Dear Family Member:
This week our class will be reading stories about how to stay safe in bad weather. Children will also learn about severe weather conditions, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, earthquakes, droughts, and floods.
Here are some resources you can use with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.
Student Learning Goals
Have your child talk to you about the learning goals they are focusing on. Ask about any goals that are particularly easy or challenging.
Word Workout
High-Frequency Words: my, are, he, with, is, little, she, was Have your child think of sentences using the review words. Write the sentences on paper, and then read them together.
Category Words: question words Look for pictures of severe weather in a newspaper, or a magazine, or online. Ask your child questions about each picture.
Phonics: h, e, f, r, b, l, k, ck, l-blends (bl, cl, fl, sl) Play “I Spy,” having your child guess the names of objects that have the letters h, e, f, r, b, l, c, ck, or the l-blends (bl, cl, fl, sl).
Comprehension: Plot: Events/Sequence
Read a story about a rainy day. Help your child identify words in the story that tell about the order of events. Have your child draw a picture of what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.