Snack: 1st and 2nd grade have our first snack time during literacy. Please make sure your child knows which food is for their lunch meal and for snacks. Healthy snacks are always the best choice. Emergency snacks are provided to students who do not bring a snack from home (while supplies last). 

Donation Request: Our emergency snacks are running low. Please consider sending in healthy, individually wrapped items for students to eat that do not have a snack. Thank you! 

Foundational Skills (Phonics, Decoding, and Spelling) 

Last week we wrapped up our unit on magic –e. We will take a spelling test on this concept at the beginning of this week. We will continue to practice reading and spelling magic -e words throughout the school year. At the end of last week, we started learning that the letter S makes the Z sound when it is in between 2 vowels, like in rose, or wise. 

This week, we will be learning about the magic –e syllable and combining it with closed syllables in words like reptile, dislike or inside. 

Reading 

We have continued rotating through our Literacy Centers during our reading time. Students have been practicing reading nonsense words in the word work center. During small groups, students are focusing on targeted phonic skills and reading comprehension.  

Please continue to read to your child each night and have them read to you! It is all beneficial. 

Writing 

Last week, students began a new opinion paragraph. We started at the beginning of the writing process with planning on Monday. We also wrote our topic sentences on Monday. On Tuesday – Thursday, we worked on writing our 3 reasons for our opinions as our supporting details. In addition, students ensured that each sentence began with a transition word (First, next, last, etc.). On Friday we focused on conclusion sentences. About half the class finished their paragraphs and turned them in. The rest of the class will hopefully finish by Tuesday.  

This coming week, we will work on choosing which paragraph we would like to publish, and then begin editing it and correcting errors. Our goal is to have a typed paragraph by the end of the week next week.