Literacy unit: My Family and Me

Reading: We are reading these stories:  Whose Baby am I?, Bundle of Sticks, The Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks. We will also read 2 poems called Andre, and Everybody Says

Strategies from our CAFE menu

• Expanding vocabulary-Reading from left to right (goal)
• Comprehension- identifying characters, setting (goal)

Letter of the week: Mm

New Sight word: We, we  (we are identifying the sight word in the beginning of a sentence as well as in the middle of a sentence). Whenever you read a book and come across the word with your child, allow them to read the word we are learning about.

Sight words Review: I, can

Writing: We will be practicing writing all the letters correctly. We will also practice writing sentences using our sight words: I, can, we

Math:  We will continue to explore how to sort, count and order numbers. We are going to explore shapes and understand their attributes to their names. For example: 3 sides= a triangle, 4 equal sides= a square etc. We will also practice writing numbers 1-10 correctly

Social Studies: We will continue to discuss the importance of rules. We will revisit constitution day. We will also look at our surroundings and discuss what makes each place in our school unique.

Science:  We will discuss the 5 senses. (sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell). We will continue to explore the sense of touch this week. We will learn to describe how things feel ie. soft, rough, bumpy, smooth etc. We will do an investigation entailing guessing what items are in the rubber glove using the sense of touch.

NOTES:

• You may have noticed your child came home with a zip loc bag with their name labeled on it. This is a book bag. Please leave this book bag in their back pack every night. Each week I will be providing 1-2 take home books that will reinforce the letter or words learned throughout the week. The children have read these books in class, highlighted either the letter of the week or sight words we have learned and will need to practice at home.
• Homework: I will be sending home a reading log that will be for the month of October. It will be turned in at the end of the month. Please read with your child for 20 minutes a night and record the book read.  
• Wednesday is late start. Students will report at 9:30
• Wednesday is Library check out day. Please make sure your child puts their book in their backpacks, so they remember they have a library book to return and check out a new one!
• There will be no school on Friday, October 3 and Monday, October 6. See you on Tuesday, October 7th!

Ms. Mohamed