This week our class will be reading stories about how living things, such as trees, change as they grow. Your child will learn to name the parts of a tree, such as the trunk, bark, branches, leaves, and roots.
Here are some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we will be practicing.
Word Workout
- Vocabulary: develop, amazing Draw a picture of a tree. Encourage your child to tell facts about trees. Write the facts on the picture of the tree.
- My Words to Know
Category Words: tree parts Have your child draw a picture of a tree. Help your child label the tree parts, such as trunk, bark, branch, leaves, and roots.
Phonics: e Have your child think of words that include the letter e, such as egg. Draw pictures of these words, then label each picture, having your child underline the letter e in each word.
In Math, we are working on numbers to 20. Practicing counting to 20, playing number bingo and writing the numbers are good ways to practice these skills.