Word Families

As we continue with our word families...today we focused on 'ug'. How many 'ug' words can you and your child come up with? Here are some of the 'ug' words we explored today.

Word Families

This week in readers workshop, we are working on our next reading strategy..."word families". Word families (sometimes called phonograms or chunks) can help our students figure out patterns within words. Once students are able to recognize these one syllable word patterns, it makes it easier for them to sound out/decode longer words.

Today we are focusing on the the word family "at". By adding letters to "at", how many new words can you and your child come up with? Here's a picture of some of the words we came up with today.

The Math 100 Chart

This week in math investigations we are focusing on our 100 chart. We want students to be able to read and order numbers 1-100 as well as explore patterns in the number sequence. Today we are playing "Find the Missing Number". In this game, students take turns covering up certain numbers and the other group members must figure out the missing or covered up numbers on the chart. You can practice with your child at home counting and writing numbers to 100. This would be something easy you could do together while driving in the car.

Spelling Words October 2 - October 9

This weeks spelling words are high frequency and short "a" words. Don't forget to be reading every single day!

1. come
2. down
3. away
4. no
5. will
6. at
7. cat
8. ran
9. an
10. man

The On and Off Game

We have been finding ways to break numbers apart and put them back together in math investigations. One of the games we have played this week is the On and Off game. In this game, your child starts out with a certain number of counters (such as 10) and they drop those counters on top of a piece of paper and see how many land on the paper and how many land off the paper. They record their findings to discover different ways to make their total number (such as 8 are on the paper and 2 are off...so 8+2=10). This is a game that you can play at home with your child. You can use any kind of counter (such as coins or buttons). We sent home a game sheet in the folder you received at Open House.

Spelling Words September 25 - October 2

This weeks spelling words are high frequency and rhyming words. Don't forget that all parts of the homework are due on Friday (the book log, words written out 2 times each, sentences, and math investigations sheet). The spelling test will also be Friday morning. Have a great week!

1. up
2. but
3. go
4. where
5. here
6. pig
7. dig
8. jig
9. fin
10. win

Reading Strategies

We are continuing to teach different reading strategies to help students figure out words they don't know. While your child is reading to you, instead of just telling them an unfamiliar word, encourage your child to figure it out, using the reading strategies they are learning at school. (such as: looking at the pictures for a clue, stretching out the sounds, asking what word would make sense there, etc...)
Thanks for reading with your child every day! It is so important for their success this year!