Hi Families,
This week, ask your child about:
- learning about the digraph /wh/ and the White Whistling Whale*
- identifying /wh/ vs. /w/ words from the White Whistling Whale's story*
- using environmental print, just-right texts and personal connections to identify additional words that have the /wh/ vs. /w/ words*
- practicing our weekly poem "Question Words" to share at home*
- learning a variety of math games to practice grade 1 and 2 math skills:
- Heading Home* (odd and even)
- Month by Month* (calendar, months of the year)
- Roll a Snowman* (subitizing)
- working on accurate and efficient number writing through timed "Personal Best" writing rounds (how high can I get in the number sequence in 30 secs?)
- listening to the books, "If I Were a Plus Sign" and "If I Were a Minus Sign"*
- identifying how plus and minus signs (addition and subtraction) are the same/different within a co-created Venn Diagram anchor chart*
- developing additional math stories with grade specific number and symbol criteria (grade 1, 11-20 and grade 2, 21-100)*
- building our geographical thinking of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere in relation to seasonal changes*
- identifying how people and animals deal with different seasonal changes in connection with problem solving for our sled design*
- During winter, Santa will need...
- During summer, Santa will need...
- Reindeer are built for winter. They have...
- Reindeer are NOT built for summer. They will need...
Ms. Thomas
