February 11th-15th

I'm keeping this blog post short and sweet. Mrs. Matyus and I want to say a big THANK YOU for all the teacher appreciation goodies and additional supplies for the classroom we received this week. 

If you want a reminder of all the stuff we're working on this quarter please refer to last week's post. 

Have a great break! 

In reading this week: 
This chair is too big!  This chair is too small!  This chair is just right!  Our focus this week is all about the three bears.  We will be continuing with fairytales this week as we read The Three Bears by Paul Galdone.  We will be discussing character, setting, and how we use the information in the story to retell.  We will continue talking about opinions in writing. 

Vocabulary from the book:

trust: to depend on honesty

porridge: food made of cereal or grains

cooled: to let something get not to cold or hot

peek: to look quickly; secretly

frightened: to cause fear; scare

Here are just a few activities you can do at home with your child this weekend:

• Retell the story of The Three Bears.  
• Make mask props at home using paper plates or pictures on popsicle sticks

Here are a couple websites to help with different strategies to use at home for sight words: 

https://www.k12reader.com/sight-word-teaching-strategies/

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/sight-words-101.html 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsAsYlJSSx-qcUr6D4i-LPBvkV2Suy0iV

Letters and Sight Words of the Week 2018-2019

Date	Letter/Blend/Digraph	Sight Words
August 1	FIRST WEEK
August 6
August 13		I, it, is
August 20		a, as, do
August 27	M and short A	am, and, an
September 4	S	so, see, me
September 10	T	to, the, my
September 17	N	not, on, no
September 24	FALL BREAK
October 1	Short I	at, in, will
October 8	F	he, she, we
October 15	P and Short O	said, saw, was
October 22	C (hard and soft)	can, came, come
October 29	H	his, help, her
November 5	B	big, by, be
November 12	Short U	but, up, us
November 19	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 26	R	ran, run, him
December 3	Short E	when, then, well
December 10	G (hard and soft)	go, give, get
December 17	D	did, had, has
January 7	W/Wh	what, were
January 14	L	like, let, look
January 22	J	put, out, now
January 28	K	must, into, all
February 4	Y	your, you, yes
February 11	V/Z	very, love, of
February 18	FEBRUARY BREAK
February 25	Q	want, went, who
March 4	X	little, have, with
March 11	Bossy R (ar, or, ir, ur, er)	are, for, from
March 18	Long A	ate, make, say
March 25	Long E	please, eat, here
April 1	APRIL BREAK
April 8	Long I	find, fly, why
April 15	Long O	home, going, this
April 22	Long U	new, some, they
April 29	OO	soon, good, too
May 6	OU/OW	down, our, how
May 13	Sh,Th,Ch	there, where
May 20	LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL