Happy Spring!

Here's our 4th quarter skills:

Reading:

vowels-long & short

beginning/ending sounds-blends & diagraphs

sight words

word Families

comprehension of reading materials

FLUENCY

initiates own reading (A.R. as an example)

writes 2-4 sentences: spelling words, ideas center around 1 topic, punctuation

handwriting

Math:

patterns

write numbers 0-100

geometric shapes & solid shapes

addition/subtraction-to 18, double digit without regrouping

time

place value

money

measurement

fractions

Reminders:

Please encourage attentive and cooperative behavior; especially on the playground.

February skills we will focus on....
Reading
Skills:
*identify/apply blends (mastery)
*Identify diagraphs (sh, th, ch, wh)
*Rhyming words/word families
*long vowels (identifies)
*Retelling a story: characters, setting, plot
*main idea
*sequencing
*predicting
*making inferences
*cause/effect
*initiates own reading
*reads fluently with expression. (see back)
*Draw a picture about a story:characters, setting, plot
*Writes a complete sentence Capitalization/punctuation. ( Journals).

Math
Skills:
*place value:tens/ones(mastery)
*writing numbers from
0-75.
*odd/even numbers
*addition/ subtraction 0-12.
*number sentences
*graphing
*estimating
*money
*Symmetry
*Time: hour & 1/2 hour (mastery)
*greater than, less than, equal to...

Important Dates:

Mon. Jan. 19– Martin Luther King Holiday– No School
Thurs. Jan. 22-Popcorn Day
Fri. Jan. 23-Market Day pick-up

Math Skills:
*place value:tens/ones
*writing numbers from
0-75.
*odd/even numbers
*addition/ subtraction 0-12.
*number sentences
*graphing
*estimating
*plane/solid geometric shapes
*Symmetry
*Time: hour & 1/2 hour

Reading/ Language Arts Skills:
*identify/apply blends
Identify diagraphs (sh, th, ch, wh)
*Rhyming words/word families
*Identifies/applies short vowels. (mastery)

* Long i-e ("silent/magic" e)
*Retelling a story: characters, setting, plot
*main idea
*sequencing
*predicting
*reads fluently with expression.
*Draw a picture about a story:characters, setting, plot
*Writes a complete sentence Capitalization/punctuation. ( Journals).

Story: Smile Mike! (a play)

Sight Words:

how

there

so

more

funny

call