Posts: Week at a Glance (May 27-31)
5/24/2019 2:41 PM by stacey.waugh
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1 Week at a Glance (May 27-31)
Wednesday Night:
Pack
library books.
Nightly:
Read good-fit books. Have your child provide a retell
of the main events. Also, when your child reads a word containing a sound team,
point it out to him/her. Try keeping a running list of the sound team words you
and your child find in his/her good-fit books to practice reading and spelling
at home.
In order to be meeting grade
level reading expectations, students
must be reading level G books independently, fluently, and with good
comprehension by the end of June.
Practice all sight words and sound
teams. If your child can read all of the sight words, have
him/her try spelling them or writing them in a sentence.
The sight
words for grade 1 will be their no excuse
spelling
words in grade 2. So, they could get a head start!
Reading: Expression
Encourage your child to read with expression!
Point out how quotation marks mean someone is talking and that we may have to
change our tone of voice to match the speaker. Also, be watching for question
marks, exclamation marks, and/or words printed in bold or all uppercase letters
which usually indicates that the reader should be using expression and/or
changing tone of voice.
Writing: Non-fiction
(Report)
Students will continue to explore
non-fiction writing. The students will
be researching information about an animal of their choice and writing a
report.
Math: Numbers
to 100 & measurement
Continue as necessary
:
Work on number reversals/formation.
Work on 100 chart activities.
Work on before/after…..especially when it involves a
new decade, for example after 49, after 89, before 60, before 40 etc.
Practice math facts/strategies (doubles, friends of
ten)
The
goal is not for students to memorize facts (however, it is great if they
understand
the strategy so well that some facts are now memorized). The important skill is
to
use
strategies (counting-on, doubles, doubles plus/minus 1, making
10,etc.). When you are practicing with your child at home, make sure you talk
about what strategy he/she is using. You may need to give reminders such as,
you
should be able to figure that one out
because you know the strategy of doubles plus one
or
how
can we figure this one out? What strategy could we use?
We are continuing our unit on
measurement. We will work on surface area-the amount of space taken up by an
object and will work on capacity (how much something will
hold) as well as mass (how much an object weighs).
Reminders/Important Dates:
Thursday, June 6 –
Showcase/School Picnic
11:00-1:00 (information went home about the picnic in communication bags
Friday, May 24).
June 13 –
K-2
Field Day (please be sure your child is dressed for the weather and has
appropriate outdoor footwear for running, jumping etc…)
June 21
– Last day of school for students
Be sure to
ask your child about their letter activity for our ABC countdown!
Your child may wear a hat to school on Tuesday, May 28 for “H Day” of our ABC
countdown.
Be sure to check the school web page for
information on upcoming events and dates.
Homework will take on a different format beginning
next week for the month of June. Stay tuned for more information!
Thank you for your support!
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