Parents, At the beginning of each six weeks, I send home a copy of the skills that will be covered. Please go over these skills a few minutes daily. It makes a big improvement!! January 4-8 In Reading, we will be learning letter R,r which is great because we just studied this letter in Phonics. We will continue with the high frequency words: me, she, with. Please go over these words with your child at home. We will discuss the plot of the story and discuss trying new things. Our 2 leveled readers for the week are Ric and Rin Run and Tap, Rap, Bam! In Phonics, we will learn the letter U and the sound it makes. We will also learn the number word FOUR. In math, we are learning to read a graph and recognize numbers 0-30. PLEASE help your child at home recognize these numbers. In science, we will be learning about living things. In social studies, we will be learning about inventors. December 14-18 In Phonics, we will be learning about letter B and the sound it makes. In Math, we will be counting to 18, learning to recognize numbers 11-18, create sets to 18, etc. *We will not start a new story this week in Reading. We will continue with science and social studies when we return from Christmas. December 7-11 In Reading, we will be learning letters N and B and the sounds both make. We will be learning 3 new high frequency words: me, she, with. The skill for the week is comparing and contrasting. Our 2 leveled readers for the week are The Baby Panda and Panda’s Nap. In Phonics, we will be learning letter K and the sound it makes. We will also be learning a new word: from. In Math, we will take our Chapter test on Monday. On Tuesday, we will learn numbers 11-16. In Science, we are learning about senses. In Social Studies, we are learning about holidays around the world. November 30th-December 4th In Reading this week we will be reviewing. We will be reviewing letter I and the sound it makes. We will be reviewing all reading skills such as sequencing, main idea, characters, setting, and real v. fantasy. We will continue to study High Frequency words he and for. Our 2 leveled readers for the week are: Me! and Tim’s Garden. In phonics, we will be learning letter R and the sound it makes. In Math, we will be learning about symmetry and equal parts. We will review on Friday and take our chapter test on Monday,December 7th. In Science, we will be learning about animals. In Social Studies, we will be learning about Children from around the World. November 23-24 This week, we will finish up some of the activities that we did not get to last week. We will also be making Thanksgiving crafts. November 16-20 In reading, we will be learning the Letter I and the sound it makes. This is great because we just had this letter in Phonics and many of the students struggled with the sound. We will be reviewing sequence: first, next, then, last and learning new high frequency words he and for. Our two leveled readers for the week are A House for My Fish and Little Iguana. In Phonics, we will be learning about letter F and the sound it makes. We will be making Friendly Frogs and Fish in a Fishbowl. In math, we will start learning about spheres, cones, cylinders, and cubes. In science, we are leaning about the parts of plants. In Social Studies, we are learning about the first Thanksgiving November 9-13 In Reading, we will be learning letter C and the sound it makes, we will be reviewing main idea, and learning about real v. fantasy, and we will be reviewing our high frequency words: we, my, like. In Phonics, we will be learning letter S and the sound it makes. We will be making spiders using our hands, and we will also be making edible spiders on Friday. Please ask your child how we made these. In Math, we will be reviewing the number line and filling in missing numbers, we will be using a graph to answer questions, and we will review writing numbers 0-10. We will take a Chapter 4 test on Friday. In science, we will learn about living/nonliving things. In social studies, we will learn about communication. November 2-6 In Reading, we will be learning letter P (initial and final), discussing main idea, and learning 3 new words: we, my, like. Our two new leveled readers for the week are: Tam and Sam Go to the Zoo and Pat the Penguin. In phonics, we will be learning letter I and the two sounds it makes. We will review the high frequency word to. In math, we will be reviewing the number line and filling in missing numbers, we will be using a graph to answer questions, and we will review writing numbers 0-10. In Science we are learning about the Sun. In Social Studies we are learning about families. October 26-30 In reading, we will discuss the setting of a story. We will learn about letter S and the sound it makes. We will be reviewing the high frequency words: have and is. Our two leveled readers for the week are Soccer Game and Tam and Sam in the Orange Grove. In phonics, we will be learning letter M and the sound it makes. In Math, we will review for a chapter test on Monday, and we will take the test on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will begin learning numbers 6-10. In social studies, we are learning about transportation. In science, we are learning about day and night. October 19-21 Because of fall break, we will NOT have a new reading story this week or learn a new letter in phonics. We will continue with math, science, and social studies. In math, we will continue learning numbers 0-5. We will also learn about estimation. In science, we are learning about the weather and seasons. In social studies, we are learning about history and famous people. October 12-16 In reading, we will discuss how things are alike and how they are different. We will be learning the letter A and the sound it makes. Our NEW high frequency words for the week are: have and is. Our leveled readers for the week are Alligator Ann and Tam at the Beach. In Math, we will learn how to compare groups by using the words "More" and "Fewer". We will also identify numbers 0-5, make groups of 1-5, and learn how to write numbers 0-5 In Phonics, we will learn about letter N and the sound it makes. In Science, we will be learning about water. In Social Studies, we will be learning about time. October 5-9 In Reading, we will be focusing on letter T (initial and ending sound), reviewing the high frequency words "to" and "a" (ugh!), and learning how to categorize/classify. Our leveled readers for the week are Toy Store and Tony’s Taxi. In phonics, we will learn letter A, review the sight word ‘the’, and eat ANTS ON A LOG on Thursday! In Math, we will learn how to compare groups by using the words "More" and "Fewer". In Science, we will be talking about the Earth. In Social Studies, we will be talking about responsibility. September 28-October 2 In Reading, we will be focusing on letter Mm. We will learn 2 new sight words: "to" and "a" (ugh). The leveled readers for the week are “Mouse and Moose” and “Cat and Dog Munch Together.” In Phonics, we will be learning letter Pp and the sound it makes. We will learn words top, got, pop, pot, tot, and hop. Please practice these words with your child at home. In math, we will finish the chapter on patterns and take a test on Friday. In social studies, we will be learning about citizenship. In science, we will be continue to talk about science tools and how to use tools safely. **Friday is the last day of the 1st weeks. September 21-25 In Reading, we will learn letters Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy and Zz. We will review high frequency words "the" and "little". We will review syllables and begin learning how to classify/categorize. We will also begin learning how to discriminate initial sounds. Our 2 leveled readers for the week are Cat and Dog Go To Town and Where Is It? In Phonics, we will be learning letter T and the sound it makes. We will learn new words-got and hot. In math, we will continue to learn about patterns. In science, we will learn tools that are used in science. In social studies, we will learn about where we are in the world September 14-18 In Reading, we will learn letters Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, and Ss. We will also learn high frequency words "the" and "little". We will review rhyming words and syllables. We will review characters, setting, and begin to retell a story in our own words. In Phonics, we will be learning letter Hh and the sound it makes. We will learn the word "HOG". In math, we will take a Chapter 1 test on Monday. On Tuesday, we will begin to learn about patterns: how to identify a pattern, make a pattern, extend a pattern, and describe a pattern. September 8-11 In Reading, we will learn letters F-N, reviewing rhyming words, the high frequency words "I", "am", and identifying characters in a story. We will begin learning about syllables and setting of a story In math, we will be working on reading and creating graphs. We will review Chapter 1 on Friday and take a Chapter 1 test on Monday on next week. In Phonics, we will be learning letter Gg and the sound it makes. We will learn the word "LOG". Also, starting this week we will have a phonics test every Thursday. Please study all the letters with your child so he/she will be prepared for the test. August 31-September 4 In Reading, we will be learning about letters A-E, rhyming words, ordinal numbers first-sixth, and learning the sight words I and am In Math, we will be learn how to use a picture to solve a problem, sort by color, shape, and size, and begin working on reading graphs. In Phonics, we will learn about letter O and the sound it makes. Also, students will begin to identify vowels and consonants. August 24-28 This week, we will be learning about our school, rules/procedures, fire and tornado drills, learn where things are located, begin working on coloring skills, and writing our first names. In Math, we will be learning position words such as up, down,top, middle, bottom, inside, outside, left and right. We will also be learning the 4 basic shapes (circle, square, rectangle, and triangle) In Phonics, we will be learning about letter L and the sound it makes.