READING
We have been working this past week on reviewing consonant sounds, clusters, short vowels a and i and adding the endings -s, -ed and -ing to words. These skills are reinforced through classroom activities and practice book pages.
The comprehension strategies this week were predicting and inferring and summarizing. We concentrated on who the character is in a story and what the problem is and how it is resolved in the story.
Next week we will be following the five steps of the writing process to write a story. We will be choosing a topic, exploring and planning our story and organizing the details to include a beginning, middle and end. We will be concentrating on writing complete sentences and proofreading our story to make corrections and revisions.
In spelling, we will be focusing on the short vowel sounds of a, e, i, o and u. The children will have a pre-test of the week's spelling words on Monday. They need to study the highlighted words which includes the missed regular spelling words and challenge words during the week for a test on Friday.
MATH
In math we worked on adding numbers to 18. We reviewed the strategy adding doubles and doubles plus one, adding three numbers and using a function machine to add numbers following the rule. We will have our first math test next week on Wednesday or Thursday. Please remember to review math facts with your child.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Curriculum Night is on September 9th at 7:00 pm in the gym (parents only).
September 16th is the Book Fair and Ice Cream Social from 6:30-8:00.
September 24th is Early Dismissal we will have school until 12:00.
