January Week 4

What we will cover for January 22nd-24th: 

Sight Words: Him   His 

Letter sounds: wh

Skills: Manipulating middle sounds in words. 

Word Family: -un

Reading: Main idea and supporting details in informational texts. 

Writing: We will be using onomatopoeia in our writing pieces this week! 

Math: Applying addition and subtraction to real-world concepts (cont. from last week). Students have been working on addition and subtraction problems with "change unknown" or "start unknown".  We will be taking our math test for this unit on FRIDAY! =). 
For example: Jimmy has some marbles. Lucy gave him 5 more marbles. Now Jimmy has 7 marbles. How many marbles did Jimmy have to start with? 

__+5=7

Example: Jimmy has 3 marbles. Lucy gave him some more marbles. Now Jimmy has 8 marbles. How many more marbles did Lucy give Jimmy? 

3+__=8

Example: Jimmy has 8 cookies. Lucy ate some of Jimmy's cookies. Now Jimmy only has 2 cookies. How many did Lucy eat? 

8-__=2 

Example: Jimmy has some cookies. Lucy took 2 of Jimmy's cookies. Now Jimmy has 6 cookies. How many cookies did Jimmy have to start with? 

___-2=6 

Science:  How do things move? / How does movement create sound? 

                  Observe a variety of objects that make sound. (cont. from last week). 

Social Studies: Maps and Globes. Students will know their street address, city, state and phone number. 

Family Science Night

Please attend Family Science Night this Thursday the 23rd from 6pm-8pm. Our school's science committee has put in a lot of time and effort to make this night fun and informational for our students! I hope to see you there!