Snack: 1st and 2nd grade have our first snack time during literacy.  Healthy snacks are always the best choice. Please do not send cookies or candy for your child to eat during the morning snack time. Emergency snacks are provided to students who do not bring a snack from home (while supplies last). 

Foundational Skills (Phonics, Decoding, and Spelling) 

Before Winter Break, students learned about the –all pattern, and that it is short (one-syllable). 

This week, students will learn about the multisyllabic pattern, “Reptile” words. These are words with a CVC (consonant/vowel/consonant) syllable, followed by a magic e syllable. For example, “reptile,” “bedtime,” and “cupcake.” Students will also review the –all pattern. If possible, I hope to begin learning about words that contain -oi, such as boil, noise, and point. 

Reading 

We will continue rotating through our Literacy Centers during our reading time. This week, I will be introducing Epic Reading and I will be testing individual students on Dibels 8 benchmark testing. 

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

Writing 

Before Winter Break, students chose which opinion paragraph they would like to take through the rest of the writing process. If you joined us for parent-teacher conferences, you had a chance to read your child’s work.  

This week, students will continue editing it and correcting errors in their opinion paragraphs. Our goal is to have the paragraphs typed by the end of the week.