Curriculum Updates
We are
working with children on a number of skills during the month of March. We are
practicing how to identify characters and the setting in stories and being able
to retell at least 3 things that happened in a story we have read. We are
introducing the sh, ch,
and th diagraphs in Letterland, including songs,
activities, and stories to help us remember the sounds they make.
We also
ask that you work with your child at home on recognizing vowel sounds. They are
quite tricky and take a LOT of practice to get right. In Letterland the short vowel
sounds are made by Annie Apple, Eddy Elephant, Impy Ink, Oscar Orange, and Uppy
Umbrella. The long vowel sounds are made by Mr. A (the Apron Man), Mr. E (the
Easy Magic Man), Mr. I (the Ice Cream Man), Mr. O (the Old Man), and Mr. U (the
Uniform Man).
In math
we are learning how to solve addition word problems. We are learning vocabulary
associated with addition problems with words like “and”, “too”, “altogether”,
and “in all”. We are starting with small numbers and not worrying too much
about using the plus sign (+) and the equal sign (=), but those will come in
time. Soon, we will solve problems using larger numbers with sums up to 20. We
will also learn how to add using more than 2 addends.
We are also starting a new science unit on Weather to address the IB transdisciplinary theme of "How does the world work?" We will talk about the "ingredients" of weather (temperature, air, and water), seasonal weather changes, and weather processes. We will see how weather affects how people live around the world and why the weather can be so different from one place to the next. We will learn lots of vocabulary and try to become keen observers of our daily weather here in Raleigh.
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