Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Knee-High Man Week.............

Phonics:

Lesson 76:

  • Combination ir
  • Sounds like an r sound like in bird
  • Put an arc under the ir

Lesson 77:

  • Combination ur
  • Sounds like an r sound like in turn
  • Put an arc under the ur

Lesson 78:

  • Cedilla: Soft c
  • Cedilla: A coding mark on the letter c used to indicate its soft sound, as in “cent.”
  • the letter c makes both a hard (/k/) and a soft (/s/) sound.
  • C makes a soft sound when it is followed by a “softener” letter—e, i, or y.
  • Code soft c’s with cedillas (a small hook making the c look like an s).

Lesson 79:

  • Digraph ow
  • This sound is like in the word bow or mow
  • Under line the ow
  • Cross off the w - you don't hear it.
  • Put a macron on the long o that says its name

Lesson 80:

  • Assessment
  • Spell these words: quick. thorny, such, gargle, junkyard
  • Code these words: quilt, popcorn, inch, starfish, sunshine, carpet
  • Read these words: says, give, have, live
  • Match these sounds: qu, or, ch, ar,
  • Read these sounds: qu, or, ch, ar
  • Read this story and answer questions: Jay took a trip on a train. He went to see his friend Jerry. Jerry trains dogs. He tells them to bark and the dogs bark. He tells them to sit and they sit. He tells them to stay and they do! It is a fun trip to see Jerry and his dogs.

MATH:
· We will work on chapter 16 - money. We will be counting pennies, nickels and dimes together.

READING AND SPELLING:
· Our story is The Knee-High Man. This story tells about a child that teaches other children about ducks.

Words to learn that will probably be on the reading test:


carry
been
clean
done
far


· Language: go and do
· Spelling Words: long u – hear its name


1. tune
2. flute
3. cute
4. mule
5. rule
6. tube
7. cube
8. rude
9. dude
10. the
11. all
12. very


· Reading Skills: comprehension, charts, making inferences, and –er & -est as endings.

Valentine’s Day –

  • On Valentines Day cards – do not put any names on the cards.
  • Please have enough cards for 19 students.
  • You are welcome to send in candy or treats for the class.
  • I am not sure of the date of the party yet.

100 Day Projects

  • This project is to be done at home.
  • Do not hurry this project.
  • You have plenty of time to complete it. (Till Feb. 5th on the 100th day)
  • Come up with a creative idea of something to collect.
  • I put examples on the blog earlier. Refer to those pictures to get ideas. Try not to do exactly what is on there.I put those on there to give you ideas and to show you the level of work that I expect.
  • These projects got A+.Any projects that do not have this level of neatness or care into it will not get an A+.Please have your child spend TIME on this project.I do not want it to be something they just threw together in 5 minutes.
  • Have some pride in this – they should be proud of it and want the whole school to see it in the hallway.
  • If they are drawing, use crayons, markers, glitter -- NO PENCILS!