This week we will continue discussing power and authority in Social Studies. Who has power (can make us do something) in our lives? Of those people, who has the authority (the right) to use that power (parents) and who uses power without authority (bullies)?
In Language Arts we are learning to identify words with the digraph “th”, words with initial blends “s” and “p” and our story words. We will also be using our story words in a sentence both orally and written. For Reading we will be working on noting details in a story and we will be working on fluency by reading with expression. Writing will concentrate on mechanics of a sentence, capitals at the beginning, punctuation at the end – with a special emphasis on the question mark, spacing between words and sounding out words to spell the sounds we hear.
In Math, we will continue working with 2 dimensional shapes, identifying shapes, describing shapes and discussing what shapes can make other shapes.
Our computers seem to be up and running and I will be working on having the students work on earobics and starfall during center time. You can access these sites at home: www.starfall.com and www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
If your child is absent and has access to a computer, you can go on the Harcourt website and read the stories that he or she misses. If you look on the side of this page at parent resources, you will see a link for Harcourt Storytown with the username and password listed. Mondays we usually read the Getting Started Story and work on the other selections on Tuesday through Friday.
Questions or comments? Please let me know!!
Dave Ostheimer
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