February 21, 2011

Dear Parents,         

            This week we will be reading I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzolio.  This week’s high frequency words are done, push, know, visit, and wait.  You may also want to work on the words: caterpillar, crawl, pupa, shiver, and chrysalis.  These are words that are in the story that your child may be unfamiliar with while they are reading. 

            This week in phonics we will be working on r-controlled vowels: ir, er, and ur.  We will also be working with contractions.  This week’s spelling words will be challenging for the students because they will have to rely mainly on memory to spell the words, since each r-controlled has the same sound. 

This week’s spelling words are:

1.      her                 2.  first                                   3.  bird                                   4.  girl

5.  burn               6.  were                                 7.  shirt                                  8.  fur

9.  hurt                10.  sir                                   11.  visit                               12. done

* Remember 11 & 12 are sight words.  They aren’t necessarily decodable.

      TIP:   buy a set of addition fact cards from the dollar store to practice at home.

      This week we will be studying the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  Please ask your child when they arrive home about these historic men.  Along with learning about former president’s we will be focusing on the life cycle of the butterfly.  This will be directly connected to our story this week.

Words to Read   jar         shark         want          large          hugged          park          there            who   how        read        few       hopping        Clark              soon          again            dark   afraid     water       kissed        swimming     bark         harm        mark             know

Sentences to Read   1.      Who has a few large bugs hopping in a jar? 2.     How is Clark the dark shark swimming in the water? 3.     Clark was afraid to go so he kissed and hugged Mom again. 4.       She’ll want to read the park map to get there soon.

Reminders:

·         Scholastic Book orders due on Wednesday, February 24th.

·        Study spelling, high frequency words, and story EVERY night.

·        Pick up a set of addition facts cards at your local dollar store.

·        Spring Picture Day: Feb. 28th