In Reading, we focused on the reading “non-fiction or informational” text. This type of text is real information and the purpose of the book is so we can learn more information about that topic. We read a lot of informational text about Christopher Columbus and about Fire Safety. We worked on filling out KWL charts. The K stands for what we already know or our “schema”. The W stands for what do we want to know. And the L gets filled in after we have completed our research and stands for things that we learned.
In math, we started a new unit working the counting by 10’s and adding on the extra ones. We have been working on making 10 sticks, which is doing a straight line for each ten and then drawing circles for the ones place. For example if we had the number 37, we would do 3 ten sticks (straight lines) and then do 5 circles on top and 2 underneath it. We do 5 and 2, so we can quickly add 5+2 to give us 7. Doing the ten stick saves a lot of time, so we don’t have to count up 10 each time, but instead can count by ten.
In Wilson Fundations, we have been working on double bonus letters and the glued sound /all/. With the double bonus letters, these are letters that we double and these letters come at the end of each quadrant. They are f, l, s, and sometimes z. We do not tap out this sound, but we do have to double it up when a short vowel comes before that letter. For example, if we had the word mess, we would only tap out /m/, /e/, and the first /s/. For the glued sounds, these are sounds that we tap out together. For example, if we had the word fall, it would only have two sounds to tap out /f/ and then /all/. So when we tap out a glued sound, it looks like a wolf pack with the middle and ring finger together to tap out.
Fire Safety- Last week we talked a lot about Fire Safety, since it was Fire Safety week. We read several books about Fire Fighters and how Fire Fighters and safety requirements have changed from hundreds of years ago to now. Have your child share some of the things they learned last week.
Important Information:
- JDRF Walk- We will walk tomorrow, the 16th, from 9:20 to 9:50. All money collected will be due tomorrow. Thanks!
- Scholastic Book Order- If you are interested, check and order form will be due to me by Friday, October 19th. If you would like to order online, our class activation code is: G229M. You can access that at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs.
- Items for the Pet Basket- All items that are being collected for the Pet Basket for the Fall Festival are due this Friday, the 19th. It can be any item for any animal.
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