Today we received new spelling words! Below you will find our new list. While some of these words may be easy for students to spell, we use this list to make sentences, as well as complete literacy centres such as putting words in abc order, learning about vowels, syllables, word meanings, correcting grammar, synonyms, antonyms, etc. Students are also using their weekly spelling words to type on the computers (and put them in sentences and create stories), which is helping students learn about technology and how to access different apps on the computer.
Students are starting chapter 6 of Charlotte's Web. We have been working on prediction of upcoming plots, retelling chapters through summaries, making inferences based on information we just read or background knowledge, as well as making connections. Today, students got to look at pictures of my weekend on a farm, watch a couple of videos of cows and tractors, and even got to touch straw. Some students were able to make connections about the videos and pictures to what they had read so far in Charlotte's Web!
In math, students are learning about important addition strategies. We worked on using a 0-100 number line, skip counting, and addition with a number +1, +2, +5, and +10. You can extend this learning at home by practicing addition questions using any number + 1, +2, + 5, and +10. An example of this could be:
20+1=
20+2=
20+5=
20+10=
If you would like your own 0-100 number line to use at home, please send me an email and I would be happy to send one home for you!
Spelling Words:
1. I
2. is
3. you
4. yes
5. my
6. find
7. make
8. funny
Important dates:
-May 10th- CAD
-May 16th- Class Photo Day
-May 17th- Non instructional day- No school for students
-May 20th- Victoria Day; no school
Reminders:
1. Please check your child's journal every night.
2. Please send back home reading each day.
3. Please send back any outstanding library books by Thursday
