Week of November 2nd

Here is what is going on this week!

Language Arts

Phonics: Review
Long vowel /i/ ie, igh
Long vowel /a/ ai, ay
Long vowel /o/ oa, ow
r-Controlled Vowel /ar/ ar


Spelling and Challenge Words: tie, light, mail, day, barn, dark, hard, snow, soak, own, crayon, weeknight, barnyard, sailboat, window

Bonus Words: November, harvest, scarecrow, turkey, Thanksgiving

High-Frequency Words Review: understand, lose, idea, caught, coming, enough, learn, clear, though, ago

Comprehension Focus: Review
Making Prediction
Using Prior Knowledge
Plot
Using Story Structure

Robust Vocabulary and Student-Friendly Explanations:

minor - If something is not too important, it is minor.

previous - If something happened before something else, then it is a previous event.

priorities - If some things are more important than any other things, they are priorities.

extinguish - When you completely put out something, like a fire, you extinguish it.

hazard - Something that could be dangerous is a hazard.

negotiate - When you negotiate, you talk, and offer to give up one thing in exchange for another, in hopes of reaching an agreement.

efficient - If someone gets things done quickly, correctly, and without trouble, that person is efficient.

instantly - If something takes almost no time to happen, it happens instantly.

drench - When you completely soak something, you drench it.

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

Math
* Change-to-More Number Stories
* Parts-and-Total Number Stories
* Explorations

Parent Reader - Kelly Morean

Current Events:

Monday - Reece and Michael
Tuesday - Mace and Luke M.
Wednesday - Simon and Anna
Thursday - Madison and Christina
Friday - Grace