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Week of January 29-February 2
Please make sure your child has a pair of headphones for use at school. We will be using these in class for iReady, listening to stories, and classroom activities.
What are we working on?
Reading Skill - Context Clues
Cursive letter W, X (and review A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T), names, and words using all letters
Spelling
This week we will be looking at the sounds of /u/ (oo, ew, u_e, ue, ou)
Monday-We will take a pretest and go over their Spelling Contract for the week.
Click here to view the Spelling Contact.
Click here to view the Spelling List (List A) Spelling List (List B)
Spelling List (List C)
Homework for spelling for the week will be to complete 3 items on the Spelling Contract based on the words missed on their pretest. Those who make a 100 on the pretest are exempt from the spelling contract/homework as they know the spelling patterns and words and will not have to test on Friday.
Friday -Test *only on the missed words from Tuesday's pretest
This week:
We will be focusing on how to use context clues to understand the meanings of unfamiliar words in a text.
There are different types of context clues that you can use to help you figure out the meaning. These are inferences, definitions, examples, antonyms, and synonyms.
Reading Log
To ensure that students are reading on a regular basis at home, reading logs will be sent home weekly to be filled out showing what book students read and for how long each day. This will need to be signed by parents.
Reading logs will be sent home on Monday and collected the following Monday.
Students are working on their middle of the year diagnostic for reading that will then give them lessons for their path on skills that they need to work on.
They will also be doing their STAR test with Mrs. Turner for an updated and middle of the year lexile reading level.
Weekly iReady expectations have been sent home.
I am meeting with small groups while others work on journal writing, independent reading, and reading skills.
We have been getting on chromebooks and joining and signing into various websites we may use throughout the year. All login information will be on a sheet that we will staple to the front of their planner.
Students have joined my Google Classroom, logged into a site, Epic!, that has books to read online, and other reading sites.
We will be reading about how people depend on the environment and how they adapt and change the environment.
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