This week we learned about the life cycle of a butterfly and continued talking about insects. Here are some of the important things we learned...
Our centers this week included learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and writing about butterflies, reading and writing silly sentences, building digraph puzzles, reading and writing silent e words around the room, and reading and writing power words. You can find the power words that each child should know at the link on the top of the blog.
In Phonics, we continued our important work on learning silent e words. We added blends to the beginning of the words to make them super tricky! Ask your child to write various words with blends and silent e's such as snake, brake, slide, etc.
We wrapped up our subtraction unit this week and will focus on numbers to 100 these last few weeks of school! Please continue working on subtraction problems at home with your child.
In Reading, we listened to and discussed a nonfiction book about the sun. We used text features to build knowledge about the sun and to learn about things we wondered about. We also read a nonfiction story about bugs and sorted the names of the bugs by the number of syllables. Our vocabulary words included bright, sphere, creature, and survive.
We continued writing opinion pieces in writing. We worked on being persuasive and convincing. Next week, we will start our final writing unit and will start getting ready for first grade writing!
We continued talking about mindfulness this week. Being mindful is being focused on the present moment (the present moment is right now) and noticing your thoughts, feelings, and breath. Ask your child to teach you about mindfulness.
Looking ahead...
Coloring Juneteenth flags
