Schedule for the Week of Dec. 2 - 6

Hello and welcome back after a nice long weekend!
I hope you all had a chance to rest and relax before our big three weeks ahead before winter break!! YES! WE - CAN - DO - IT!! ;-)

Below is what the week ahead holds for us. Please note that the Guided Reading books are also attached - these are the books we are practicing in the classroom, but feel free to have your child practice with you at home too!

Reading: Lesson 10 

• Phonological Awareness: initial sounds in words
• Letter of the week: Ii
• High-Frequency Word: come
• Working on drawing conclusions and making inferences
• Robust Vocabulary: squabble, mischief, uproar, tend, soggy, wobble
• Writing lists
• Working on organization in our writing
• Reading Down on the Farm  by Merrily Kutner and Farms Feed the World by Sullivan Hill
• Centers (Tuesday and Wednesday)

Lesson 10 Homework (Due 12-13)

Lesson 10 Extra (OPTIONAL)

Guided Readers

Lesson 10 Red : focuses on letter Ii
Lesson 10 Blue: focuses on basic sentences using new sight word, come
Lesson 10 Green: focuses on more advanced sentences using come

Math: Finishing Unit 2, Starting Unit 3 (Teen Numbers and Tens and Ones) on Wednesday

• Unit 2 & Unit 3: 
• 2.24: Shapes in a Train Scene
• Objectives: identify and count shapes
• Vocabulary: rectangle, triangle, shape, pattern
• 3.1: Numbers 1-10 and Math Stories: Park Scene
• Objectives: establish links between math and the real world; find groups of 1 through 10 and identify partners; tell addition and subtraction stories
• Vocabulary: subtract, add
• 3.2: Groups of 10
• Objectives: explore the concept of 10-groups within teen numbers; use pennies and dime strips to make teen numbers; order numbers 1-20.
• Vocabulary: teen; dime strip

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: Unit 2 Test
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 3.2
• Friday: 

• Math Challenge (Optional): 
• Monday: 
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday: 
• Thursday: 3.2 challenge
• Friday: