News From School
Week 26
February 22-25
We are beginning our unit on Animals. We will explore: the body
parts of animals, how they move, grow and change, how mother’s are
different from their babies, and how we are different from each
other.
Reading:
We will work on Gg and the sounds of g. We are reading informational
books as we explore the genre. We are also learning to write an
informational piece. We will focus on pre-writing, labeled drawings,
and the Table of Contents. Each child will write about one topic
giving factual information, not opinion. We will also be working on
blending sounds to make words.
Essential Questions:
What is a thinking map? ELAKW2
Mathematics:
We will practice exchanging coins and buying items.
Essential Question:
What can you exchange for your coin? MKN1
Social Studies:
We are learning the meaning of President’s Day.
Why do we celebrate President’s Day? SSKH1
Science:
We are comparing animals in various ways.
Essential Question:
How are animals the same and different? SKL2
Sight Words: Your child has a list in his/her Homework Folder with
sight words checked that he/she knows. Work this week on the highlighted
words that do not have a red star next to them. Each child will be working on
different words. Use these words in Homework assignments for sentences.
Make sure the list remains in the folder so that I can retest and check
Homework.
Sight Words: Your child should know the following sight words:
I, the, me, yes, no, a, my, like, can, zero, to, too, go, see, you,
that, is, at, one, nine, blue, purple, white, black, green, red,
yellow, orange, brown, pink, said, it, an, and, do, here, come, in,
am, are, be, we, he, she, three, have, day, night, this, sun, into,
up, moon, will, what, had, was, off, on, look, run, fun, ran, out,
for, big, little, play, make, take, ran, eat, say, must, fly, where, good,
but, under, let
Integrated Concepts and Skills covered in
Language Arts and Reading:
recognition of letters and letters in name
prints first name
beginning sounds
blending sounds
rhyming words
color words and color recognition
print concepts
draws pictures and uses letters to write about experiences or dictates to
teacher
sequence pictures
matching letters
1st ten sight words
listens/speaks when appropriately and effectively
speaks in complete sentences
Math:
counting 1-20
recognition of numerals 0-10
writing numerals 0-10
sets 0-10
sorting and classifying
2 column graphing
recognition of shapes
copies and extends patterns
non-standard measuring
one-one correspondence
relationship words
ordinal positions
