Jan 5th-9th

 

Phonics

-ar, -or, -ore

-we reviewed r-controlled vowels

- ar makes the pirate sound -rrrrr, it can come at the beginning (art), in the middles (bark) and at the end of words (far)

- or can come at the beginning of words (orange), in the middle (fork) and at the end of words (for)

- When -or is at the end of words it is usually spelled with an -e at the end (store, more)

*Please check your childs RED folder this weekend and re-read the decodables that we practiced this week 

January Calendar

- It is the beginning of a new month and a new year!

- We talked about our wishes for 2026 and made calendar for the month of January

High Frequency Words

We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are:

Pictographs

- A pictograph represents data using pictures

- We learned how to read and create pictographs

- A pictograph has the following elements: a title, labels, a key, pictures and consistency in the pictures (they should be the same size)

The Wild Robot

-We started the read aloud The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

-Some of us have read it already and lots of us have seen the movie.

-We are excited to experience the story as a class!

Multiculturalism

-As we wrap up our social studies unit we learned that multiculturalism means we can celebrate our cultures while living together in one country.

-We talked about our own diverse community and what we do to celebrate

Race to the Top with our Buddies

Note Taking

-We have been practicing taking notes 

-We have been creating idea webs and writing factual sentences

-Be sure to ask your child what they learned about Orcas

2026 Goals

-We wrote about what our goals are for this coming year

-We also practiced drawing fire works with pastels

-What are your goals for the new year?