Week of January 26th

Sight Word: with

      (This quarter we will focus on reading and writing sight words: with, his, that,for, into, and)

Word Study: continue short middle vowels a,e,o

3rd Quarter Writing Unit: How to Books

We have emptied out our writing folders as we finished up the narrative writing unit. We will now be focusing on How to Books. We have begun to explore how to books and notice how authors write How To books. We also went through the steps of making "peanut butter and jelly" sandwiches to write a class book on How to Make Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches.  During this unit we will be brainstorming ideas for our books: Things we know how to DO, MAKE, AND BE! We will be talking about transition words: First, second, next, last etc and how those words help us teach the reader exactly what to do! We will also be reinforcing using sight words, spaces between our words, starting with a capital letter and ending with punctuation. 

Informational Books (Non Fiction)

To go along with our How to Books, we will also be reading many informational books.We will be practicing comparing and contrasting informational books, talking about the facts we have learned from reading these books and noticing how informational books are written (they include facts, headings, diagrams with labels, maps etc.) When reading informational books at home, talk with your child about what they have learned and noticed about the books.

New IPad App!!

I came across this sight word app the other day and I LOVE IT! I have not had a chance to download it on our classroom ipads yet, but I know the class will love it! It is called Sight Word Ninja. It is played just like Fruit Ninja, except you have to slice the sight word. Here is what I like best about it: you can choose which sight words to pop up on the screen!!!! This way you can choose the words that your child is working on. There is a long list of sight words, but our 20 can be found in the kindergarten and preschool lists. If your child already can read and write our 20, you can add more to their list!

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, 1/30 the 100 Day of School!

Thursday 2/12 Valentine's Day Parties

Friday 2/13 No School

Monday 2/16 No School