{"id":2275,"date":"2017-01-27T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2017-01-27T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T20:47:02","slug":"week-of-january-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/msmohamed\/2017\/01\/27\/week-of-january-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of January 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unit 6: Neighborhoods<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading:<\/strong> This week we will be learning all about a neighborhood and communities. We will read Russ and the Firehouse; Neighborhood Maps; In our Neighborhood; The Black Cat<\/p>\n

Letters of the week:<\/strong> Ww, Xx<\/p>\n

Sight word of the week:<\/strong> you<\/p>\n

Word Family:<\/strong> -at (pat, sat, cat, rat, etc)<\/p>\n

Spelling words<\/strong>: We will have our first spelling test this Friday, February 3rd. The list was sent home on Friday.<\/p>\n

Below are the words:<\/p>\n

mat<\/p>\n

cat
\npat<\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

the<\/p>\n

you<\/p>\n

Writing:<\/strong> We will be writing a fun narrative that kind of looks like a comic strip. We will be working on creating a character and giving them speech balloons\/bubbles. We will practice in the text Russ and the fire house. Then, we will continue to practice by creating an animal character in the neighborhood as a whole group. Next, the children will have a chance to create themselves as a character in a neighborhood and give them speech balloon.<\/p>\n

Math<\/strong>: We will explore solid shapes. We will discuss faces, corners, sides and vertices. We will revisit the nickel. We will explore 2-d and 3-d shapes.<\/p>\n

Social Studies:<\/strong> We will explore types of maps. We will explore parts of our neighborhood and create group neighborhood maps. We will explore a compose rose. We will learn that we are tiny things in this giant world. Specifically, we will be working on a project flip book that will state:<\/p>\n

My Neighborhood-<\/p>\n