What has eight legs and a lot of people are scared of? SPIDERS! This week was all about spiders. We read and discussed Spiders by Laura Marsh. We described characteristics of a spider. What kind of story is this? Is it fiction or nonfiction? How can we tell? In writing, we gave our opinion on if spiders would make good pets or not. Vocabulary from the book: egg sac: a silk pouch that protects and holds spider eggs fang: a biting mouth part of a spider or a large, sharp tooth in other animals prey: an animal that is eaten by other animals venom: poison I enjoyed getting to talk with everyone at conferences! Thank you for your continued support in and out of the classroom! Please look at the columns labeled Q2 on your child's report cards to see what we will be teaching this quarter! For reading and phonics students will need to: Identify all upper and lowercase letters Recognize rhyming words by listening to sets of words Produce all 23 consonant sounds ...
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! Why does snow melt? We will explore and learn all about snow this week. We will be read and discussed the fiction book, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Vocabulary from the book: piled: a number of things on top of each other path: a track beaten by the feet of people or animals pretend: to imagine or believe sank: settled in or covered firm: hard or solid when pressed Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend: Write sight words on scrap pieces of paper. Wad the paper up and have a snowball fight. Pick up the snowballs and read the words inside. Use cotton balls (snow) and toss into cups. Count and see how many you can get it the cups. Watch The Snowy Day on Amazon Prime Video! https://www.amazon.com/The-Snowy-Day/dp/B01M29SIU2 Compare and contrast The Snowy Day on Amazon Prime Video to the story book: http://viewpure.com/FmZCQfeWje...