Dear Parents,

    It’s hard to believe that the first trimester is over and we are starting the second trimester.  Everyone has grown so much. We are more independent, reading more, and understanding our math facts.  We will be doing many more fun things. 

Reading

We will continue with the Superkids curriculum.  We will be covering the following:

Comprehension and fluency,                               Reality and fantasy

Problems and solutions                                       Sequence of events

Summarize                                                       Compare and contrast

Rhyme and rhythm                                             Generate questions

Understand characters                                       Determine cause and effect

Observe typographical clues                               Draw conclusions

Recognize plot: Beginning, Middle and End

Generate questions to make and confirm predictions

Read with expression, rhythmically, and appropriate stress

Read with comprehension and fluency

Phonemic Awareness

We will continue with Michael Heggerty.  We will be covering the following:

Rhyming, onset fluency, blending, isolating, final or medial phonemes, segmenting, adding phonemes, deleting phonemes, submitting phonemes, language awareness

Phonics/ Spelling

We will continue with MCP Phonics.  We will be covering the following: 

Short and long vowels

High frequency words

Language Arts/English 

We will continue with Voyages in English.  We will be covering the following: 

Nouns                                                              Verbs

Pronouns Adjectives

How to write a Friendly Letter                             How to write a How to Article

How to write a description 

Math

We will continue with Rocket Math for fact fluency along with McGraw Hill.  We will be covering the following: 

Rocket Math

Addition Facts

McGraw Hill

Subtraction Facts to 20                                       Addition of three numbers

Time                                                                 Measurement

Religion

We will continue with Blest Are We.  We will be covering the following:

Advent                                                             Christmas

Baptism                                                           How God made us to be good and holy

Christmas Around the World

Social Studies

We will continue with Making Our Way.  We will be covering the following:

Christmas Around the World                               Work in the Community

Science 

We will be working with Lab Learner.  We will be covering the following:

Staying Safe

Please continue reading nightly with your child.  That is the best way to build fluency and comprehension.

 If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

Mrs. Gagner