Homework

Read 20 minutes every night and fill in Reading Log 

Study Spelling words for test on Friday

Complete math homework sheet

 

Phonics/Spelling

This week we are learning about Homophones.  Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelling differently and have differently meanings.  Ex. to, two & too; their, there & they’re.  Our spelling words this week are High Frequency/Word Wall Words.  Here is our list of words for this week:

1. maybe
2. they
3. were
4. said
5. with
6. their
7. too
8. before
9. now
10. then

Reading/Writing

We are still learning about the differences between Fiction & Nonfiction books.  We are also learning about and researching information about Bats.  They might come home this week talking about Bats and some of the interesting information we have learned about them.  After we are done doing our Bat research we will then write a paper about what we have learned.

 

Math

This week our focus will be learning how to find the missing addend.  There are 3 strategies we will learn this week to help find the missing addend.

 

Reminders

October 9th: Last Day of the 1st 9 weeks

October 19th: School Holiday- No school

October 28th: Early Release- Teacher Training

Homework:

They need to practice their spelling words daily

Read for 20 minutes every night and sign their reading log (It is very important that they read every night!)

Math Homework Sheet due Friday

 

Phonics/Spelling:

Our focus this week is Blends.  Our words are:

1. sky
2. skip
3. spot
4. trash
5. clap
6. swim
7. flip
8. grill
9. slide
10. string
11. them*
12. because*
13. from*

*High Frequency/Word Wall Words

 

Reading:

We will be learning about the Text Features of a Non-fiction book and compare Fiction vs. Non-ficiton.

 

Math:

Our focus this week will be Even/Odd numbers and knowing which numbers are odd and which numbers are even. We will also be reviewing for our Math Benchmark test that is coming up toward the end of the 9 weeks.

 

Reminders:

September 23rd– Early Release at 11:30 for teacher training (Buses will run their normal route at 11:30 as well as car pick up, if your child will be going home a different way that day, please send a note in your child’s planner.)

 

Homework:

Read 20 Minutes each night and sign reading log

Math Homework sheet due Friday

Spelling Test (Please practice your child’s spelling words with them)

 

Spelling/Phonics:

Our focus this week is VCC (vowel, consonant, consonant) pattern words.  Our words for this week are:

1. last
2. test
3. list
4. gift
5. math
6. sick
7. think
8. cash
9. wing
10. junk
11. your*
12. who*
13. when*

*Word Wall Words

 

Reading/Writing

This week we are learning how to retell or sequence a story using SWBST:

Somebody (Who is the Main Character?)

Wanted  (What are they trying to achieve?)

But  (What is the problem or obstacle they must overcome?)

So  (How did they solve the problem?)

Then  (How was the story resolved?)

 

Math:

We are continuing our lesson about Place Value.  We will be talking about the thousands place this week.

 

Reminders:

September 17th:  Fall Pictures

September 23rd: Early Release (teacher training)