September 5~ 9

What Are We Learning This Week?

Math: Fluently add & subtract within 20: Making a 10 to subtract, practicing addition & subtraction facts, solving addition & subtraction word problems, math practices & problem solving.

Science: States of matter: The changes of gas, liquid & solid

Leadership: ROAR matrix & healthy habits

Reading:  Snowshoe Hare's Winter Home

Language: Illustrations, point of view, describing a character, & key details

Writing: Writing a strong beginning, listing events in chronological order & drafting a narrative

Conventions: Pronouns 

Phonics Skill: Long vowels (vowel- consonant- silent E)

Phonics Skill Words:

side

face

rage

Pete

pose

fuse

joke

note

cute

rise

Homework~
1.) Read 20 minutes daily & fill out reading log (due Friday)
2.) Math sheet (due the next day) 

3.) Practice phonics skill words (test on Friday)
4.) Writing Journal 

Monday: Brainstorming~ Kiddos will brainstorm a topic for the week and create a bubble map describing their topic. We will review this Monday & will use a journal that you have supplied for your kiddo.

Tuesday: Rough Draft~ Kiddos use the information from their bubble map to create a rough draft. Should be a minimum of half of the journal page. We will review on Tuesday. 

Wednesday: Editing~ Kiddos will use a pen to revise and edit their rough draft.  Kiddos should capitalize the first word of each sentence, use proper nouns and to punctuate properly.  If your kiddo is struggling spelling a word have him/her sound it out and do the best he/she can phonetically.

Thursday: Final Draft~ Students will use their best penmanship to create a final draft of their story. 

 Friday:  Journal entry due.

Upcoming Dates

Sept. 9~ BSC Pictures

Sept. 10~ ILF Golf Tournament

Oct. 10-14~ Spirit Week
Oct. 13~ Make-Up Picture Day
Oct. 14~ Drive-in Movie Night @ CSC @7:00PM
Oct. 24~ Nov. 10~ Food Drive
Oct. 31~ Spirit Day

Thank you so much for your support!