Week of September 13

Here is our week at a glance. Picture day is on Tuesday (Sept. 14). All students, whether they are buying photos or not, need to have their photo taken for the yearbook. Orders and money must be returned on this same day. Also, the yearbook is currently looking for students' summer vacation photos and can be emailed to Mr. Napodano at nap@shorecrest.org or delivered in person to the office. Please continue practicing weekly spelling and vocabulary words. Try www.puzzlemaker.come or www.spellingcity.com with your child to help make this practice fun for you both.

The children will bring home the first Home Link in math this week and also sit for their first math quiz. We will be doing lots of practice in class to help build up their confidence and proficiency in telling time, adding coins, counting on a number grid and line, as well as using tally marks.

Library Helper - Mrs. Counsman
Friday's Parent Reader - Jay Epstein
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E. , Gage

Language Arts

Phonics - long a (a_e), long i (i_e), long o (o_e), long u (oo and u_e)

Spelling - mistake, bedtime, homemade, classmate, notepad, racetrack, cupcake, outside, dime, price, where, children, because, friend, knew

Robust Vocabulary - blockades, soaked, misplaced, principles, deny, consider, opinionated, bulk

Fluency - Reading rate

Comprehension - Main Ideas (Retelling); Answer Question

Grammar - Commands and exclamations

Writing Workshop - Personal Narrative

Mathematics - Unit 1

* Counting Patterns (count and look for patterns on the calculator)

* Comparing numbers using relation symbols (greater, less, equal) and introduce Home Links

* Guide children as they read and display temperatures, combine values of ones, tens and

hundreds using base 10-blocks, and explore addition facts on dominoes

* Review and progress check

Social Studies

* North America

* Landmarks

Science - Changes
* Freezing and melting experiment
* Changes in the state of water. Like all matter, water has three states - solid, liquid, gas.

Have a fantastic week.

Ms. O'Mullane