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 ...
