Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28th - October 2nd Newsletter

We had a great week last week. We learned all about small moments, and will continue with it this week too. Our field trip to The Magic House is tomorrow, September 29th, and we are super excited about it!!!! Please send your child to school on time with a green shirt and a sack lunch & drink. Friday is an Early Release Day, so dismissal will be at 12:20 :) I will also be choosing a student on Friday that has been showing great Initiative this month of September! Initiative is taking charge of your own learning!

Reading/Units of Study: We will be able to ask and answer questions about a text. We will be able to identify the central message or author's purpose in a story. We will be able to identify details that make a story a small moments personal narrative.
Writer's Workshop: We will be able to include feelings and details to write a small moment personal narrative. We will able to include an opening, beginning, middle, end and a closing. A personal narrative is a true story about ourselves. A small moment personal narrative is about one specific event in our lives. A small moment includes juicy words and feelings that show, don't tell how you were feeling. For example, instead of just saying, "I was upset", I would write, "I was feeling so upset that I was like a volcano about to erupt."
Math: We will be able to use counters and a ten-frame to model numbers up to 10. We will be able to recognize numbers on a ten-frame. We will be able to identify the parts of ten. We will understand the meaning of more than, less than and missing part.
Phonics: We will be able to read and write words with the oa vowel team. The skill this week is learning about the oa vowel team. A vowel team is 2 vowels working together to make one long vowel sound. “When 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking” is a great way to remember the rule for vowel teams! Have fun practicing this week! Here are our words for the week: oat, road, roast, boat, foam, toad, soap, goat, soak coast, loaf, load . Also, here are some videos and games that will help with learning about the oa vowel teams!
Vowel Team oa phonics



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