This Week...

We are learning about:

CAPACITY; the amount a container can hold. Have your child help you cook at home. Bring out a can of tuna and a can of soup - ask them questions about the amount of food inside. You can use mearsuing cups, gallons, pints, liters, measuring spoons, medicine cups, bottles, and anything else that can hold a liquid to help.

Weight; tells how heavy an object is.

Mass; the amount of matter in an object (that amount never changes)

If you have a scale for people or food at home have them compare weight of objects. Have them estimate with their hands at first - which one is heavier? Then have them use an accurate tool, or a scale, to figure out the answer. As far as mass talk to them about how a marble is heavier than a tiny bouncy ball because the glass if heavier than rubber. A beach ball may look bigger than a basketball, but the basket ball is heavier because of it's mass.

"OO" Sound - using -ew new, -ou soup, -u_e dude, -oo cool

have them list as many words using the letter combos above that make the OO sound!

Contrations - "hasn't" is HAS + NOT = HASN'T

I tell them to think of it as "a word" plus "a word" = the new word (with an ')

Temperature: keep practicing temperature at home! Texas weather is great because it can be cold one day and warm the next. This will help them read a thermometer that may differ from day to day!

Timelines and Transportation: have your child make a timeline of their life, year, week, day, etc. Describe to them the differences in transportation that you have experienced in your life!