January 11-15

I'm sorry I didn't get the blog done for last week.  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

• phonics - review final spelling of /k/ (short vowels words end with -ck, long vowel words end with -ke, and words with vowel digraphs end with -k)
• phonics - digraph blends (a digraph followed or preceded by a consonant: thr, nch, shr, etc.)
• phonics - sentence structure: complete, simple, compound, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative 
• phonics - adding a suffix to a phonetic skill 5 word (a word that has a vowel digraph)
• writing - begin working on a narrative paragraph (prompt: children will write a short narrative about a character who makes a decision about what to eat for an after-school snack)
• reading - begin reading Money Matters! (objective 1: identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author want to answer, explain, or describe.  Objective 2: ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.)