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Week of April 4-8, 2016

Our new field day is April 15! Details to come.............

Remember that THIS Thursday and Friday, the children get out at NOON.  We are looking forward to conferencing with you.  These are optional conferences.  If you did not sign up, we are assuming you do not feel the need for a conference at this time!  Remember our schedules will be completely different on these two days. 

Theme: Finishing Plants and beginning Insects!

Reading:  Shared reading and interactive read-alouds about insects and their needs, with focus on the elements of non-fiction writing.

Writing:  Plants and Insects

Word Wall Words: 

New Words: than, long

REVIEW: I, the, see, like, my, is, and, do, was, me, go, said, that, for, in, your, if, you, can, to, on, there, where, into, he, she, but, has, of, make, could, what, it, we, little, him, her, are, very, first, after

Word Study:  reviewing the vowel sounds of A and O

Math: We will continue with addition the rest of the year.  This week we will focus on 3D shapes (cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, prisms)

Science: Day vs. Night

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

• Monday:  Pick 5 words from our word wall and write them using dot letters!
• Tuesday:  Make a list of 5 words with short A and 5 words with short O (cat, dog)
• Wednesday:   Go on a 3D shape walk.  Come inside and draw what you saw.
• Thursday:  Grab a handful of socks and a handful of small toys.  Which pile has more?  Less?  How many more/less?
• Friday:  Pack up your library books and practice your home reader!