Week of March 26

Welcome Back!!

We hope everyone had a great Spring Break and is ready to kick off the 4th quarter! :) We have a ton to do and as usual... not as much time as we would like. So make sure to review all work that gets sent home with your child and be on the look out for the 4th quarter expectation sheet. We'll be sending it home soon!

We have a Resource every day this week and there is no school on Friday. Woohoo!! 

MATH

Before Spring Break we mastered writing number bonds and addition number sentences. We are now learning about subtracting. Today we started by reading the story Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and how each time one monkey falls off we take away one.  Please practice writing subtraction number sentences at home. Practice using the math vocabulary: minus, subtract, less, take away, and  equals.

**Rote Counting Reminder for 4th Quarter: By the end this Quarter students are expected to count to 100.

READING

We are reading a book for International Day. The title of the book is It Takes A Village and it's set in the country of Benin. We will discuss the way the family lives in the book and compare it to how our families live. We will also work on RETELLING!! The more we practice the better the students get at retelling the events in the order that they happen. (Make sure to do this at home after reading with your child.)

**I tried finding the book on Youtube, however the book would not come up. So here is a picture of the front cover.**

READING SKILLS!!

There is so much to do, that I decided to just name it skills. haha We are focusing on medial vowel sounds this quarter. We will discuss short and long vowels. This is when MAGIC E/ SUPER E/ SILENT E is so important!! 

Check out the hooked on phonics videos and get ready to sing along! :)

We also have sight words, the /pr/ blend and the -ot word family.

WRITING

We are focusing on writing words with beginning middle and ending sounds. I've noticed students omitting sounds and when they go back to read they are unable to. This is due to omitting the medial vowel, forgetting that the blend needs to letters (not just one) and forgetting the letters of the word family. Also, ALL sight words taught in class must be spelled correctly!! So make sure to go back over the sight word slideshows with your child. :)