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ELA: Students will learn that avid readers read with their emotions and react to what they read. They will strengthen their partner talk by marking what they think on certain pages as they read.

Phonics: Students will launch an investigation of the letter I. They will collect all sort of words containing the letter I by studying a variety of items, they will be matching picture cards with long I and short I words and later with the rest of the vowels (a,e,o,u). 

ELA: Students can read their favorite story books and they have to imagine how they might feel at different points across the story.

Phonics: Students can collect as many words they can that have short and long vowels and create their own small booklet. 

Los escritores aprenderán a usar signos de puntuación en sus lugares correctos para que su escritura suene como ellos lo desean.

En casa puede repasar los signos de puntuación. 

Mathematicians will finish unti 6 with the race to zero workplace. They will be using strategies to subtract numbers by removing counters from the game board. Students will also start their new unit 7 in which they will explore weight and capacity, solve addition and subtraction story problems and develop an understanding of place value. 

Students can gather objects around their house and compare how heavy or light they are. 

During this unit students will be observing the effects and changes from rainy season to dry season. They will explore the effects of the sun on our earth's surface and then use those observations to design a device that will help protect us from the sun.

Scientist will observe a dry leaf and a green leaf and will make scientific observations on the difference between the 2

Friends and learners need communication skills to collaborate and work together. Cooperation is shown when kids listen to one another’s ideas, share, and help one another and when students promote fairness in playing and working together. Learners will learn how and why teamwork is important as they cooperate to challenges, recognizing they can do things together that they can’t do alone.

In the books you read, look for situations that include teamwork or a situation in which a character refuses to participate in teamwork and discuss the results.