Literacy Unit: Smart Start (Review Week)

Reading: We will read Jazz Baby, Made from Clay, The Clever Turtle, Five Senses

Strategies for this week:

• Identify the front and back cover
• Recall favorite part in the story
• Identify the characters in a story
• Roles of an author and illustrator

Sight Words: I, can (review)

Skills: Rhyming, opposites

Writing: Students will write and draw their first personal narrative. A narrative is a real story. Encourage your child to write/draw about their day at school or an exciting moment in their life. We divide a paper in half. Picture goes on top and words go on bottom.

Math: We are working on Numeracy. We will be counting, writing and identifying numbers 0-10. We will count backwards 10-0. We revisit our birthday graph. We will explore patterns.

Science: We will investigate the five senses. We will discuss and conduct a simple investigation using apples and our five senses: smell, touch, sight, taste and hearing

Social Studies: We will continue to discuss and practice safety drills. (fire drill, tornado drill, lock down drill)

NOTES

Please explore the blog a bit. It has tabs to your right with fun educational games. It also has information about sending in scientist gear under class donations.

Ms. Mohamed