Second Trimester Letter
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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