Dear Families,
Who we are celebrating this month and why? (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).
One fact about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To tell you or describe what activity they chose or what they did for math choice workshop
To name some flat shapes, such as a circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, hexagon, trapezoid, and rhombus.
To describe the attributes of flat shapes (e.g., number of sides and corners).
To name some solid (3D) shapes, including a cone, cylinder, cube, sphere, rectangular prism, and pyramid.
The difference between flat and solid shapes (solid shapes take up space).
What a face is on a solid shape (a flat surface).
Which solid shapes have curved surfaces, and which have faces.
How many faces are on a cylinder, cone, rectangular prism, pyramid, and cube.
What flat shapes make up solid shapes (e.g., a triangle and square are parts of a pyramid).
To show you shapes they notice in their surroundings, like buildings (especially at Lower Poly), stairs, flagpoles, tissue boxes, signs, doors, and windows.
To tell you what we call all the things that go into a story to make it a story (Story Elements)
To tell you who the "characters" of a story are (the people, animals etc. in a story)
To tell you what we call the character who the story is mostly about (the main character)
To tap out the sounds in words like "cat," "mop," and "pot" and write those words.
Reminder: When tapping out words, we use our fingers to tap out the sounds.
For sight words, we tap out the letters on our arm, starting at the shoulder.
To write or build CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) short "e" word family words, such as "beg," "pen," and "vet."
The sounds and motions for the letters "qu," "x," and "y."
To use our latest sight words in a sentence: "you," "your," and "was."
What their rose, thorn, and bud were for this week.