Week of September 21st

Here is what is going on this week!

Language Arts

Phonics: Vowel Review
Challenge Words (Review): napkin, notepad, rotten, picnic, seaweed, puppet, rabbit, beehive, helmet, plastic, mealtime, contest, fabric, teapot, classmate, peanut, mistake, subject, homemade
High-Frequency Words (Review): already, prove, sign, police, eight, covered, everything, through, woods, guess, different, children, short, ears, finally, hundred, sugar, bicycle, special, sometimes, exercise
Comprehension Focus (Review): Characters, Using Graphic Organizers, Main Idea and Details, & Answering Questions
Robust Vocabulary and Student-Friendly Explanations:

flutters - If something flies or moves in a light and quick way, it flutters.

selected - If you have chosen a particular thing, you have selected it.

announcement - When someone gives new information to a group of people, that person has made an announcement.

career - A career is a job for which someone might get training or go to school.

penalty - When someone gets a punishment for doing something wrong, the punishment can be called a penalty.

location - A location is a place.

excitable - If people or animals can get worked up easily, they are excitable.

positive - When you are very sure about something, you are positive.

* The students will have assessments at the end of the week covering the challenge, robust, and high-frequency words. Please practice these daily with your kids!

Math

• Addition Strategies That Use Doubles Facts
  
• Subtraction from Addition
  
• Fact Families
  
• Exploring Weights, Scales, Equal Groups
  
• Addition Strategies That Use Doubles Facts
  

Parent Reader: Ivonne Steffens
Current Events:

• Monday - Reece and Michael
  
• Tuesday - Mace and Luke M.
  
• Wednesday - Simon and Anna
  
• Thursday - Madison and Christina
  
• Friday - nobody

Spirit Day is Wednesday!!