New Unit: Animals-Arctic 

Reading: Polar Bears; Polar bear in action; Polar bears for kindergarten

Strategies: 

• ask and answer questions
• collecting facts and record into writing on a web and sentences
• inventive spelling emphasizing beginning, middle and end sounds for each word
• identifying and learning new words

Phonics: ch- (onset-example: cheese, chat, choose, cheek)

Spelling Words: mat, cat, pat, come, said

SPELLING TEST WILL TYPICALLY BE ON FRIDAY, BUT IT WILL BE ON MONDAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, FEB. 2ND.

Writing: we will be writing an informational piece about polar bears. We will listen and learn new information about polar bears. We will create a web together and write sentences from the web we created. It will contain real life facts about polar bears.

Math: We are learning about measurement. Our focus will be comparing lengths taller and shorter; measuring with string; comparing objects longer and shorter; comparing length cube sticks to 5 sticks to objects.

Science: We will explore the weather in the sky. Different types of severe weather such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes. We will discuss what a forecast is and its importance.

*****Weekly homework will be sent every Monday. It will include the spelling list of the week, the beginning sound of the week and daily math homework. It will be due on Fridays. If there is no school on Friday, then it will be due the following Monday. Also, there will be reminders of what is happening during the week on the first page.  Below is a copy of the weekly homework if your child happens to lose it or not bring it home:

homework 1-29 page 1

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homework 1-29 page 5 

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Reminders:

• No school for kindergarten only- Friday, Feb. 2!

Any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email me!

Ms. Mohamed

Reading: We will be reading Pancakes, Pancakes; Pizza at Sally’s; Yoko; Tops and Bottoms

All the stories are available on youtube if you would like to review with your child.

Strategies:

• Retell-Sequence a story using pictures and terms-first, next, then, last
• Review: nouns and verbs
• Segmenting and blending
• Identify beginning, medial and final sounds

Sight words: big, little

Phonemic awareness: long vowel u ie. tube, mule, cube, rule, mute, etc.. Below is a website that can help:

https://more2.starfall.com/n/make-a-word/long-u/load.htm?f

Writing: Informational writing: we will be writing about Arctic animals- Penguins and Polar bears. We will write a descriptive piece about the animals. We will write about what color they are, what size they are (using our sight words), how they move and what they eat.

Math: We will review geometry. I will be testing the shapes this week. We will name them.  We will sort 2d and 3d shapes. We will identify the shapes that when put together, they can make bigger and different shapes. for example, a square and a triangle can make a house.  We will also practice adding and subtracting fluently with 5. NWEA Math is this Thursday.

Science: We will discuss and try to build a structure that will protect us from the sun rays. We have come up with some good plans. This is the week to test and try out our ideas.

REMINDERS:

• Thursday is out NWEA Math test.
• Friday is a half day- dismissal at 11:45.

Have a wonderful week!

Ms. Mohamed

Unit 4: Week 2 Foods- What’s for Dinner?

Reading: We will be reading: Our Special Sweet Potato Pie; Juan and the cooking pot; Grandfather bear is hungry;

Poems: Crunch, Munch! Thanks a bunch; Crusty Corn Bread

Strategies:

• Self to text connections- This story reminds me of ____
• Review: Retell a story in sequence
• Rhymes- Recognize and produce words that rhyme
• noun-person place or thing: mom, dad, store, park, pencil, dog etc.
• verb- action words: run, jump, walk, read, listen, talk etc
• blend and segment 3 letter words-CVC: big, bag, top, tip, run, ran, fat, fan etc.
• Identify short vowels a,e,i,o, u
• Identify words that have long vowels: a,e,i,o (u coming up next week)

Sight words: look, make, will

Phonics: long i, long o

Writing: We will be writing a narrative about a time we went to a restaurant. We will practice with all the same sentence in the beginning: “One time, I went to a restaurant.” Then, we will follow that sentence with “I ate __.” Your child will be expected to inventive spell the food they ate.

One time, I went to a restaurant. I ate __. I ate__.

Math: We will be reviewing subtraction using pictures, story problems, simple subtraction and simple addition. We will also check for quick write of numbers 0-20, quick draw of how many, quick check of greater and less than using pictures and numbers.

Science: We will explore the warming effects of the sun. Your child will be in a group sketching out a plan on what they can build a structure with materials in the class. Then your child will have to build the structure.

Social Studies: I will be individually testing your child’s knowledge on:

• needs
• wants
• goods
• services
• trade
• ways to learn about the past

I will also be testing NWEA-Reading this Wednesday. I will also be checking your child’s reading level. Therefore, there will be no reading groups for the this week and next week- so no new books.

Any questions or concerns, please email me and I will be glad to set up an appointment. Have a fantastic week!

Ms. Mohamed

Students will take a social studies test. Content that we will cover:

• needs
• wants
• goods
• services
• trade
• what things can we use to learn about the past?

Math test:

• counting 1-100
• count by 10’s
• count forward from a given number
• count and write the quantity
• greater than/less than/equal to
• identify shapes- 2d 3d
• what shapes can be built to make another shape
• adding simple numbers 0-5
• subtracting simple number 0-5
• different ways to make a number using 5 frames and ten frames
• writing a number sentence to match a number story read aloud

Reading Progress check:

• identify what level they reading at
• letter and sound check
• Consonant vowel consonant-cvc-word read  ie: big, sun, top etc.
• identify beginning middle end of a cvc word
• identify beginning, middle, end of story
• answer questions to story read aloud

NWEA TESTING COMING UP:

• Reading: 1-18-18
• Math: 1-25-18

Below is a site to give you an idea what it looks like. There is a video and sample questions in both areas:

https://warmup.nwea.org/warmup_start_educators_mpg.html

To make sure your child does well, you could:

• Make sure they get enough sleep
• They eat a good breakfast
• Remind them to do their best

All students will be posted on Parent Connect Jan. 26th. If you have any questions, email me and we could arrange a time to talk about it.

Reminder: Monday is no school in honor Martin Luther King Jr! See you Tuesday!

Have a great three day weekend!

Ms. Mohamed

Welcome back! Hopefully we are recharged and ready!

Reading: Apple Farmer Annie; Pizza Please; The goat and the Chile patch; How to make a Veggie Pizza

Strategy focus: Making self to text connections

Sight word: do, not, eat

Letter focus: Long a; Long e

Writing: Opinion- we will be writing an opinion about whether we like winter season or not. Question: Do you like winter? Why or why not? Students will make a list of both why they like winter and why they do not like winter. They will then make a choice and use the reasons listed to defend their claim.

Sentence stem will be:

I like winter because___. or

I do not like winter because___.

Math: Counting on from numbers 5 or 10. Simple addition, simple subtraction, using a number line as a tool. Practice writing number 0-100 if possible. Expectation will be writing 0-50.

Review:

• greater than/less than/equal to;
• draw pictures to match math problem;
• complete a number sentence;
• answer simple addition and subtraction.

Science: We will explore warming effects of the sun. Students will construct a structure to protect them from the sun using materials provided from the teacher. Students will plan and build a structure to protect them from the warming effects of the sun.

Social Studies: Students will review need, wants, goods, services, trade. We will learn about the past by looking at pictures, old photos, using the computer & reading books.

Ms. Mohamed