This is a short week for us due to Thanksgiving. We will not have new popcorn words, we will keep working on the list from last week.
In phonics this week we are working on blends with r, such as cr and br. We will work on the blends with r next week too.
We are practicing retellings and we read Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats. We discussed beginning, middle and ending of a story when we retelling it.
In writing, We have moved on to a new unit called "Writing for Readers." We will keep writing small moments but our focus will shift. Our goal is to make our writing readable! We are working on using one finger space between each word. We are stretching out the longer words and writing what we hear. We are making sure the word wall words are spelled accurately. We are focusing on neat handwriting.
In math we have introduced the dime last week and this week we are counting dimes, nickels and pennies. We played a game which is easy to play at home. You need dice and 10 pennies,5 nickels and 10 dimes but any combination will work. A player rolls two dice then he or she picks up that number in coins. For example if you roll 7 you pick up 7 cents. The game is played until the pile of coins is gone, then each player counts their coins and the player with the most wins.
We are also continuing to work on addition and subtraction. Tomorrow we will learn domino addition.
In science we will be starting to work with liquids, last week we learned the words: engineer, tower, flexible and rigid.
In social studies we began making our time lines today. We read the book When I Was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis. We discussed the concepts of past and present. We put our pictures on the time line. If your child has not brought in three pictures please send them tomorrow!
A note came home about the Family Tree Project. Please read the note and have fun making a family tree with your student. We will share and display the trees in December!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family!
Mrs. Scheck
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