Week 3 Aug 15



What we learn this week!

Spalding Homework reminder:
Monday, Spalding begins with the first 5 phonograms, working toward the cumulative test over 26 phonograms by the end of September (and 55 phonograms in mid-March/mid-May).
  • Each Friday, students will test on the current phonograms for a grade. The teacher will say the sounds and the students will write the phonograms, going down the paper.
  • Students will receive:
    • one point for the correct phonogram, 
    • one point for forming the phonogram correctly (handwriting matters in Spalding), 
    • and in the case of qu, one point for remembering to underline double letter phonograms.
    • This week's test will be worth 10 points.
  • Students will also be quizzed each Friday on the previous week's phonograms. This review will not be graded but it will help students be ready for the cumulative tests. 
  • The homework and agenda will go home on Monday, have your child write the phonograms, while saying the sounds, going down the paper three times. Continue this practice Tuesday through Thursday. 
  • Once in a while, practice phonograms the same way students take tests, say the sounds and have your child write the correct phonogram with correct letter formation.

Set up a special area just for homework. Be consistent about the place & time. Make sure to supervise your child's work in ensure quality. If you think homework is important, your child will learn that homework is important.

Spalding: For Spalding, we are still practicing the clock stroke, reinforcing to start on “2 on the clock”, go up and around. For the short and tall line, we reinforced to start on the top line or midpoint and go down. These two strokes (short and tall line) are written from top to bottom. Also, we learned the horizontal and diagonal line stroke. Finally, students shown all they have learned during our Friday quiz for strokes.


Literature: This week for literature we read the story of “Chester’s Way”. After the reading, we talked about how to be a good friend and how to practice friendship. Students were able to identify when someone is a “Sweet friend” or a “Sour friend”. On Tuesday, we read one of the classicals, “Little Red Hen”. Students identified the characters and setting of the story. We talked about the sequence of the story and created a sequence strip. We worked with rhyming words and read the story “Are You, My Mother?”.

Math: Our study for number from zero to five is still happening! Students practice how to place numbers in the correct order, identify the numbers written form and practice how to write it. Students can practice how to count objects at home, at the grocery store, the park, almost anywhere! Your child can help you write how many of each item at home.


Science: We continued our study of the five senses. This week we went deeper on the study of smell and taste. Ask your child about the activities they did at school (smell different scents, taste different flavors).

History/Geography: We started our study for the 7 continents. Ask your child, how many continents we have? Do you remember the names of each continent? Also, they know we have 5 oceans. Our first stop was North America! Students learned that Mexico, Canada, and the United States of America are part of North America Continent. Students understood that a continent is bigger than a country, and they can identified North America on a map.


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