This week in Superkids, we will:
Read pattern words with long e spelled ee, ea, ie, -ine, ey, y, and silent e Read and write words with suffix –ness Understand adjectives and nouns Identify homonyms Participate in discussions Participate in a spelling test Ask your child: What does the suffix –ness do to a word? How is weak/week a homonym? What about see/sea? What is an adjective you can use to describe a flower? This week in math, we will: Collect data to display in picture and bar graphs Compare data in a tally chart, table, picture, or bar graph Interpret graphs by reading and comparing the data shown in the graph Complete a picture and bar graph Create a bar graph from a given set of data Ask your child: What do you do when writing the fifth tally? How are picture graphs like bar graphs? Why are labels important when reading and building a bar graph? This week in PBL/writing, we will: Write draft #2 and #3 for our letter to FEMA Participate in the peer editing process Meet with Mrs. brady for a conference on rubric Plan how invention will be built with standard items (cardboard, paper, tape, straws, etc.) Create their invention! Ask your child: Why do we write more than one draft? What are some goals you have set for you for writing? Explain your invention to me!
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This week in Superkids, we will:
Create and read compound words Spell memory words Recognize how sentences are organized in a paragraph Recognize that a paragraph is indented Identify main idea and supporting details Understand singular and plural nouns Distinguish between fact and opinion Identify rhyming words Write a poem Participate in discussions Ask your child: what is a compound word? Where is the main idea usually located in a paragraph? What is the difference between fact and opinion? Small group: Who are the main characters in your story? What is the problem so far? What do you predict will happen next? This week in PBL, we will: Begin planning and writing our letter to FEMA Understand a create a catchy topic sentence and hook sentence Recognize how sentences are organized in a paragraph Recognize that a paragraph is indented Begin thinking about how the invention will be constructed Ask your child: Who is FEMA? How will your invention help people in the community? What is your invention called? This week in math, we will: Interpret marks on a line plot as data Understand that the numbers on a ruler or number line can be used to represent a given length Represent data on a line plot Tell what each X stands for on a line plot Read charts Understand tally marks Vocab: data, line plot Ask your child: What does each X represent on a line plot? When marking tally marks, what do you do for the fifth tally? How is a line plot like a ruler? |
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