Units 7 and 8 SUPERKIDS Home Letter

Dear Family,

Like Hot Rod, who said “Oh! What a good day to race,” your child has been racing
along on the road of reading! In Units 7 and 8 of Adventures of the Superkids, your child learned a powerful skill—how to read and spell words ending in a silent e, such as bake and smile, and how to read those words with added endings, such as baking and smiled.

The stories we read in the Reader had the common theme of helping others. Ask your
child how the Superkids helped Hot Rod win the race in “Kites” and whether Golly was
actually helpful in “Golly Helps.”

As you look through the Student Book for Units 7/8, try some of these activities with your child:

• Play a Super e game. Ask your child to read aloud the first word on page 1. Use a
black pen to add a silent e to the end of the word and have your child read the new
word aloud. Repeat with all the words on pages 1 and 2.
• Have your child read aloud the list of words on page 16 or 18 several times.
Encourage her to read the words faster and more smoothly each time.
• Turn to page 4 and ask your child to sing Hot Rod’s song. Together, make up a song
about a good day your child has had.
• Have your child read aloud the poem on page 12. Then discuss gifts that you each
think would be great, awful, or funny.
• The Superkids wrote an important message on several kites. Help your child write
messages or reminders on sticky notes to post around the house. For example, write
and post the message, “Brush your teeth.”

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Hello!

What a wacky week it has been! A three day week with a field trip right in the middle of it all! We had a WONDERFUL time at the Charlotte's Web performance at the Hanover Theater yesterday. If you have not had a chance to visit the Theater add it to your list of things to do this year.
The children were outstanding listeners and audience members. Today we will watch parts of the movie and compare and contrast the play and the movie.

This week we have been focusing on the season of Lent. Each child has created a Lenten calendar to keep track of the 40 day season. We have also created a large Lenten calendar for our classroom. Our own footprints have been placed along the path from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week, and ending on Easter Sunday.

We have also started our next SUPERKIDS lesson booklet. We are now working with double vowel words such as seal, boat, and pie. To help the children recalling which vowel is heard we are remembering that most often, "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking and the second one zips its lips!"

Next week we will (hopefully) be back into the swing of things with a regular schedule...and 5 school days!!! :) Stay tuned for Mrs. Dufault's Peek at the Week on Monday!

Mrs. Dufault's Peek at the Week- Feb. 4- 12

We will be making valentine mailboxes on Wednesday. Please send in an empty cereal box for your child to use by Wednesday morning.

Valentine's Day Party- February 11th Our Homeroom parents will be coordinating our snack and such. Children have been given a class list for valentines. As I mentioned on the list, the children may pass out a small trinkets to their classmates if they wish. Thank you for following the candy/food guidelines.

100th Day Celebration: February 12th Students will be bringing a collection of 100 things for our Hundreds Museum. Please pick something that you can bring to school that you have 100 of. Please be sure that the collection of 100 things is about the size of a shoebox. The children should bring their 100 Collection to school on Wednesday. We will be setting up a Hundreds Museum on 2/12/10!

Last week and this week we have been working on the following:

SUPERKIDS: We have been finishing up units 7 and 8 and are having assessments which will take us into Tuesday. We are working on our Special Gift writing projects and will have them completed next week! Over the next week enjoying stories and literature- based projects for the 100th Day and Valentine's Day.


Religion- Catholic Schools Week was lots of fun for all! We will learn about St. Valentine and begin learning about Lent.

Math- We will be reviewing skills this week with a valentine and 100th day twist! On Thursday we will be having some math fun with Necco Brand Sweetheart candies. (Please let me know asap if you have any objection to this activity.

Science- We are wrapping up our Matter unit. Last week we had a ball with our science experiment involving water drops on the surface of a penny. We were amazed by how many tiny drops actually would fit!

Social Studies- This week will be learning more about Honest Abe and Our First President!