Hello Families! Happy 8th week of Young Fives!
Please be sure to send in your child’s picture day form for picture day! Picture Day is Thursday, Oct. 26th!
Tuesday, we will have a Parent Meeting in our classroom at 2:30-3:30. Please plan on attending!
Reading: This week we will continue to practice the Three Ways to Read a Book as well as identifying the components of narrative literature and narrative writing. Your child can read a book by: 1. Reading the pictures, 2. Reading the words, 3. Retelling a familiar story. We will continue to build independence during Daily 5. We will practice Read to Self and Work on Writing, and Word Work! We are up to 9 minutes of stamina where we are working independently on our Daily 5 choice!!! This week we will practice counting the number of syllables. We will also learn what makes a book informational. We will learn about pumpkins! We will also begin segmenting c-v-c words and and blending the sounds together. (ex. cat/ c-a-t/cat)We will learn the letters Hh, and Ss and the sight words my, and like. Please practice writing these letters at home. Below is an example of how to write the letters. Please review the letters in their name as well as the letters Mm, Dd, Gg, Aa,Nn, Ii, Oo, and Tt. We will practice the sight words (I) and (you). Please review: a, the, see, to, you ,I.
Math: We will work on counting to 30 and recognizing numbers and their quantities 1 to 10. This week we will practice writing the numbers 1-6 using dice! We will focus on the numbers, 9 and 10.. We will also talk about basic 2D shapes. We will continue to practice recognizing quantities up to 10 using a 10 frame! We will also practice graphing data!
Science: We will continue learning about the 5 senses as we begin to look at the forces of Push and Pull. These are see, hear, smell, taste, touch.
Social Studies: We will continue a unit called “How to Get Along with Others”. This week we will continue to learn what it means to be fair when making group decisions. Please continue to help your child with this concept of being responsible at home. We will continuously review what it means to be responsible at school and at home. (ex. help wash dishes, help feed the pet, help set the table, help make their bed, help pack their healthy afternoon snack.)
We are also working with a program called Second Step. This program helps us learn about rules, social skills, and how to handle our emotions.
Writing: We will work on Opinion Writing! We will will draw, write, and dictate our opinions on different topics. (ex. I like ____ because_____.) Please continue practicing drawing people and pictures with your child. This helps them feel more confident when they are writing at school.
Thank you for all you do! Have a beautiful week! ~Mrs. Mehrhof