April 8th-12th

Notes: Just a few reminders:

Friday: Family Fun Night

Language Arts: This week we will be reading Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice. Throughout the week we will be doing different activities and crafts to go along with this story. We will also be discussing this story and talking more in depth about what we read.

Letter Sounds: Long vowel sounds.

Decodables: No Decodable this week

**Please have your children practice reading these. Depending on your child's reading ability these books range from very easy to difficult. It is always good practice to read and talk about these books at home. This can also count towards Reading Rodeo minutes.

Math: This week we will be starting to decompose numbers. We will be focusing in on the number  9. We will be continuing to work on addition and subtraction for morning work and we will be introducing money names and values. 

Math Centers Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays. The centers are planned to reinforce our daily objectives and to meet the needs of all learners in the classroom.

Core Knowledge: Ms. Sather's class will be in Mrs. Makela's room to learn all about history. Check out Mrs. Makela's link for this weeks Core knowledge updates. https://sites.google.com/site/mrsmakelasclass/

This week we will be discussing the difference between near and farsighted, how to use our senses and what can help us to have super senses.

Homework:

*Read 20 minutes every night

*Practice adding numbers up to the #10

*Subtracting #'s 10 and less

*Review High Frequency Words Grade K

*Practice IXL