Please use the above 'review' link to review the phonics concepts taught so far. 

High-Frequency Words

High-frequency words are words that students will encounter often when reading and writing.  These words often, but not always, have irregular or uncommon spelling patterns making some of the sounds.  Over the next few weeks, we will be reviewing some of the most common words that students probably worked on in Kindergarten.

Flash Words - Words that have regular spelling patterns and can be sounded out, but are so common that it is valuable for students to know them on sight.

Heart Words = Words that have irregular or uncommon parts that students need to remember.  Often, some parts of these words are regular and students just have to remember the "tricky part."

Temporary Heart Words - Words where the tricky parts are only tricky because students have not yet learned or mastered those phonics patterns.

Learn more about heart words here: https://www.reallygreatreading.com/heart-word-magic

Review past words. Click on the word to complete activities.

We have been reading these high frequency word poems.  Read them at home too.  Be sure to have your child point to each word as it is being read. This is called tracking and it helps your child focus on the words.

Phonics and Word Work

Over several weeks, we have been learning about consonant blends.  Blends are when two letters blend together - they still each make their own sound, but they can be harder for beginning readers to hear both sounds because they kind of "stick" together.  Our focus for the beginning of the week will be on nd, mp and nch blends that are found at the end of words, like in bend, pump and bench.  These can be especially hard for children to hear when reading and writing.

Towards the end of the week, our focus will shift to nk and ng blends that are found at the end of words, like in thank and song.  These can be especially hard for children to hear when reading and writing.

🔢 Math

We will continue to discuss place value and to build numbers using base ten materials. We will also start to discuss 2D shapes (flat) and their attibutes ( curved, # of sides, #of vertices or corners).  

We will continue reviewing Place Value.  This is the understanding that 2-digit numbers are made of groups of 10's and 1's.  We use Base 10 blocks to help develop this understanding.  Students will practice counting Base 10 blocks and using them to show numbers on their own.  We will also review writing numbers in expanded form (e.g., 35 = 30 + 5).