April Happenings

What we are learning:

-Writing 2 or more sentences using sight words and sounding out words

-Writing about real stories

-Practicing skills that good readers do: retelling the story, wondering about the story, visualizing the story, making connections to the story

-Identifying nonfiction story elements (table of contents, glossary, diagrams, index, etc.)

-Listening to our classmates and looking at the speaker when they are talking

-Reading independently for 20 minutes using our books in our book baggies (including nonfiction)

-Continuing our SIPPs small group phonics program and beginning guided reading groups

-Daily Reading Centers - journal writing, word building, responding to a story, reading with a partner, practicing sight words

-Identifying rhyming words

-Fact Fluency for addition & subtraction to 5

-Sorting & Classifying Objects

-Counting to 100 and identifying numbers to 100

-Science topic - Chick life cycle, Spring

-Social Studies topic - How can I help take care of the world?

-Other Special topics - Disabilities Awareness, Earth Day