This week, our reading and learning will revolve around what it is like where we live. We will learn to differentiate between the city and country (rural).
We will also learn about India. We are studying India over the course of the next few weeks. This is a part of our Artist in Residency. The full residency will begin in November. In math we are working with understanding more or less. We are also beginning to work with missing addends. Ex. 8+_ = 10. Right now we are using Ten Frames to think about how many more we will need to make 10. We are also working on the 1 less/1 more concept. We are learning that in order to equal the same sum, we can take one away from one side and add it to the other. Ex. 10+0 = 10, 9+1 = 10, 8+2 = 10. If we take 1 from the left addend, we can add one to the right addend, and our sum will stay the same. This week we will focus on the short i pattern. On the spelling paper, you will see two words highlighted in the Extra section. Those are challenge patterns, and next week your child is invited to try the challenge. This is in addition to your child's regular spelling words. This means that your child has been given the option to try the challenge pattern. For instance, one of the words has a "ck" pattern. I will give your child a word on Friday, not necessarily the word highlighted, with that pattern. I will do the same with the other pattern. If your child takes the challenge, he/she will have an additional two words on his/her spelling test. We are also beginning sentence dictation. We are still practicing this, and soon it will become a part of their weekly assessment. Last week we learned about the U.S. Constitution. We focused on connecting it to the school rules of being safe, being respectful, and being responsible. We made a class book on how we can be safe, respectful, and responsible citizens. Comments are closed.
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