Reading
This week students will be working on re-telling a story orally. They will be using transition words to assist them. Students have been introduced to these words through recent writing activities. Words that tell the order of the story are transition words. Examples include: In the beginning, first, then, next, later, after that, finally, or in the end. Students will be listening to more stories from Eileen Spinelli as well as seasonal favorites. Encourage your child to re-tell the stories they bring home in their book-in-a-bag.
Also, as you read, discuss the various reading strategies students use to figure out tricky words. They should be able to use many strategies to help them. Refer to the bookmark that is kept in the book-in-a-bag.
Writing
Writers will enhance their writing through the use of details and descriptive language. Students will be again using the personal narrative checklist to evaluate their own writing on Friday. They will be writing about a memorable time spent with family. It would be great to ask your child what he or she has chosen for their writing this week. Discuss some details they might want to include in their work. Talk about the who, what, where, when, and how of the topic. Writers continue to make their writing readable to others through good punctuation and overall neatness of work.
Word Work
List 1: has, was, but, can
List 2: had, that, made, of
Word patterns: -ish as in wish and dish
-ush as in rush and hush
-ash as in cash and rash
Please check out: www.spellingcity.com to practice your word list. This site offers the ability to customize games for your child's list.
Please continue to work on the word lists each week. We work on the words at school daily. Our focus is to learn strategies for spelling words correctly in writing. Students should begin to know many of the list words "in a snap." This means they shouldn't have to "think" about them very long. Word pattern words should be used as a tool to figure out similar words that sound the same. We have a variety of ways to "check up" on our understanding. Ask your child about the game of Sparkle.
Math
By now your child should easily be able to tell you the number before or the number after any given number through 120. Students should also be able to add 1 or 2 to a number. They should be able to subtract 1 or 2 from a number as well. This week we will return to sums of 10 as we cement the concepts of the fact families for 10. A fact family contains the addition and subtraction number sentences for a given set of numbers. For example:
2+8=10
8+2=10
10-2=8
10-8=2
Once a student makes the connection with this concept, addition and subtraction becomes much more efficient. We will work on these concepts as well as our usual Work-It-Out Wednesday problem solving.
Thank you for helping your child complete his or her math journal work each week!
History
Students will continue to compare the past and the present as we look at how basic needs have been met in the past and how we meet them today. In addition, students will plan and begin to build a museum item for the Museum of the Future. We will present our Museum to fellow classmates at Hilliard Crossing.
Other Information
*We are visiting the Hilliard Historical Museum on Friday, November 1st. Please send in the purple consent form along with the $1 needed for admission.
*School Carnival is November 9th.
*Parent/Teacher Conferences are November 11th and 12th. Please sign up online. (Refer to the yellow sheet that was sent home last week. Or check the Hilliard Crossing website and click on News and Info. to be directed to the SignupGenius site.)
Friday, November 1st marks the end of the first grading period.
Have a great week! Mrs. Clark
This week students will be working on re-telling a story orally. They will be using transition words to assist them. Students have been introduced to these words through recent writing activities. Words that tell the order of the story are transition words. Examples include: In the beginning, first, then, next, later, after that, finally, or in the end. Students will be listening to more stories from Eileen Spinelli as well as seasonal favorites. Encourage your child to re-tell the stories they bring home in their book-in-a-bag.
Also, as you read, discuss the various reading strategies students use to figure out tricky words. They should be able to use many strategies to help them. Refer to the bookmark that is kept in the book-in-a-bag.
Writing
Writers will enhance their writing through the use of details and descriptive language. Students will be again using the personal narrative checklist to evaluate their own writing on Friday. They will be writing about a memorable time spent with family. It would be great to ask your child what he or she has chosen for their writing this week. Discuss some details they might want to include in their work. Talk about the who, what, where, when, and how of the topic. Writers continue to make their writing readable to others through good punctuation and overall neatness of work.
Word Work
List 1: has, was, but, can
List 2: had, that, made, of
Word patterns: -ish as in wish and dish
-ush as in rush and hush
-ash as in cash and rash
Please check out: www.spellingcity.com to practice your word list. This site offers the ability to customize games for your child's list.
Please continue to work on the word lists each week. We work on the words at school daily. Our focus is to learn strategies for spelling words correctly in writing. Students should begin to know many of the list words "in a snap." This means they shouldn't have to "think" about them very long. Word pattern words should be used as a tool to figure out similar words that sound the same. We have a variety of ways to "check up" on our understanding. Ask your child about the game of Sparkle.
Math
By now your child should easily be able to tell you the number before or the number after any given number through 120. Students should also be able to add 1 or 2 to a number. They should be able to subtract 1 or 2 from a number as well. This week we will return to sums of 10 as we cement the concepts of the fact families for 10. A fact family contains the addition and subtraction number sentences for a given set of numbers. For example:
2+8=10
8+2=10
10-2=8
10-8=2
Once a student makes the connection with this concept, addition and subtraction becomes much more efficient. We will work on these concepts as well as our usual Work-It-Out Wednesday problem solving.
Thank you for helping your child complete his or her math journal work each week!
History
Students will continue to compare the past and the present as we look at how basic needs have been met in the past and how we meet them today. In addition, students will plan and begin to build a museum item for the Museum of the Future. We will present our Museum to fellow classmates at Hilliard Crossing.
Other Information
*We are visiting the Hilliard Historical Museum on Friday, November 1st. Please send in the purple consent form along with the $1 needed for admission.
*School Carnival is November 9th.
*Parent/Teacher Conferences are November 11th and 12th. Please sign up online. (Refer to the yellow sheet that was sent home last week. Or check the Hilliard Crossing website and click on News and Info. to be directed to the SignupGenius site.)
Friday, November 1st marks the end of the first grading period.
Have a great week! Mrs. Clark