and helping them to record their reading reflection in their reading notebook!

I am looking forward to another great week with your students!

In phonics this week we are learning about vowels & are starting our study of word families. We will start with focusing on short a word families.

Our spelling words this week are: if, me, up, be, we, cap, nap, map, bag & tag.

Our read alouds this week will continue our theme of the importance of friendship.

In math we will finish our number sense unit and begin focusing on using a ten-frame to add and subtract.

During writing time we are learning the routines of writing workshop and will focus on how to develop an idea to write about.

Today your student will begin bringing home a book for homework and a reader’s notebook. Each day they will record their book and answer a question in their notebook.

I am looking forward to another great week with your students!