HOMEWORK
READING:
“Good fit” take-home book
Encourage your child to use the reading strategy card when trying to figure out unknown words.
Poems Songs Stories-review poems/songs- remind the children to track the words as they read!
Practice reading words with the sound team /oo/: book cook spoon moon doom foot good hook loon
Review sounds****** th ch sh qu ck wh ai ow ay or oa oo
High Frequency Words for Grade One-focus: him said I’m
Review until mastered;
for what look or this they her his my going can you
are have had little has went and all play the was that of with like she
(Once the words are mastered, the students can learn to spell them
LIBRARY-******return book on Tuesday**********
LITERACY FOCUS:
Reading strategies:
Eagle Eye- Look at the pictures for cues.
Lips the Fish- Say the first few sounds in the word
Stretchy Snake- Stretch out the sounds slowly the put the sounds together and say the word
Chunky Monkey- Look for small chunks in the word that you can read
Skippy Frog-Skip the unknown word, read to the end of the sentence then hop back and try reading the word again
Flippy Dolphin- If the short vowel sound doesn’t make sense in the word, try the long vowel sound
Sound teams- introducing ee/ea, reviewing two vowels go a walking” rule, alphabetical order
Writing: recounts, lists, answering “when” questions, spelling approximations(stretching out unknown words and printing all the sounds they hear), spelling some word wall words correctly, punctuation at the end of sentences, capitals for beginning of sentence/names, spaces between words, writing 4 or more ideas about a topic, proper letter formation/letter placement in one space.
MATH FOCUS:
Counting forward and backwards to 20-50
Naming numbers one more/one less, two more/two less to 20
Skip counting by 2’s
Part-part whole number combinations
Representing teen numbers
Number words
YOU AND YOUR WORLD FOCUS: Characteristics of Groups
SKILLS TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE …..IF NEEDED
-read number words: one three five three four two zero six eight ten nine seven
-count forward and backward (1-20)
-recognize and name numerals from 11-20
-print numerals to 20/proper formation
- count by twos to twenty
-name numbers before and after
**Segmenting/blending words
1. Have your child give each sound and then blend it together to say the word 2. Print the word- call out the word and have your child print the word as they say the 3 sounds.
pen cup dug fad him jig bag get hen kit leg rut sip ten van wet yet zip
Additional Information
November:
14th Conference Time Schedule sent home- please choose times and return Wednesday
20th First term report card
23rd Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences (3 pm-7pm)
24th Day off for students- Parent/Teacher Conferences (8-11:30am)-
Professional Learning for Teachers (pm)