Homework for
week of March 27
Sunday Night: Pack Library books.
Nightly:
·
Read
good-fit books.
·
Have him/her provide a retell of the main
events in the story.
·
Practice
Sight Words and Sound Teams.
Sight
Words: (please highlight on your high-frequency word list) You will have to write says onto your list.
than, where, your, them, says
Reading:
·
Please
continue to check for comprehension by having your child answer questions about
the stories he/she reads, as well as retelling the most important events.
·
We
will be reviewing using punctuation for reading fluency this week. Students
need to know when to stop/slow down/change their tone of voice depending on the
type of punctuation. Please prompt your child to do so when he/she reads
his/her good-fit books at home.
Writing: mentors and leads
·
We will be reviewing writing a strong lead by beginning our stories with
a question or dialogue. This week, students will learn another way to grab
their reader’s attention, by beginning their story with an “action lead” or a
“bang”. For example, rather than saying “My friend came over to my house” try
saying “I raced to the door to see who was there.”
·
We
will also be discussing how to “paint a picture with words”. For example,
rather than saying She was sad try painting a picture in your reader’s mind by
saying Tears streamed down her cheeks.
Math: Addition & Subtraction to
12
Practice the
following skills:
·
skip
counting (2s,to 20, 5s, & 10s to 50)
·
skip
counting with “extras” have 4 groups of 5 out and a group of 3.
·
doubles
facts (0+0 to 10+10)
·
counting
on with fingers 8+4,for example hold up 4 fingers and say…8….9,10,11,12
·
adding
0 and 1 and 2 to a number
·
taking
up to 3 jumps in your head (ie; 5 + 3)
·
making
10 strategy
·
subtracting
0 and 1 and 2 from a number
·
using
fingers to subtract when you have high numbers (like counting on with fingers
when you add)……12-5=
·
subtracting
up to 3 jumps in your head (ie 5 – 3)
·
subtracting
“all” from a number (ie; 9-9).
Have
your child answer missing part addition and subtraction sentences such as: 4 + _ = 7, and 9 - _= 4. If your child is
struggling with this, please go back to using counters as explained below.
We
are continuing to look at missing parts. We use counters to solve questions
such as: I started with 7 candies. Now I have 3. How many did I eat? Students should put out 7 counters and start
taking some away until they see there are 3 left, then check to see how many
they took away. This leads to looking at number sentences like 7 -
__ = 3. Questions like this can also be solved using addition. Students
can ask themselves “How many do I have to add to 3 so I have the 7 candies I started with?”
(part+part=whole)This leads to 3+__=7. For this question students can think “7 is
3 and__?” If using addition they would hold up 3 fingers or set out 3
counters and see how many more to add to get to 7.
Continue
to practice missing part addition and subtraction stories such as: I had
3 books, and a friend gave me some more. Now I have 7. How many did she give
me? (Use the same strategies as
above)
April 3-Report cards sent home
April 10-Parent Teacher
interviews-afternoon and evening-no
school for students
April 14 – Good
Friday –no school
April 17 – Easter
Monday – no school
April
28-Professional Learning Day for teachers. No school
for students.