Communication Arts: Lessons 20
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Phonemic Awareness: phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution
Phonics: long a with spelling __ay, ai, a__e
Spelling: day, say, play, plain, rain, wait, feet, me, door, told
Challenge words: holiday, birthday, Thursday, paint, grain, Sunday
We will also include sentence dictation as part of the Friday spelling test.
Anthology readings: Kids Play and Ways People live
Comprehension: Cause and effect and story structure
Grammar: describing words (taste, smell, feel, sound)
Writing: describing a place
Reading vocabulary- cool, dry, four, holes, move, place, warm
Robust vocabulary words: grumbling, realized, chided, bitterly, dwelling,
amusement
Math:
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Chapter 21- Fractions
Continue working on Basic Facts for Rocket Math
Dr. Seuss week
Dates to Remember:
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February 29- March 4- Read Across America – see below
Monday, February 29th (Happy Leap Day!)
 Fox in Socks Day- Wear your craziest socks to school today!
Tuesday, March 1st
 Oh the Places You’ll Go Day - Wear your “location” shirts.
Wednesday, March 2nd (Happy Birthday, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Suess!)
 Wacky Wednesday day - Dress in mismatched clothes and crazy hair.
Thursday, March 3rd
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Wear red and white to school today along with your favorite hat! We will be celebrating
The Cat in the Hat.
Friday, March 4th
 All Peebles students are invited to dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss character.
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