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Writing: Writers will continue working on their books adding an Author's page, they will introduce themselves and their inspiration in their books and what they will write next. They will also add final details to their writing. Phonics: Readers and writers do regular checkups to identify words they need to practice, then they invent ways to really learn those words by heart. They will demonstrate ways to ways to do this, such as tracing them or “rainbow writing” them in three colors. 

Writing: At home, take a look at this realistic Fiction book, notice how there is an Authors page, notice what traits the character shows and how the author adds dialogue. Talk about how this adds to make the book more interesting. 

Phonics: Use what we practice about ways to really learn words by heart to read the book “Aquarium Babies”. Make sure to identify tricky words and put into practice some of the “Cool Ways to Learn Words” that we are studying together. 

Los lectores cambian de aventura, ahora se convierten en escritores de cuentos/historias pensando en un personaje imaginario para darle vida en su primera escritura, para cautivar a su audiencia/ lectores.

En casa puedes usar el dado escritor para crear historias fascinantes. Además, no olvides continuar leyendo minimo 25 mínutos. 

Students will be practicing adding multiples of 10, 5s , 2s and counting forward and backwards by solving path problems. 

Home Connection Unit 7 Module 2 Session 5 Paths and Fives Practice Children can play with this digital Place value with craft sticks game 

Tigers will reflect on a problem we have in school during rain season and propose ideas on how to solve it.

Have meaningful conversations with your kids about what kind of problems people in our community have during the raining season, ans how they are commonly solved.

Friends and learners think about ways to work as a team, face challenges with their friends and achieve their goals through collaborative games. In turn, they reflect on the importance of including others and listen to their friends about how it feels to be included.

During playdates you can continue to reinforce the golden rules: Listen to your friends, take turns, help your friends, include or invite a friend when they are not playing, motivate your group or team, because only together can we achieve our goals. .