CURRICULUM FOCUS

Math: Shapes, Halves, and Symmetry Unit

We will continue to explore different shapes and find ways we can use repeated addition while exploring these shapes. We will begin to have timed addition tests this week, so please practice working on basic addition facts at home.

Reading

This week we will focus on different fables. A fable is a short story that teaches a moral, or lesson. The characters in fables are often animals that act and talk like humans.

Phonics: Review

· Long vowels: when a vowel is long it says it name.

· Short vowels: when a vowel is short it makes the vowel’s sound.

· Two sounds for g: hard g (/g/ in gem) and soft g (/j/j in germ).

· Two sounds for c: hard c (/k/ as in camping) and soft c (/s/ as in city).

· Double consonants: understanding that a double consonant stands for a single sound

Grammar: Revising Stringy Sentences

This week we will review the structure of a sentence. Sentences begin with capital letters and end with a punctuation mark. We will be discussing ways to separate sentences with punctuation marks versus just using the word and and having one long continuous sentence.

Spelling

The words are as follows: Please remember there will be 2 sentences dictated in class on Friday.

animal, were, people, said, before, neck, lake, sick, ask, lick, pack, woke, kick, lock, poke

Writing: Narrative

We will be taking one of our favorite pieces of writing through the writing process to get a final piece for our Writing Portfolios.

Science: Properties of Matter

We will continue discussing the properties of matter.