Moon Rope

This week we will be reading Moon Rope. The story is about two friends, Fox and Mole, who wants to go to the moon. They both try to climb a rope that leads to the moon, but Fox is only successful. What happens to Mole? You'll have to read along with your child to find out the ending!

Vocabulary: appear, break, clear, idea, quietly, you're, we're, I'd
Spelling- Long/u/ and Contractions: cute, use, rude, mule, cube, I'd, we're, you've
Skill: Noting Details and Alphabetical Order

The Puddle

This week we will begin reading The Puddle by David McPhil. The main idea of the story is about a little boy who plays in a puddle with lots of imaginary friends. Which imaginary friends does he meet? We can't tell you, you'll have to read it with your child to find out!

In our Phonics Reader we will be reading Feeding Wild Birds which reinforces the sound of long i and Ginger the Gerbil which will introduce the sound of /j/g, dge .

Vocabulary: care, course, different, told, largest, listen
Spelling: mild, child, find, kind, wild

Please continue having your child use his/her Study Book to reinforce the skills that we are working on in class.

Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel

This week we will be reading Frog and Toad All Year. It's a story about two best friends, Frog and Toad. Frog tells his friend Toad a story about how he learned when Spring is coming. We can't tell you the signs of Spring that Frog tells Toad about; you'll have to read our story to find out!

Vocabulary: working, caught, son, near, cold

Reading Comprehension Skill: This week we will be working on Making and Confirming Predictions. We make predictions by what we know about the story, what we read in the story, or something that happened in our lives that we can relate to the story. If we find clues while we are reading, we can always change our prediction. At the end of the story, we all discuss if our predictions were right.

Spelling/ Phonics
In Phonics we will be working on the long/a/ sound. We will be using -ain and -ay to make the sound of long/a/.

Our spelling words this week have the -ain and -ay combination.

Spelling Words: day, may, play, rain, tail,trail, train, pail, today

Grammar- In Grammar we will be working on verbs. Verbs are action words, for example, jump, run, sleep, dance, and eat are action words.

The Story of a Blue Bird

This week we will begin Book 5!
Our first story will be The Story of a Blue Bird.
A young bird is scared to learn how to fly until he meets a friend to help him. Guess who his friend is? We can't tell you, you'll have to read it with your child to find out who helps him!

Vocabulary Words: join, learn, tonight, flew, afraid

Spelling Words: /igh/ light, right, tight, might, high

In our Practice Book ,we will be on the RED Section.

Little's Bear Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik

This week our story is about Little Bear who helps a lost girl find her way home and also makes a new friend. The lost girl's name is Emily.

The main characters in the story are Little Bear and Emily.
The setting takes place in a forest.

Vocabulay Words: began, climb, love, name

Spelling Words: bone, home, joke, nose, note

Where Do Frogs Come From?

This week story is a interesting nonfiction selection, Where Do Frogs Come From?. The story will show the children all the stages that it takes for a frog to become full-grown. Please have your child read the story aloud to you. Have him/her use picture clues and word bits when he/she comes to a word that he/she doesn't know.