BATS
This week we are researching and writing all about bats. Ask you child what they have learned.Q2 Standards for Reading
- Identify all upper and lowercase letters
- Recognize rhyming words by listening to sets of words
- Produce all 23 consonant sounds
- Produce 3-5 vowel sounds
- Read 25 or more sight words
- Read at a level B
Q2 Standards for Writing
- Write simple sentences that include grade appropriate sight words and phonetically spelled words.
- Handwriting: Print 23 upper and lowercase letters with consistency, accuracy and independence.
- Recognize and name punctuation (period, question mark and exclamation point)
- Consistently write letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds.
- Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (-ed, -s, un-, pre-)
Counting to 100
Writing numbers to 20
Counting objects to 20 in a line, circle and array and up to 10 objects scattered
Comparing objects and numbers up to 10
Describe several measurable attributes of an object, such as length or weight. For example, a student may describe a book as, “This shoe is heavy! It is also really long!"
Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
Continuing to Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.
Q2 Standards for Social StudiesRecognize who Veterans are and why we celebrate them on Veterans Day.
Identify the bald eagle as an American Symbol.
Explain positive character traits of veterans.
Learn how American culture celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day and how others celebrate in their cultures.
Students will be introduced to historical events and figures within a given holiday.
Students will learn about needs and wants.
Q2 Standards for Science
Motion, students will:
-Understand that things move in different ways and that gravity affects objects.
-Activities in a unit on motion and gravity should give them context for the two concepts and stepping stones for additional knowledge and understanding in subsequent years. Simple concrete explanations of gravity and motion are appropriate, and may be addressed with the specific examples in the standards.
Day and Night Sky, students will:
-Examine the characteristics of day and night sky and how one changes into the other in a 24 hour cycle.
-Focus on the simple changes from night to day and day to night, as well as the main objects in the sky – the sun and moon.
