- Begin Reader's Use Strategies to Figure Out Words unit
- Some strategies are:
- look at cover and title
- take picture walk
- point under the words
- look at pictures
- stretch out the beginning sounds of words
- look for chunks in words
- ask "does this make sense?"
- reread for sense
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- Check your child's folder every night for notes and homework.
- Remember to read with your child each night and fill in the reading log.
- Picture Day is coming soon!!
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- Oct. 3rd. - bus drill
- Oct. 5th - Class Picture Day
- Oct. 8th - Fire truck Visit
- Oct. 10th - Visit the Fire House at night
- Oct. 30th -Special Project - pumpkin math
- Oct. 31st- Halloween parade and party
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- Practice spelling and saying phonic families (ex. cat, hat, mat, etc.)
- tell number stories
- look for signs of Autumn
- Do activities from math and family calendars
- Ask about your child's day
- Things to send in: 10 more pennies, and 5 nickels.
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- beginning and ending consonant sounds
- /m/, /a/, /t/, /p/, /n/, /h/, /c/, /d/, /s/, /i/
- practice word families for -at, -an, -am, -ap
- new short vowel /i/ and word families -ip, -in, -it, -ish
- rhyming words
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- Using Number Grids (you should keep a number grid at home for homework activities)
- Practice writing your phone number
- Telling time to the nearest hour
- Counting pennies and nickels
- Number stories
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- balance experiments (new vocab.: balance point, stable position, counterbalance)
- map skills
- Fire Prevention
- Columbus Day
- Pumpkins - life cycle
- Bats
- Halloween Safety
- Open Circle : non-verbal signals, listening skills, giving and receiving compliments, including one another, and cooperation
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- 1st celebration of writing
- brainstorming for new writing ideas
- choosing a topic
- writing a small moment story
- writing with a reader in mind
- stretching the moment of a story
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