Last week our class was learning about Food Webs and Food Chains. As part of that process they were able to take apart an owl pellet and identify the bones they found inside. What an exciting day!!
This week we will be focusing on the words from the first story of Unit 2 (U2S1) “The Cricket in Times Square.” We are studying the vowel sounds that are heard in the words put and out. The words are:
stood, football, July, pudding, pudding, shower, house, cloud, took, brook, cushion, power, crowd, outside, proud, wood, bush, butcher, however, loud mountain. The students pretest on Monday. They will bring the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their Homework folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test on Friday.
READING
This week we will be reading a story called “The Cricket In Times Square”. Chester Cricket gets much more than he bargained for when he climbs into a picnic basket in his Connecticut meadow. He gets a trip all the way to New York City. There, in the Times Square subway station,, Mario Bellini, the son of the newsstand owners, finds Chester and makes a home for him in a matchbox. One evening, after the newsstand closes, Chester makes friends with Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat, who take him above ground to see the sights of the city. The reading skill we will learn about is visualizing. To visualize means to form a picture (mind movie) in your mind as you read. Because everything in the subway is new to Chester, he observes and describes it in detail. Details that tell how things look, smell, sound, taste, and feel help readers create vivid pictures in their minds. Ask your child to visualize and describe things this week. Use the senses to make the description vivid.
BOOK REPORTS
The students have their October book report form. It is for a fiction book about an animal. Please check with your child to see that they are reading an animal book, if not, they can check one out at the library on Thursday. It is very helpful if you can look at a calendar and plan when would be a good time to work on their book report so it doesn’t end up being a last minute activity. The report is due Friday, October 29th.
AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Eddie, Tyler, Jazmin, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Sydney
Nice job!
