Students will be taking the NWEA MAPS Reading Assessment on Tuesday morning.  

Foundational Skills (Phonics, Decoding, and Spelling) 

Last week, students learned the /wh/ sound. Students learned to read words with /wh/ sound, such as when, whiff, whisk, etc.  

This week, students will learn to spell words with the /wh/ sound. In addition, the R-Controlled sound, /ar/ will be introduced for students to learn to read and spell. Sample words are car, far, charm, start, etc.  

Reading  

On Friday, students began reading the story, “The Mice Who Lived in the Shoe.” Before reading, we discussed our background knowledge about the nursery rhyme, “There Was an Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe,” mouse homes, and predators of mice. We used our background knowledge to predict what the story would be about.  

This week, we will read the story again, and focus on a different comprehension skill each day:  

• Vocabulary 

• Inferring 

• Cause and effect 

• Character and setting 

Please read to your child each night and have them read to you! It is all beneficial. Discuss the books that you and your child read together. 

Writing 

This week in writing, we will begin learning how to write a paragraph. We are starting by learning that a paragraph has a topic sentence, 3 details, and a concluding sentence. Students will also learn about the writing process and the difference between fact and opinion. By the end of the week, students should have written their first opinion paragraph.