Week in Review--President's Day

Reading:

-Our sight words this week were the words “said” and “good”! 

-Please remember to practice your sight word flashcards each day as part of your homework.

-Our word families this week were –an and -un

-We  continued working on using details to give more information about the main idea

 

-The CAFÉ strategy we worked on this week was

“Back up and reread”

 

How can you help your child with the strategy at home?

Sometimes when we read things they don’t make sense.  We might have to back up and reread.  This could be going back a page in the book or going back to the beginning or the sentence.

 

Math:

-In math we introduced new vocabulary- greater than, less than, and equal to

-We used sets of items to make number sentences with our new vocabulary

-We practiced comparing numbers using the alligator signs for greater than and less than

-We started subtraction!

-We met Linus the Minus who likes to take things away (subtract)

-We practiced subtraction with manipulatives

 

Writing:

-We chose topics for our informational books

-We reviewed topic sentences and wrote our own topic sentence

- We planned out our 3 facts for our book

-We conference with Mrs. Stevens to make sure we could read what we had written

-We made pages 1 and 2 of our books.

-We made covers for our informational books.

 

Content:

-This week our theme was Presidents’ Day

-We used Pebble Go to learn about Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington

- We learned about different symbols of our country

-We talked about what the president does

-We made a collage of American symbols and presidents and added labels to give information

Week in Review--Valentine's Day!

Reading:

-Our sight words this week were the words “make” and “play”! 

-Please remember to practice your sight word flashcards each day as part of your homework.

-Our word families this week were –ug and -ub

-We continued working on counting syllables in words this week.  Practice at home by saying a word and then clapping out  the syllables.

-We  continued working on main idea and details our read aloud books

 

-The CAFÉ strategy we worked on this week was

“Using pictures to tell a story”

 

How can you help your child with the strategy at home?

Before you begin reading a book at home, take a picture walk.  Have your child look at the pictures and try to figure out what the story might be about.  Then read the story to your child and see if their ideas were correct.

Writing:

-We learned about feeling endings that wrap up our book with a feeling about the topic

-We wrote our own feeling endings for our “How to…” book

- This week in writing we worked on our class informational book about helicopters

-We made a plan with all the details we know about helicopters

-We used the internet to look at different pictures and drawings of helicopters and practiced during our morning work time

-We used our plans to write our own “How to…” books and added illustrations

Math:

-In math we practiced decomposing numbers 11-19

-We learned about measurement (length/weight)

-We discussed tools used for measurement and practiced with a measuring tape and balance

-We compared items to determine longer/shorter and heavier/lighter

-We practiced making patterns with hearts

 

 

Content:

-This week our theme was Valentine’s Day

-We read several valentine books during our reading activities

- We decorated bags for our valentines

-We played a special Valentine’s Day edition of Whammy on Friday

-We made “What do you love?” cupcake books

-We exchanged valentines and ate yummy treats at our party on Friday!

 

 

Week in Review--100th Day of School

Reading:

-Our sight words this week were the words “go” and “for”! 

-Please remember to practice your sight word flashcards each day as part of your homework.

-We worked this week on rhyming words and practiced in our word work Daily café rotation

-We had 1 new word families this week  -am and practiced our word families (CVC words) when we played Whammy during Daily cafe

-We  learned about making predictions when we read.  They might not be right, but they must be logical.

 

-The CAFÉ strategies we worked on this week were

“Predicting”

“Rhyming words”

How can you help your child with the strategies at home?

 

1. Stop periodically as you read with your child at home.  Talk about what you think might happen next in the story.  Does the prediction make sense with what is happening in the book?  Keep reading to see if your prediction was correct.

 

2. Practice rhyming words with your child.  This can be a tricky skill at first.  Seeing the word can help with rhyming too.  Our work with word families has focused on chunking letters and changing the beginning sound.   Make some simple word cards and have your child match the rhyming words.  Read and practice the cards together.

Writing:

-This week in writing we reviewed how to stretch out words to hear the sounds

-We learned about transition words:  first, next, then, last

-We chose a topic for our “How to” book and talked it out with a partner

-We made a plan for our own “How to” book.

-We had teacher conferences with Mrs. Stevens to go over our plans for our books

 

 

Math:

-In math we learned “The Story of 10”

-We matched numbers 1-100 on our Hershey kiss scavenger hunt

-We worked on counting by 5s

-We worked on counting on from a given number

-We worked on one more, one less of a given number

-We worked on greater than and less than

 

 

Content:

-This week our theme was 100 days of kindergarten

-We read a great rhyming book for Day 100

- We made books with 100 words

-We thought about what we would be doing when we were 100

-We did several math activities with numbers 1-100

-We had a special Day 100 snack