Homework

• Reading Log: Read 20 min. a day (at least 5 times a week)
• Practice new word sort. Go over word patterns with your child. A reminder that test day may change due to extra time needed to review sort.  Please take the time to go over the meaning of their spelling words. You can find their spelling words in their planner. 
• Fluency
• Math Homework this week is a math packet. Students were to place them in their CLASSWORK FOLDER. NO Math IXL this week.

Sneak Peek To Our Academic Week

MATH:  Unit 6 Fact Families/Turn around facts/adding and subtracting/double facts

What to review in math:

* identify value of coins (dime/nickel/penny/quarter) DDNP=26 cents QP=26 cents

*Telling time to the hour and half hour. 

*simple addition & subtraction to 20 (7+3/6+5/10-3/13-5/10+10/20-12)

READING/PHONICS:  We begin our new unit on Nonfiction reading. We have learned to look for vowel pairs/teams in words such as ee, ea, oa, ou, oo, and ai. What sounds to these vowel pairs make? 

Reading a NONFICTION BOOK:

What is the book teaching you?

What did you learn?

What did other things are you wondering about after reading the book?

Use Snap Words to Read: 

• Read words you know in a snap! (sight words)
• Read the words you know and thhink “What would make sense here?”
• Does this remind me of another work I know?
• Turn new words into snap words (learn a new sight word)
• Scoop up words to make your reading smooth

 Our phonics unit will focus on being word detectives even with isolated words (sight words) not just reading. 

The CASE of the silent E:

• The e is at the end of the word.
• The e doesn’t make a sound.
• It changes the a to a long sound: tap—–tape  NOT ONLY for the letter Aa but other vowels too!
• Watch out for works like have/love/come

Writing: 

Persuasive Writing: The focus this week is taking a look at our writing. Ask yourself:

Do you have punctuation marks?

Did you begin with a capital letter?

Did I write all the sounds in the word?

Did I spell my sight words correctly like was, they, the….?

We are thinking about ways to solve problems at school, at home, or in our world. We can make a poster/write a letter/write about it to make a change. We have identified problems so now we will begin writing reasons or ways to make the change (WHY?).  

SPELLING/WORD SORT:  Look in their planner for the spelling words. The spelling test will be on Monday.  Remember some groups get their words for two weeks if needed. 

RELIGION: We will visit our church a few times before we begin attending school mass on April 28th.  We are learning to show respect when we are in church. We have practiced genuflecting, walking into our pew, and placing our hands across our chest to receive a blessing. It’s been nice getting a chance to walk over to spend some time in church.

REMINDERS:

Please make sure you look at our school website for any school activities or assemblies. 

* Please read our school family newsletter. We have Jogathon coming up next week. I’ve only seen a few poster papers delivered to show your child your support. Don’t forget to place your orders for Kona ICE, shout-outs, and poster.

*Friday, 11:45 dismissal. 11:00 Families 

 If you have any questions, please send me an email. 

Mrs. Vazquez