Dear Family,
Well, spring has finally arrived! The children are excited about the sunshine and nicer days. Our playground is fairly dry, but splash pants and rubber boots will help keep your child dry and “mud-free”. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for outdoor play…hats and mittens are still necessary most days!
We are continuing to work on sight words, and have two more weeks worth of words after this week. After all sight words have been introduced we will be working on mastery of these words; identifying, reading sight words in context and writing sight words in context. Please continue to review with your child sight words that he or she is still struggling with.
Please read the weekly poem with your child each night, and have your child answer the questions on the back of the sheet by Friday of each week. We review this poem each day in class so your child should be fluently reading the poem at home by the end of the week. We will be completing another set of reading records with your child before the middle of May, and will keep you updated on your child’s progress via a phone call or email.
We celebrated our study of instructional writing by following directions to make ice cream! We will be working on fiction writing and will be starting a small research project toward the end of the month.
In math, we will be working on the concept of subtraction, and will be completing a unit on geometric shapes. Please continue to review the addition facts flashcards that were sent home with your child. In the next few weeks subtraction facts flashcards will come home. As we move toward the end of the year, the rest of the addition facts and subtraction facts will be sent home for practice. I am sending home a song we have been using to practice our skip counting (on the back of this sheet) – please continue to practice this at home.
We are learning about our senses in science and will be doing some experiments as we explore our five senses. We will also do some follow up to our discussion of what life was like in the past as part of our social studies unit on place and time. Our science, social studies and health curriculum is integrated into our literacy block.
Please continue to keep us updated on any questions or concerns you may have. Thanks for your continued support at home.
Mrs. C and Mrs. Newson
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We have been using this song in math to practice skip counting. Please continue to practice skip counting at home!
Skip Count (to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
Skip count, skip count, count by 2
Skip count, skip count, count by 2
Skip count, skip count, count by 2
We can count to 20!
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20!
Skip count, skip count, count by 5
Skip count, skip count, count by 5
Skip count, skip count, count by 5
We can count to 50!
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50!
Skip count, skip count, count by 10
Skip count, skip count, count by 10
Skip count, skip count, count by 10
We can count to 100!
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100!
