Week of May 1st

 Star Student Jaxtin

Show and tell Blue

Spelling words: Lay, laid, pay, paid, say, said, bay, day, play, maid, main, rain, pain.













Recipe: Please make a recipe with your child! It doesn't matter what you make but I would encourage a favourite recipe of your child's. I have a project that I want to do. Please complete this week or early next! I would also like some pictures of you making the recipe with your child. Finally: Please send a copy of the recipe either a paper copy or email or via remind.

Spelling: I saw good things on our spelling test. Great work! This week we will work on our two long A chunks: ay, and ai. The basic rule is - If A is at the end of the word, use AY. If A is in the middle of the word, try AI. The best practice would be for your child to listen to all the sounds in the word, does A come at the end? Does A come in the middle? Do not focus on these particular words as much as the skill. 

Also, I know that many words have the a_e pattern. Don't confuse your child by including those. Two word patterns is enough for one test. Oh English, why are you difficult?

Social Studies We are learning about the medicine wheel. We are just starting so your child will recognize the wheel but they may not know what the medicine wheel is for.

Discover the Farm It was pretty good. We saw a sheep, lambs, a cow and a calf, and a goat and kids.

Outside! We are spending time outside on these nice days! Yay summer! But please check your child for ticks everyday. They are rampant.



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