Thursday, April 30, 2015

April 27th -May 1st

What We Are Learning
Reading:  This week we reviewed the reading strategy Chunky Monkey.  This means we looked for parts in words that we knew. We focused on finding digraphs (ch, wh, ph, sh, & th), blends (bl, br, cl, cr, etc.), vowel combinations (ow & ou), word families (ake, ay, at, etc.), and word endings (ed, ing, er & s). Haven’t we learned so much this year?!

Alphabet: In alphabet this week, we looked at the _ake word family (examples: bake, cake, make, etc.). We also learned about the blends sw and sn.

Writing: This week we learned that opinion writing can be used to convince or persuade someone to do something.  We are writing about problems in our school and ways to fix them. Ask your child what they chose to write about.

Math: This week we continued our measurement unit. We reviewed terms that describe length and weight. Next week I will start end of the year math assessments. Can you believe that?!

Theme: During theme this week, we continued to learn about butterflies. We collected several facts about butterflies and created a butterfly book. We also continued to observe our chrysalises on our Wonder Table. I have a feeling we will have butterflies soon!

Guided Reading Books
If your child has a guided reading envelope and/or a guided reading book at home from any previous weeks, could you please return it to school as soon as possible. We are making sure our guided reading library is intact and ready for next year, and if you could help us out with making sure they are all returned, it would be greatly appreciated!

Popcorn Words
Please practice reading, writing, and spelling our Popcorn Words.
This week’s words:
were

Previous words:
went, then, want, your, out, new, over, her, give, day, what, was, when, where, with, this, love, him, will, play, she, did, for, of, you, come, here, have, said, are, got, get, it, on, had, has, he, do, look, in, like, and, a, up, at, I, see, am, we, to, the, is, my, can, me, & go

Dates to Remember
May 1st: Sock Hop
May 18th: Field Day

May 22nd: Last Day of School

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