What are we learning?

March 24th and April 2nd:

Reading- SuperKids Club!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /k/, associate picture names with /k/, associate “qu” with the /qu/ sound

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words, associate two letters with initial sounds, decode words with middle and final /ck/

*Vocabulary: understand the meaning of skit, discuss playing dress-up games, cricket, grin, glum, contest, identify rebuses, huff, puff, daffodil, understand idioms

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, answer questions about a play, recognize text structure. Make predictions, use prior knowledge, answer questions to confirm predictions, follow oral directions

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Kk and Qq

Plan a character for a story

Plan a problem and solution for a fictional story

Write the beginning of a fictional story

Write the problem of a fictional story

Write a solution of a fictional story

Form exclamation marks

Use correct spacing between words

Copying sentences

Math-Subtraction

Science/ss- Long Ago and Today

Week of 3/6 & 3/13:

Reading- SuperKids Club! Picnics, Weather and Seasons!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /p/, associate picture names with /p/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: discuss pastries and other foods whose names begin with “p,” picnic, sip, gulp, lug, stump, spot, discuss picnic foods, understand adjectives

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, associate pictures with words, discuss being polite about food, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, summarize, determine important ideas, recall details

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Pp

Writing about how to do something

Planning writing about how to do something

Writing steps for how to do something

Illustrating and Sharing how to do something

Use correct spacing and punctuation in sentences

Copying sentences

Math-Testing on Numbers through 20; Chapter 8 Represent, Count, and Write 20 and Beyond

Science/ss- Weather and Seasons

Week of 2/20 & 2/27:

Reading- SuperKids Club!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /m/, associate picture names with /m/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words, distinguish between m and n

*Vocabulary: discuss scavenger hunts, collect, understand synonyms and antonyms

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, answer questions about pictures, use prior knowledge, generate questions to make predictions, determine important ideas, recall details, follow oral directions, discuss sharing ideas

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Mm

Sharing notes

Interrogative sentences

Replying to a note

Writing an email message

Use correct spacing and punctuation in sentences

Copying Sentences

Math-Numbers through 20

Science/ss- 5 Senses

Week of 2/6 & 2/13:

Reading- We are now in The SuperKids Club! In our next unit The SuperKids will paint their clubhouse!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /r/, associate picture names with /r/ , identify rhyming words

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words; Associate letters with initial sounds

*Vocabulary: scrub, discuss tools for cleaning and yardwork, blob, glob, understand the phrase “Let’s get set,” understands synonyms for “amounts”

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, follow oral directions, associate pictures with words, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, generate questions to determine important ideas, determine cause and effect, discuss getting ready

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Rr

Writing a sentence about class events

Creating a shared list of things you have done

Writing a sentence about something you did

Writing how you felt about something you did

Editing and sharing writing

Copying sentences

Math- Addition Test; Addition Math Facts to Sums of 5; Numbers through 20

Science/ss- colors , painting, decorating

Week of 1/23 and 1/30:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! We have met our SuperKids and are now learning more about their friendships with each other. We are learning about the letter Uu and all the vowels.

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial and medial /u/, identify vowels and consonants

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: understand position words, vowel, consonant, beaches, glorious,

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, follow oral directions, Discuss being “unique,” Use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, monitor comprehension and use “fix-up” tip; think about what makes sense, describe setting

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Uu

Review letters, letter sounds, and capitalization for names

Drawing and writing to tell about a favorite Superkid

Graphing class opinions

Copying Sentences

Math- Addition

Science/ss- Friendship/Community Helpers

Week of 1/9 and 1/16:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Hot Rod! He loves going fast in race cars and the letter Hh!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /h/, associate picture names with initial and /h/ sounds. Identify rhyming words

*Vocabulary: car parts, hot rod, hood, hubcap, racing, sharing, solution, action figures

Understand idioms

*Comprehension: listening for details in a song, follow oral directions, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, generate questions to determine important ideas, draw conclusions, determine cause and effect, associate pictures with sentences.

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Hh

Illustrating an informational book

Writing words for an informational book

Copying sentences

Math- Addition

Science/ss- Transportation

Week of 12/12 & 12/19:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Ettabetta! She loves puzzles and rhymes. She loves the letter Ee!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /e/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: exercises, excellent, entertaining , educational, address, puzzles, hotdog stands, cabooses, riddles, sledding,

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, draw conclusions, follow oral directions, discuss working together , listen for details in a song

Writing-

Capital and lowercase Ee

Describing objects

Sharing drawing and writing

Copying Sentences

Math- Addition

Science/ss- Holidays Around the World & Christmas.

Week of 12/5:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid will be Frits. He loves the ocean and the letter F!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /f/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: Dock, pier, fishing, rebusses, fish, oxygen, gills

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about informational text, summarize, connect pieces of information, discuss being patient, follow oral directions, listen for details in a song, associate pictures with sentences, determine important ideas

Writing-

Capital and Lowercase Ff

Drawing to show what a pond looks like

Making a list of things at a pond

Writing to tell what happens at a pond

Recognize periods and question marks

Distinguish between types of sentences

Math- Chapter 9- 2D shapes & TEST

Science/ss- Water Habitats, Continue learning Christmas songs for our performance

Week of 11/28:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid will be Frits. He loves the ocean and the letter F!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /f/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: Dock, pier, fishing, rebusses, fish, oxygen, gills

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about informational text, summarize, connect pieces of information, discuss being patient, follow oral directions, listen for details in a song, associate pictures with sentences, determine important ideas

Writing-

Capital and Lowercase Ff

Drawing to show what a pond looks like

Making a list of things at a pond

Writing to tell what happens at a pond

Recognize periods and question marks

Distinguish between types of sentences

Math- Chapter 9- 2D shapes

Science/ss- Water Habitats, Start learning Christmas songs for our performance

Week of 11/14 & Week of 11/21:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKids are Tic, Tac, Toc! That's right...there are three SuperKids! We will be learning about playing together, music, FAMILY and Thanksgiving for the next week and a half. We will also be learning about the letter Tt and learning how to blend words using the /t/ sound.

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /t/, associate middle sounds /o/, /a/, /i/; identify initial, middle, and final sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: Discussing musical instruments, trampoline, tangerine, tap shoes, tugging, playing tag

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about informational text, summarize, connect pieces of information, discuss being patient, follow oral directions, listen for details in a song, associate pictures with sentences, determine important ideas

Writing-

Capital and Lowercase Tt

Interviewing someone

Drawing and labeling to tell about a classmate

Presenting information

Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 9- 2D shapes

Science/ss- Family, Thanksgiving

Week of 11/7:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Icky who loves T.V. and then letter Ii.

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and medial /i/associate picture names with initial and medial/i/ sounds;

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: Discuss television shows, materials, rebusses, Discuss “What ifs” and sleepovers, worried, embarrassed, relieved

*Comprehension: Follow oral directions , sequence events, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, associate pictures with words, draw conclusions, discuss using TV time wisely, understand characters, generate questions to make predictions

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Ii

*Using temporary spelling to label a drawing

*Copying Sentences

*Listing facts about insects

*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 9- 2D shapes

Science/ss- Election Day Activities, Interests, Scientific Method and T.V.

Week of 10/31:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Lily who loves dramatic play/dolls/doll houses/caring about others and the letter Ll! We will be testing on Thursday and then starting our next unit on Friday. During our next unit, we will meet our SuperKid Icky who loves T.V. and then letter Ii.

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /L/; associate picture names with initial and final /L/ sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words, associate final /d/, /s/, /l/

*Vocabulary: lass, lad, locket, lasso, lullaby, quilt, lady bugs, homophones: do and dew

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about a nursery rhyme, recognize text structure, recognize rhythm and rhyme, determine important ideas, draw conclusions from pictures, associate pictures with words

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Ll

*Drawing and labeling a portrait of people

*Drawing and labeling feelings

*Drawing and writing about something that makes you glad

*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 4- Numbers to 10, finding a missing number and putting numbers in order, Testing on Chapter 4 and beginning our chapter on 2D shapes

Science/ss- Caring, Doll Houses, Halloween Activities; Interests, Scientific Method and T.V.

Week of 10/24:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Lily who loves dramatic play/dolls/doll houses/caring about others and the letter Ll!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /L/; associate picture names with initial and final /L/ sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words, associate final /d/, /s/, /l/

*Vocabulary: lass, lad, locket, lasso, lullaby, quilt, lady bugs, homophones: do and dew

*Comprehension: Use prior knowledge, answer questions about a nursery rhyme, recognize text structure, recognize rhythm and rhyme, determine important ideas, draw conclusions from pictures, associate pictures with words

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Ll

*Drawing and labeling a portrait of people

*Drawing and labeling feelings

*Drawing and writing about something that makes you glad

*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 4- Numbers to 10, finding a missing number and putting numbers in order

Science/ss- Caring, Doll Houses, Halloween Activities

Week of 10/18 (no school on 10/17):

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Sal who loves sports and the letter S!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /s/; associate picture names with initial and final /s/ sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: collection, seasons, weather, temperatures, sports, games, punching bag, gloves

*Comprehension: Identify genre, use prior knowledge, answer questions about informational text, generate questions to determine important ideas, identify main idea and details , draw conclusions from pictures, listen for details in a song

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Ss

*Drawing and Labeling objects that begin with Cc and Gg

*Drawing and labeling objects that begin with Dd and Ss
*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 4- numbers to 10

Science/ss- Motion, Push and Pull, Fast and Slow

Week of 10/10:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! We will continue with our Doc unit up until Wednesday. Thursday we will meet out new SuperKid, Sal who loves sports and the letter S!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /s/; associate picture names with initial and final /s/ sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: collection, seasons, weather, temperatures, sports, games, punching bag, gloves

*Comprehension: Identify genre, use prior knowledge, answer questions about informational text, generate questions to determine important ideas, identify main idea and details , draw conclusions from pictures, listen for details in a song

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Ss

*Drawing and Labeling objects that begin with Cc and Gg

*Drawing and labeling objects that begin with Dd and Ss
*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 3- numbers 6-9/ Chapter 4- numbers to 10

Science/ss- Building/Fixing Things; Motion, Push and Pull, Fast and Slow

Week of 10/3:

Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Doc! Doc loves fixings things and the letter Dd!

*Phonemic Awareness: Identify initial and final /d/; associate picture names with initial and final /d/ sounds

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: odd, inventions, plain, fancy

*Comprehension: Sequence of Events , Use Prior Knowledge, Answer Questions about a story, Visualize and Determine Cause & Effect

Writing-

*Capital and Lowercase Dd

*Brainstorming topics for “ouch” stories

*Drawing the first and second part of an “ouch” story

*Review letters previously taught

Math- Chapter 3- numbers 6-9

Science/ss- Building/Fixing Things

Things to practice at home

2/20 Dear Parents, PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD READ THE LITTLE GUIDED READING BOOKS THAT ARE BEING SENT HOME. It would be ideal if they read one of them every single evening/night. Thank you!

12/5 Dear Parents, Below are some helpful ideas to practice finding the same beginning sound as another word/picture:

1. Find a variety of objects from around the house beginning with the letters that we've learned about (letters are below in HOT PINK). Show your child 4 objects and ask which object has the same beginning sound as another object/word. EXAMPLE: "Here is a sandal, fruit, lemon, candle. Which one of these has the same beginning sound as laugh?"

2. The same as above, but use picture cards or pictures from magazines. The children would love to make their own picture cards from magazines or color clipart images that you print from the computer!

Below are some ideas for finding the middle sound in a word:

1. Using chalk and a your driveway/shaving cream and your table/whiteboard and dry erase markers/pencil and paper, write a word from one of our previous blending sheets, but don't write the middle letter. EXAMPLE: Write: c_t Say, this word needs to say cot, but the middle sound is missing, can you fill in the missing letter. If your child is having a difficult time figuring out which sound, have them chop with their hand the word in parts c/o/t.

2. Say a word from our blending sheet aloud and have your child tell you the middle sound and what letter makes that sound.

11/28 Dear Parents, Some of the children haven't mastered the letter i & t (our last two letters). We will continue to work on these in class, but this a great thing to practice at home as well! Here is how to help:

1. Say a word from their blending sheet and have them try to sound it out to write it. Remind your child to say all of the sounds slowly. You can have your child do this using shaving cream on the table to write, chalk outside (it's been beautiful out!), paper/pencil, using letter magnets, etc.

2. Have your child make flashcards for the letters that we've learned (found below). See how fast they can do the sounds that those letters make.

3. Make two sets of flashcards using some of the words from the blending sheet. Play the game Memory with them. Your child has to read the word to keep the matches!

4. Using the flashcards from #3, play Go Fish!

Blending Sheet:

Please have your child read the words from their blending sheet! This can be found on the back side of their blue folder. Please do this daily. You will get a new blending sheet each new unit.

We have been working hard on rhyming words, however this skill is one of the more challenging ones to master. If you notice that your child is coming home with corrections on rhyming assignments, please work with them on this skill.

We have been blending nonsense words made with the short sounds of the letters that we've learned: c, o, g, a, d, s, l, i, t, f

You can help your child at home by writing, reading, and listening to the sounds being blended to make the nonsense words using those letters: Example: gos, gog, etc.

Real Words using those letters: dad, add, dog, gag, da da, odd, sad, gas, sag, sod, etc.

*Chapter 7 Practice Pages from Math Book

*Writing numbers 0-20

*Counting orally to 100

What are We Learning?

March 24th and April 2nd:

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Reading- SuperKids Club!

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Writing-

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Math-Subtraction

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Science/ss- Long Ago and Today

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Week of 3/6 & 3/13:

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Reading- SuperKids Club! Picnics, Weather and Seasons!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /p/, associate picture names with /p/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: discuss pastries and other foods whose names begin with “p,” picnic, sip, gulp, lug, stump, spot, discuss picnic foods, understand adjectives

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, associate pictures with words, discuss being polite about food, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, summarize, determine important ideas, recall details

Writing-

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Math-Testing on Numbers through 20; Chapter 8 Represent, Count, and Write 20 and Beyond

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Science/ss- Weather and Seasons

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Week of 2/20 & 2/27:

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Reading- SuperKids Club!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /m/, associate picture names with /m/

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words, distinguish between m and n

*Vocabulary: discuss scavenger hunts, collect, understand synonyms and antonyms

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, answer questions about pictures, use prior knowledge, generate questions to make predictions, determine important ideas, recall details, follow oral directions, discuss sharing ideas

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Writing-

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Math-Numbers through 20

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Science/ss- 5 Senses

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Week of 2/6 & 2/13:

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Reading- We are now in The SuperKids Club! In our next unit The SuperKids will paint their clubhouse!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /r/, associate picture names with /r/ , identify rhyming words

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words; Associate letters with initial sounds

*Vocabulary: scrub, discuss tools for cleaning and yardwork, blob, glob, understand the phrase “Let’s get set,” understands synonyms for “amounts”

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, follow oral directions, associate pictures with words, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, generate questions to determine important ideas, determine cause and effect, discuss getting ready

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Writing-

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Math- Addition Test; Addition Math Facts to Sums of 5; Numbers through 20

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Science/ss- colors , painting, decorating

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Week of 1/23 and 1/30:

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Reading- Meet the SuperKids! We have met our SuperKids and are now learning more about their friendships with each other. We are learning about the letter Uu and all the vowels.

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial and medial /u/, identify vowels and consonants

*Phonics: Blend sounds to decode words

*Vocabulary: understand position words, vowel, consonant, beaches, glorious,

*Comprehension: listen for details in a song, follow oral directions, Discuss being “unique,” Use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, monitor comprehension and use “fix-up” tip; think about what makes sense, describe setting

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Writing-

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Math- Addition

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Science/ss- Friendship/Community Helpers

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Week of 1/9 and 1/16:

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Reading- Meet the SuperKids! Our SuperKid is Hot Rod! He loves going fast in race cars and the letter Hh!

*Phonemic Awareness: identify initial /h/, associate picture names with initial and /h/ sounds. Identify rhyming words

*Vocabulary: car parts, hot rod, hood, hubcap, racing, sharing, solution, action figures

*Comprehension: listening for details in a song, follow oral directions, use prior knowledge, answer questions about a story, generate questions to determine important ideas, draw conclusions, determine cause and effect, associate pictures with sentences.

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