Today we talked about about blends and practiced stretching out words (with our pretend rubber) to get ready for the NWEA test next month!! These great songs to practice these skills 🙂

Important skill- knowing beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words… watch video to see how you could extend this skill to use with words in their reading group books!!!

It is also important to know the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words– for example “What sound is at the beginning of the word pig? (/p/) What sound is the sound of the word dog? (/g/) What is the middle sound in hat? /a/ Sometimes they ask for a blend, for example “What is the beginning blend for swamp? (/sw/) “What is the ending blend for wasp? (/sp/)

Homework— 

Craft night at Oakman School Monday, December 9, send in the slip with $5 tomorrow or pay $7 at the door on Monday.

1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for DECEMBER!

2. Reading bag- ***25 TOTAL***NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS— I, like, the, see, we,  go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you,  up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” ***BEGIN WORKING ON SPELLING THESE WORDS AS THESE WILL BE SOME OF OUR FIRST SPELLING WORDS!!!!!!!!!

3. READING GROUP BAG — BOOKS and fill in reading logs each day!!! Read and Re-read for fluency books to be ready to WRITE about our reading– work on letter sounds!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer)

Please fill in log each day!!! Please use the pointer finger to put their finger under the first letter of each word as they read. Please read the book at least 3 times and sign the paper inside their bags so I know they did their job! Please send the reading bag back to school each day. ***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

• Find the WORD “the” on this page.
• What LETTER do you see at the beginning of the WORD?
• What LETTER do you see at the end of the WORD?
• After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?
• Over the Thanksgiving break fill out a Story Map which will be in their reading bag with their books. Please return with the signed log in their reading bags for reading groups.

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 4 on page 211 (homework helper is on page 213). —

**Poetry books were sent home enjoy NEW poem, “Quack, Quack, Quack”– we talked a lot to day about quotation marks (the marks that show when someone is talking).— will collect poem books tomorrow!

Read, Read, Read….

***Make sure all 4 things come back to school in backpacks!!! *** including poem books… NEW library books are coming home today. These are great books for LISTENING TO READING (parent or older sibling to read to student) and ASK the student the 6 questions to see if they understand the story.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Fowler

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Letter Vv bag! Today we talked about the letter Vv and its // sound, like in van, violin, vegetables etc. Please find 3 items at home that start with the v sound and put them in this bag for your child to share in class tomorrow (Friday, December 6). Thank you!

Homework— Everyone has a new book in their reading bags, please read and record on the reading log!!

1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for DECEMBER!

2. Reading bag- ***25 TOTAL***NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS— I, like, the, see, we,  go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you,  up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” ***BEGIN WORKING ON SPELLING THESE WORDS AS THESE WILL BE SOME OF OUR FIRST SPELLING WORDS!!!!!!!!!

3. READING GROUP BAG — BOOKS and fill in reading logs each day!!! Read and Re-read for fluency books to be ready to WRITE about our reading– work on letter sounds!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer)

Please fill in log each day!!! Please use the pointer finger to put their finger under the first letter of each word as they read. Please read the book at least 3 times and sign the paper inside their bags so I know they did their job! Please send the reading bag back to school each day. ***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

• Find the WORD “the” on this page.
• What LETTER do you see at the beginning of the WORD?
• What LETTER do you see at the end of the WORD?
• After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?
• Over the Thanksgiving break fill out a Story Map which will be in their reading bag with their books. Please return with the signed log in their reading bags for reading groups.

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 3 on page 209 (homework helper is on page 207). —

**Poetry books were sent home enjoy NEW poem, “Quack, Quack, Quack”– we talked a lot to day about quotation marks (the marks that show when someone is talking).— will collect poem books tomorrow!

Read, Read, Read….

***Make sure all 4 things come back to school in backpacks!!! *** including poem books… NEW library books are coming home today. These are great books for LISTENING TO READING (parent or older sibling to read to student) and ASK the student the 6 questions to see if they understand the story.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Fowler

Keep working on rhyming as this skill is on NWEA reading a lot– also work on CLEVER “rainbow letter e” for more NWEA practice at home!

**Tomorrow is picture re-take day. Students will only have their picture taken if they turn in the form FIRST THING IN THE MORNING- see online or the office for order forms! If you are re-taking pictures, you need to return the old pictures.

1. Oakman Folder- sign and return behavior calendar for DECEMBER!

2. Reading bag- ***25 TOTAL***NEW SIGHT WORDS ARE IN THEIR BAGS— I, like, the, see, we,  go, can, she, a, at, is, was, will, he, has, on, in, and, you,  up, look, it, my, to, and dog. Practice each night to MEMORIZE THESE WORDS!* And work on using them correctly when speaking in COMPLETE SENTENCES for example: He (when talking about a boy) vs. She (when talking about a girl). And “on” like the book is “on the table.” ***BEGIN WORKING ON SPELLING THESE WORDS AS THESE WILL BE SOME OF OUR FIRST SPELLING WORDS!!!!!!!!! I am sending home re-takes for the sight words today. Practice the ones that are circled, thank you.

3. READING GROUP BAG — please re-read BOOKS and fill in reading logs each day!!! Read and Re-read for fluency books to be ready to WRITE about our reading– work on letter sounds!!! (Also can you login code and password to read/listen to more books on the computer)

Please fill in log each day!!! Please use the pointer finger to put their finger under the first letter of each word as they read. Please read the book at least 3 times and sign the paper inside their bags so I know they did their job! Please send the reading bag back to school each day. ***IF YOU HAVE FLUENCY DOWN, PARENTS PLEASE EXTEND the reading by asking questions such as:

• Find the WORD “the” on this page.
• What LETTER do you see at the beginning of the WORD?
• What LETTER do you see at the end of the WORD?
• After reading, can you RETELL what happened?? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?
• Over the Thanksgiving break fill out a Story Map which will be in their reading bag with their books. Please return with the signed log in their reading bags for reading groups.

4. Math Homework-MODULE 3 Lesson 2 on page 205 (homework helper is on page 203). —They are bringing home a piece of brown string in a small zip lock bag that should be sticking out of their green homework book :)— if it is lost.

**Poetry books were sent home yesterday enjoy NEW poem, “Quack, Quack, Quack”– we talked a lot to day about quotation marks (the marks that show when someone is talking).— will collect poem books tomorrow!

Read, Read, Read….

***Make sure all 4 things come back to school in backpacks!!! *** including poem books… NEW library books are coming home today. These are great books for LISTENING TO READING (parent or older sibling to read to student) and ASK the student the 6 questions to see if they understand the story.

Thank you for all you do!

Mrs. Fowler

We talked today about washing hands to keep from getting sick AND covering our coughs (cough into elbow)! AND please stay at home if you are sick so we do not spread germs- thank you!