October 19-23

I hope that everyone had a nice break.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:
  • phonics: review how to make contractions
  • phonics: assessment on lessons 28-30 (digraphs and contractions)
  • phonics: long and short vowels
  • phonics: phonetic skill #1 (when a vowel is followed by a single guardian consonant, and nothing else, the vowel sound is short)
  • phonics: phonetic skill #2 (when a vowel is followed by two guardian consonants, the vowel sound is short)
  • writing: writing about a food (begin with circle map, transfer to tree map, write sentences)
  • writing assessment: prompt - write about fall (they will need to do this one completely on their own)
  • reading: continue reading Friends Around the World (objective 1 - identify the main topic of the text, objective 2 - ask and answer questions to understand a text
  • power hour - continuing to practice reading, spelling, and comprehending to become better readers and writers
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