Happy Monday!

New Literacy Unit: Friends

Reading: We will be reading What do you like?; Foods I like; Friends follow rules; Little Red Hen; and Games Around the World

STRATEGIES:

• Beginning, middle, end of a story
• Characters, setting
• Sounding out words-stretch it out
• Beginning and end sounds
• Return sweep
• Respond to questions in a story
• Clap words in a sentence

Sight Word of the Week: Like

Letter of the Week: Ss

Writing: We will continue writing our opinion. Again, Opinion is what we think about something. This week we are pushing inventive spelling. Here are some tips: Stretch out the word.  Say it slowly. Write each letter you hear. Your child may not hear the vowels sounds yet but that is o.k.. We are trying to transfer the letters they do know to writing. The key is to be patient. You may noticed your child came home with an alphabet anchor chart. Practice the letters, letter sound and thing that begins with that letter. for example Aa /a/ apple, as a part of your daily reading. This will ingrain the the letter and sound for your child as a daily practice. For those who do know the the letter and letter sound, I sent home a blends and digraphs anchor chart.

Opinion Writing sentence stem this week: I like ____ because____.

Math: We are practicing writing numbers 1-20. We are working specifically on tricky teens. Make sure your child is is writing 14 not 41;  15 not 51 etc.. Here is a chant that will help remember the order of writing the numbers.

1 and 1 make 11 fun,

1 and a 2 tell 12 what to do,

1 and a 3 tell 13 climb a tree,

1 and a 4 tell 14 shut the door,

1 and a 5 keep 15 alive,

1 and a 6 tell 16 pick up sticks,

1 and a 7 send 17 to heaven,

1 and a 8 makes 18 great,

1 and a 9 keep 19 in line

2 and a 0 makes 20 a hero!

We are also highlighting that:

• 11 is one ten and 1 one
• 12 is one ten and 2 ones
• 13 is one ten and 3 ones
• 14 is one ten and 4 ones
• 15 is one ten and 5 ones
• 16 is one ten and 6 ones
• 17 is one ten and 7 ones
• 18 is one ten and 8 ones
• 19 is one ten and 9 ones
• 20 is 2 tens

We are also going to discuss 2d and 3d shapes. We will also take about how 2 shapes can make on bigger shape. For example, 2 triangles can make 1 square.  6 triangles can make a hexagon.  2 trapezoids make a hexagon.

Social Studies: Students will review what rules are and draw and write one rule down.

Science: We will continue our fall investigation. We will create a fall book to report our findings.

REMINDERS:

• Friday, October 28th is the Halloween Parade at 1:30 weather permitting. Please refer to last blog post for Parade details.
• If your scheduled to bring something for the Halloween celebration, drop it off in the morning!

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed