Week of October 13

  

Make sure to get all your pledges in by Friday, October 17. :)

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 P.E. and #19-36 ART, Tuesday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-36 P.E. and Wednesday-ART . Thursday is our Field Trip to Diamond D Ranch. :) Please pack your child a lunch for the field trip in the large Ziploc baggie. (baggies will be sent home this week) Friday we have the Fun Run at school. :) All students participate in the Fun Run regardless of whether or not they have received pledges.  Alexia will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class.

**Continue to have your child practice writing their first name. We need to see the first letter as an uppercase letter and the remaining letters lowercase. Once that is mastered, begin the same process for the last name.** We still have quite a few students writing their whole name in uppercase letters. Please practice.

MATH

Comparing is our focus word this week in math. Students will learn how to compare quantities and numbers as we explore this concept using a Fish and Clam game. Students will be introduced to the symbols (<, >, =) we use to compare numbers and we will use the symbols throughout the week.

ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

We will continue to practice letters and letter sounds. We will review all of the sight words we have learned. **We will not send home any new Sight Word Money for a few weeks.** We will focus on beginning sounds of words. When practicing at home with your child, please correct them if they try to name the letter. We want them to make the letter sound. :) We will read the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro. We will practice retelling the story using pictures to guide our words.

Here is a Youtube Video to see the book. :)

Here is another Youtube Video. This is a collection of video's that change the beginning sound of a word and make new words. (We won't be viewing all the video's this week, but that doesn't mean you have to wait too. Enjoy!!) These three letter words are called CVC words. They are spelled with a consonant, vowel and another consonant.

SCIENCE

Scientists use a variety of tools to observe and investigate. We will use balances to explore weights of objects. We will use to vocabulary to compare objects that are heavier, lighter and equal in size. The children will work cooperatively to explore tools scientists use! Check out the game on pan balances from Sid the Science Guy! Here is the link.