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October 27, 2014

Monday  -  Green  -  PE/CCC

Reading

Theme 3 – Let’s Look Around!

Phonemic Awareness  -  Independent Reading & Writing

Big Book  -  Counting on the Woods

Comprehension Strategy & Skill  -  Evaluate      Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing

Phonics  -  Double Final Consonants  -  (ck, ff, ll, ss, tt)       

Blending More Short “a” words        Plurals with –s

Spelling  -  Short “a” words     an     had     at     man     can     cat    

“Challenge words”  -  catch     add

Math

Module 2 – Lesson 1  -  Solve word problems with three addends, two of which make ten. 

Example:  1apple, 9 bananas, and 6 pears.  How many in all? 

1 + 9 + 6 = ___     10 + 6 = ___

Science

Lesson 2  -  What is Summer?

Tuesday  -  White  -  Art/CCC

Reading

Phonemic Awareness  -  Independent Reading & Writing

Comprehension Skill  -  Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing

Sight Words  -  animal     bird     cold     fall     flower     full     look     of     see

“Outlaw” word  -  of

Get Set Story  -  Animals in the Cold

Spelling Review – Short “a”

Vocabulary  -  Spelling Patterns –ack, -ap

Math

Lesson  2  -  Again using three addends, circle the two numbers that make ten and write a new number sentence.   There will not be a word problem with this lesson. 

Science

Lesson 3  -  What is Fall?

Wednesday  -  Blue  -  Music/TAG/Library Checkout

Reading

Phonemic Awareness  -  Independent Reading & Writing

Sight Word Review

Main Story  -  Seasons

Comprehension Strategy  & Skill  -  Evaluate       Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing

Vocabulary – Seasons of the Year

Spelling Review

Math

Lesson 3  -  Make ten when on addend is nine.  Students will need to draw and circle to show how to make ten to help solve the problem. 

9 + 4 make ___                10 and ___ make ___                 There is ___ altogether.

Thursday  -  Green  -  PE/CCC  

Reading

Phonemic Awareness  -  Independent Reading & Writing

Sight Word Review

Comprehension – How to Read Jokes & Lyrics – Ha, Ha, Ha!

Phonics Review – Reading short “u” words

Spelling Review

Vocabulary – Months of the Year

Math

Lesson 4  -  Make ten when one addend is 9. 

9 + 5 = ___       5 turns into 1 and 4              10 + 4 = ___

Science

Lesson 4  -  What is Winter?

Friday  -  White  -  Art/CCC   Fall Parade & Party – 2:00

Reading

Sight Word Review

Weekly Skills Test

Weekly Spelling Test

“Wipe Out”

Math

Lesson 5  -  Counting on and making ten when one addend is 9.  Students will make a number bond to show their thinking.  9 + 3 = ___   3 becomes 1 and 2 in the number bond.  They write the new expression 10 + 2 = ___

Sharing for this week is addition.  Please come up with an addition story problem.  Bring the objects you’ll need to tell your addition story.  For example:  There were five horses eating grass.  Two more horses came along and started to eat grass.  How many horses are there now?  Bring horses or draw a picture of the problem.  The class will try to answer the question, so put the answer somewhere so the students won’t see it. 

We will be starting spelling words with Theme Three.  The list of words is stapled along with the sight words to the sharing note.  Each week there will be six words and two challenge words.  The students will be expected to master the six spelling words.  Challenge words will be given with the test each Friday, but will not be graded.  I will be tracking the results of those challenge words and will occasionally acknowledge 2 out of 2 results.    

The book order is due on Wednesday, November 5^th.  Books make excellent Christmas presents and are reasonably priced. 

Please continue to bring in Box Tops and Campbell’s UPC labels. 

Please accept my apology for including the “water cycle” song a week early.  The student learned the song and actions on Monday, October 20^th.  We made a “water cycle” bracelet on Tuesday, October 21st.  Now they can sing and do the actions for the song.

The Fall Party and Parade start at 2:00 on Friday, October 31^st. 

Thank you for supporting the Math homework.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send a note or call.  Don’t forget to cut out the subtraction flash cards that were sent home on Monday, October 20^th.  Those are for you to keep and practice as “flash cards” at home. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please call, send a note/e-mail, or stop by.

Lavon Tanner

1.  Share the “outlaw” actions for the following words. 

          does    they     where     pull     are    

Hint:  does-air guitar     they-there’s no “a” in they     where-stomp your foot     pull-pretend to pull     are-bird call

2.  Have you been practicing your math cards at home?     Yes     No

3.  Share the riddle about the letter Qq. 

            Hint:  “If you’re gonna have a Q, then you gotta have a “u”, Cause…..

                        Read these words:  quit     quiz     quick     quack     quilt

4.  A noun is a person, animal, place or thing.  Circle the nouns in the sentence.

          The dog ran.          Dan can play guitar.    

The school is big.          Leaves are changing color.

5.  A verb is an action word.  This action word tells what someone and/or something does.  Circle the action word.

          Ben ran.        The men dig.          Dan and I jump.          Nan cut the fig.

6.  Explain what the colored beads on the “water cycle” bracelet stand for.

          Yellow  _________________________

          Clear  __________________________

          White  __________________________

          Blue  ___________________________

Yes, I tried my best to answer the questions.  ______________ Student Signature

Yes, I asked my child the above questions.  _______________ Adult Signature