Reading

I can use  words I know in a snap to figure out a pattern.

This week we are continuing to work on finding patterns in our books to help us read. Some of the sight words that we are finding in our pattern books include the following words:

I, like, me, my, the, like, a, can, to, we, see

To support this at home, you can write simple sentences like "I see the ______." and students can continue the story. This will reinforce not only reading, but also what we have been working on in writing.

Writing

I can start my sentence with a capital letter and I can stretch out my words to write every sound I hear.

This week we are learning to start our sentences with capital letters and identifying when a capital letter is needed. We are continuing to practice stretching out our words so we can write a letter for every sound we hear.

To support this skill at home, you can encourage your writer to add sentences/words to their drawing and to use capital letters only at the beginning of their sentence, or at the beginning of names. Additionally, you can encourage your writer to use what they know about letter sounds to add labels and sentences to their drawings by stretching out the word and listening for each sound.