November 11th-15th
Veterans Day is our focus this week! We will be reading and discussing the
nonfiction book What is Veterans
Day by Elaine Landau. What is a veteran? Many
times people don’t know why we celebrate this holiday. This week we will learn
what a veteran is and why we celebrate Veterans Day as a holiday. We will begin
learning what a main idea of a story is as well as different parts of a
nonfiction book: table of contents, bold vocabulary words, photographs, etc.
Vocabulary from the book:
Armed Forces: the five parts of the American military
holiday: a day of celebration
military: a group of men and women that protect people
patriotic: showing love for your country
veteran: a person who has served in the Armed Forces
***Today Monday November 11th we are sending home inclement weather forms. Please turn in tomorrow if possible! ***
**A field trip permission slip went home for our trip to the Center of Puppetry Arts to see Rudolph on Friday December 13th. The Center of Puppetry Arts requires our payment to be submitted by November 14th so please turn money and permission slips in on time! If you choose not to let your child attend the trip then I need a note saying that so I know.**
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
- Produce 3-5 vowel sounds
- Read 25 or more sight words
- Read at a level B
For writings students will need to:
- Write simple sentences that include grade appropriate sight words and phonetically spelled words.
- Handwriting: Print 23 upper and lowercase letters with consistency, accuracy and independence.
- Recognize and name punctuation (period, question mark and exclamation point)
- Consistently write letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
- Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (-ed, -s, un-, pre-)
For math we will be moving into/continuing:
Counting to 100
Writing numbers to 20
Counting objects to 20 in a line, circle and array and up to 10 objects scattered
Comparing objects and numbers up to 10
Describe several measurable attributes of an object, such as length or weight. For example, a student may describe a book as, “This shoe is heavy! It is also really long!"
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
Continuing to Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.
Coming up in Social Studies:
Recognize who Veterans are and why we celebrate them on Veterans Day.
Identify the bald eagle as an American Symbol.
Explain positive character traits of veterans.
Learn how American culture celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day and how others celebrate in their cultures.
Students will be introduced to historical events and figures within a given holiday.
Students will learn about needs and wants.
Coming up in Science:
Motion, students will:
-Understand that things move in different ways and that gravity affects objects.
-Activities in a unit on motion and gravity should give them context for the two concepts and stepping stones for additional knowledge and understanding in subsequent years. Simple concrete explanations of gravity and motion are appropriate, and may be addressed with the specific examples in the standards.
Day and Night Sky, students will:
-Examine the characteristics of day and night sky and how one changes into the other in a 24 hour cycle.
-Focus on the simple changes from night to day and day to night, as well as the main objects in the sky – the sun and moon.
Letters and Sight Words of the Week 2019-2020
Date
|
Letter/Blend/Digraph
|
Sight Words
|
August 1
|
FIRST WEEK
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August 5
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August 12
|
Short I
|
I, it, is
|
August 19
|
M
|
am, and, an
|
August 26
|
Short A
|
a, as, do
|
September 3
|
S
|
so, see, me
|
September 9
|
T
|
to, the, my
|
September 16
|
N
|
not, on, no
|
September 23
|
FALL BREAK
| |
September 30
|
Short O
|
at, in, will
|
October 7
|
F
|
he, she, we
|
October 14
|
P
|
said, saw, was
|
October 21
|
C (hard and soft)
|
can, came, come
|
October 28
|
H
|
his, help, her
|
November 4
|
B
|
big, by, be
|
November 11
|
Short U
|
but, up, us
|
November 18
|
R
|
ran, run, him
|
November 25
|
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
| |
December 2
|
Short E
|
when, then, well
|
December 19
|
G (hard and soft)
|
go, give, get
|
December 16
|
D
|
did, had, has
|
January 6
|
W/Wh
|
what, were
|
January 13
|
L
|
like, let, look
|
January 21
|
J
|
put, out, now
|
January 27
|
K
|
must, into, all
|
February 3
|
Y
|
your, you, yes
|
February 10
|
V/Z
|
very, love, of
|
February 17
|
FEBRUARY BREAK
| |
February 24
|
Q
|
want, went, who
|
March 2
|
X
|
little, have, with
|
March 9
|
Bossy R (ar, or, ir, ur, er)
|
are, for, from
|
March 16
|
Long A
|
ate, make, say
|
March 23
|
Long E
|
please, eat, here
|
March 30
|
Long I
|
Find, fly, why
|
April 6
|
APRIL BREAK
| |
April 13
|
Long O
|
home, going, this
|
April 20
|
Long U
|
new, some, they
|
April 27
|
OO
|
soon, good, too
|
May 4
|
OU/OW
|
down, our, how
|
May 11
|
Sh,Th,Ch
|
there, where
|
May 18
|
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
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