Week of Feb. 2

This is a short week with a lot to cover in just three days! Students have school Monday-Wednesday this week. Despite the short week we will still have a spelling test and reading test on Wednesday as well as homework due on Wednesday too. Parent teacher conferences are this week as well, I look forward to meeting with each one of you!

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How do plants change over time?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Vowels oo, u	Vowels oo, u book   brook   cook   full   hood   July   pull   push   put   shook   stood   wood
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
everywhere   live /liv/   machines   woman   work   world	bumpy   fruit   harvest   root   smooth   soil   vine
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
adapt   ancient   annual   blazing   drought   massive   nutrients   sprout	Cursive Letters t, i, u Letter Slant