We had such a great time at our Valentine's Day parties!  Thanks again to all of the great volunteers who made the parties so special.

Our Read-A-Thon is also this Friday.  We will be doing all sorts of fun reading activities throughout the day!  Make sure to turn in those fundraiser packets(if you chose to participate) and continue to send the Reading Olympic calendars in or email me your child's minutes. 

Reading:  Lesson 18

• Phonemic Awareness: Identify middle sound in words
• Letters: Ww, Xx
• High-Frequency Words: Review 
• Robust Vocabulary: load, bound, steep, drooped, joyous, thrill, fantasy, jolly, versatile, agreed, contribute, spontaneously
• Identifying beginning, middle, and end of a story
• Using graphic organizers to help with story comprehension
• Writing: story response, working on adding "voice" to our writing

Reading Homework

• Lesson 17 Homework

Guided Readers (I will be reading these with students in groups of 4-5 throughout the week) 

• Lesson 18 Red (focuses on recognizing the letter W and X)
• Lesson 18 Blue(includes short sentences that focus on our most recent sight words. It also focuses on basic CVC -ix and -ox words)
•  Lesson 18 Green(includes more complex sentences)  

• Unit 4: Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
  • 4.4: Addition and Subtraction Stories: Grocery Store Scenario 
  • Objectives: explore addition and subtraction in buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; practice repeating patterns
  • Vocabulary: addition, total, subtraction, plus sign, minus sign
• 4.5: Practice with Teen Numbers and Partners
• Objectives: show teen numbers as a ten and extra ones; show teen numbers as 10 + a 1-digit number; identify sets of partners for numbers 2 through 6
• Vocabulary: teen equation, partner
• 4.6: Patterns with Shapes and Repeating Patterns
• Objectives: explore shapes and combine them to make new shapes; make repeating patterns with shapes, sounds, and actions; find sets of partners for 10
• Vocabulary: triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, parallelogram, pattern, alike, different, partner
• 4.7: Count, Match, and Compare with Math Drawings
• Objectives: explore addition and subtraction through buying and selling experiences; express addition and subtraction story problems in drawings and expressions; draw matching lines to see more and fewer
• Vocabulary: addition, subtraction, extra, less, more, fewer 

• Math Homework: 
• Monday: No School
• Tuesday: 4.4  
• Wednesday:
• Thursday: 4.6
• Friday:

• Math Challenge (Optional)
• • 4.4 challenge
• 4.5 challenge
• 4.6 challenge
• 4.7 challenge