Math
Listed below are the skills we are working on in math. Please help by reinforcing these things at home:
Reading
In reading, we are focusing a lot on phonics with a heavy emphasis on short vowel sounds. To help with this concept at home, provide your child with simple CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) and have them read them. These can be real words (fat, can, sub, leg) or made up words (bov, tup, cad). If students are able to decode these simple words, they will be ready to move on to more difficult words.
We are also focusing a lot on comprehension by retelling stories. To accomplish this, I have taught my students story elements. Students are learning what each of these terms mean: characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution. To reinforce this skill at home, have your child retell various fiction stories including these elements.
Writing
As you already know, we are learning more about non-fiction books. After studying published informational books, we are writing our own books about a chosen animal. In addition, students have continued to learn more about personal narratives. We have been writing personal narratives all year, and my students have improved a lot with this style. Students will share both types of writing with you at conferences.
Social Studies
We will soon be making time lines based on our lives. Students are learning how we, as humans, are constantly changing. We will focus on terms such as past, present, and future. A note will soon come home regarding this project. Students will be asked to bring in a few baby pictures to help complete this project. Thanks in advance for your support!
Science
Braylyn's Taekwondo teacher, Master Sanders, was invited into our classroom to teach us more about our human bodies. For science, we are learning more about different body parts and their functions, so this was a perfect demonstration for us. We learned about how exercise increases our heart rate and more about specific names and functions of bones and muscles. Here are some pictures from that demonstration:
Listed below are the skills we are working on in math. Please help by reinforcing these things at home:
- one more/one less
- 10 and some more (i.e. 10+3=13, 10+5=15, 10+7=17)...this concept has been developed through the use of ten-frames (see above)
- counting from 1 to 100
- counting by fives and tens to 100
- writing numbers 1 to 50
- the concept of addition (adding more) and subtraction (taking away)
Reading
In reading, we are focusing a lot on phonics with a heavy emphasis on short vowel sounds. To help with this concept at home, provide your child with simple CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) and have them read them. These can be real words (fat, can, sub, leg) or made up words (bov, tup, cad). If students are able to decode these simple words, they will be ready to move on to more difficult words.
We are also focusing a lot on comprehension by retelling stories. To accomplish this, I have taught my students story elements. Students are learning what each of these terms mean: characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution. To reinforce this skill at home, have your child retell various fiction stories including these elements.
Writing
As you already know, we are learning more about non-fiction books. After studying published informational books, we are writing our own books about a chosen animal. In addition, students have continued to learn more about personal narratives. We have been writing personal narratives all year, and my students have improved a lot with this style. Students will share both types of writing with you at conferences.
Social Studies
We will soon be making time lines based on our lives. Students are learning how we, as humans, are constantly changing. We will focus on terms such as past, present, and future. A note will soon come home regarding this project. Students will be asked to bring in a few baby pictures to help complete this project. Thanks in advance for your support!
Science
Braylyn's Taekwondo teacher, Master Sanders, was invited into our classroom to teach us more about our human bodies. For science, we are learning more about different body parts and their functions, so this was a perfect demonstration for us. We learned about how exercise increases our heart rate and more about specific names and functions of bones and muscles. Here are some pictures from that demonstration: