Spring City Elementary School

Junior Primary Class

Week of: March 8-12, 2010

Teacher: Mrs. Swanson

Language Arts
We will begin Letterbook N this week.
Some of the skills we will cover include:
*Name, shape, and sound of N
*Auditory identification of /n/ in the initial and final positions
*Handwriting Nn
*Blending with /n/
*Blending letter sounds to read words
*Reinforcement of rhyming words
*Selecting words by definition
*Spelling dictated words
*Sequencing
*Concept of action words
*Word attack and comprehension skills
*Sentence and story reading
*Following oral directions
*Oral language experiences
*Development of manual dexterity

Math
We will continue the unit of study about patterns and numbers to 100. Some of the skills we will study are: tens and ones, two digit numbers, ordering nuumbers, and skip counting.

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Star of the Week

Stephen Speciale

Suggestions for Parents
* Please make sure your child reads to you from their book each evening. Then have them put their book in their backpack and return it to school the next day. Also, ask them questions about what they read, to insure they are comprehending what they are reading.
*Please help your child to learn by sight the words that are sent home each six weeks. *Also, practice the list of words that can be "sounded out" by your child. Blending sounds together to read words is an important skill.

Calendar
*March 15-Spring Pictures
*Field Trip to the Zoo-Mark your calendars for April 21st. If you can go along as a chaperone we would love to have you. More information will be sent soon.

Student Homework
*KNOW all the Word Wall Words. New words are in the Brown Envelope. Also practice the word list of words that can be sounded out and read.
* Practice reading in your reading books each evening.