Week 26 ~ Mar. 9 - Mar. 13, 2020

It’s conference time!  Please look for a sign up sheet in your child’s red folder this week.  I will confirm your time in your child’s red folder once you have returned your request.  Thanks!

Check your child’s reading folder…does he/she have at least 368 steps as of today?  If not, do some extra reading and log in those steps to get caught up!   

This week we will:

• Continue learning about the sound of short /o/
• Read and spell words –og and –op words (log, fog, mop, top, etc.)
• Learn to read the Power Words:  boy  girl   our
• review reading some of our harder (“rule breaker”) Power Words
• answer questions about stories that are read aloud
• distinguish between fiction and nonfiction stories
• use Power Words, letters and sounds to write sentences about different topics
• learn all about a desert and an ocean habitat
• recognize a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter and tell how much each coin is worth
• tell how many pennies is the same as a nickel, dime and a quarter
• Count by 1s, 5s and 10s to 100

Homework for the week:

• Ask your child to read and/or spell these words:  mat, bag, tap, ran, bet, leg, red, men, jog, hot
• read for 30 minutes every day and log in 2 Home reading steps
• practice Power Words  boy   girl   our
• review PWs that begin with ‘w’, ‘th’ and ‘h’ – these seem to be the most difficult for some to recall at flash speed

Important dates to remember:

• Mar. 9 – Costume Day ($1 donation to Relay for Life)
• Mar. 10 – Hat Day ($1 donation)
• Mar. 11 – Pajama Day ($1 donation)
• Mar. 12 – Optional Spring Picture Day – please let me know if you would like your child’s picture taken that day!   And  Stuffed Animal Day ($1 donation)
• Mar. 13 – Sports Day ($1 donation)
• Mar. 16 – No school for students