Mrs. Burkhardt's Classroom News
February 26, 2018
Classroom Happenings
This week our class will be reading stories about different kinds of weather. Your child will be predicting the weather and learning how to describe it.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.
Word Workout
- Vocabulary: predict, temperature Look outside with your child and try to predict what the weather will be like later in the day. Try to predict the temperature for tomorrow.
- My Words to Know
High-Frequency Words: she, was Write the words she and was on paper. Then have your child trace each word. Write short sentences that include each word.
Category Words: weather words Make a 7-column table and write the days of the week at the top of each column. Every morning, look outside and have your child write a word under each day to describe the weather.
Phonics: initial k, final ck Help your child find objects that begin with the letter k or end in ck. Make a list of the words.
Comprehension: key details in a sequence
Have your child listen to a story, then put the story’s pictures in order, numbering them 1, 2, and 3. Invite your child to point to each picture and retell the story.
March is READING month!!
For the month of March we are celebrating Reading Month with a camping theme. We will discuss, share, write about and research camping. Our classroom with also focus on Moose along with other woodland animals and popular places where people visit and camp out.
A reading log will come home this week with an explanation about reading month. READ READ READ
Important Information
-Send in a flashlight for camp reading
-More information to follow including reading logs, St. Patrick's Day and Sugar Bush