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try this . . .Learn and Laugh TogetherI Say, You Say Help your child practice saying words that end with the same sound by playing a game in which you take turns thinking of words that have the same ending sound. Have your child begin by saying a word, such as pig, and then you say a word with the same ending sound, such as beg. Then you say a word and have your child say a word with the same ending sound.
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Forces Make Things Move by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
And Everyone Shouted “Pull!”: A First Look at Forces and Motion by Claire Llewellyn
Move It! Forces, Motion, and You by Adrienne Mason
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we are . . .• Reading Oscar and the Cricket
• Talking about our Question of the Week: What are the different ways things move?
• Learning the sounds of the letter r and the letter g as in go to produce words that end with the same sound about measurement (length)
• Using these words
Family Times Newsletter • 29 UNIT 8 • WEEK 1You are your child’s first teacher!
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try this . . .Learn and Laugh TogetherLine Them Up To help your child practice comparing the heights of objects and people, have your child line up similar objects or several family members. For example, give your child books of different heights, from large picture books to small paperbacks, and have him or her put the books in order from shortest to tallest. Repeat the activity and have your child put family members in order from shortest to tallest.
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One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root Looking at Forces and Motion: How Do
Things Move? by Angela RoystonSheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw
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we are . . .• Reading A Little Bit More
• Talking about our Question of the Week: What can we do to make things move?
• Learning the sounds of the letters h, w, and v to delete a sound from a consonant blend at the beginning of a word about measurement (height)
• Using these words
Family Times Newsletter • 30 UNIT 8 • WEEK 2You are your child’s first teacher!
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try this . . .Learn and Laugh TogetherSound Match To help your child practice the sounds of the letters x, y, and z, show your child objects or pictures whose names begin with the sounds of y and z, such as a yo-yo or a zipper, or end with the sound of x, such as a box. Say the name of each object or picture and repeat the beginning or ending sound together. Then sort the objects and pictures into piles that group together all words that begin or end with the same sound.
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Like a Windy Day by Frank AschFeel the Wind by Arthur DorrosThe Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
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we are . . .• Reading Gilberto and the Wind
• Talking about our Question of the Week: How does wind make things move?
• Learning the sounds of the letter x at the end of a word and the letters y and z to produce rhyming words about measurement (how much a container holds)
• Using these words
Family Times Newsletter • 31 UNIT 8 • WEEK 3You are your child’s first teacher!
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try this . . .Learn and Laugh TogetherTake It Away Help your child practice making new words by taking away one sound from the beginning of a word. Think of a word that starts with blended sounds, such as brag, slip, or trap. For example, say brag and have your child say brag and identify and clap each sound in the word. Then ask your child what word would be left if you take away the r sound (say the sound, not the letter). Have your child say bag and identify and clap each of the sounds in the word.
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Scoop, Seesaw, and Raise: A Book About Levers by Michael Dahl
Machines We Use by Sally HewittDig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo
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we are . . .• Reading The Cool Pool
• Talking about our Question of the Week: How do machines help us move things?
• Learning letter names and sounds to delete a sound from a consonant blend at the beginning of a word about measurement (weight)
• Using these words
Family Times Newsletter • 32 UNIT 8 • WEEK 4You are your child’s first teacher!
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try this . . .Learn and Laugh TogetherShape Hunt Review shapes with your child by having him or her go on a shape hunt around your home. Have your child identify examples of circles, triangles, squares, cubes, spheres, and so on. Once your child has identified several examples of each, have him practice measuring and comparing the shapes, examining things such as the heights and lengths of flat shapes and the weights of three-dimensional shapes.
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Have your child choose a favorite book or two from among those you have read together. Reread them with your child.
we are . . .• Rereading our favorite books from Units 7 and 8.
• Talking about shadows and reflections and forces and motion.
• Reviewing the skills we learned in Units 7 and 8.
• Reviewing the Concept Words and the Amazing Words we learned in Units 7 and 8.
Family Times Newsletter • Review 4 UNIT 8 • WEEK 5You are your child’s first teacher!
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