Home-School Connection

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1 Home-School Connection Dear Family Member: I m reading Stormy Weather in class. I m learning to look for things that are alike and different. There are different kinds of storms. But all storms are alike in some ways. The sky turns gray when a storm is coming. There may be lightning and thunder during a rainstorm. This Week s Skills Comprehension: compare and contrast Phonics: the sound of or as in fork Word Workout WORDS TO KNOW great know warm sound extreme predict their Sentence Time I ll say a sentence with a missing word. I ll say blank for the word. You can repeat the sentence using one of the words above for the missing word. SPELLING WORDS cork horn corn fork pork born Art Time Draw pictures for the two spelling words that rhyme with pork. Then label each picture. Next, draw pictures for the two spelling words that rhyme with born and label them. Spelling: words with or Name (fold here) 351

2 Rain, Rain, Go Away It s a rainy day! Look at the clouds in the sky. Let s use gray to color all the clouds that are alike. Then color the rest of the clouds and the picture. In the second picture, let s pick one kind of flower, then color all the flowers that are different. 352

3 Conexión con el hogar Ejercicio de palabras PALABRAS DE VOCABULARIO great know warm sound extreme predict their Tiempo de oraciones Voy a decir una oración a la que le va a faltar una palabra. Voy a decir la palabra blank en lugar de la palabra que debe ir. Repite la oración usando una de las palabras de arriba en lugar de la palabra que falta. PALABRAS DE ORTOGRAFÍA born cork corn fork horn pork Vamos a dibujar Haz dibujos de las dos palabras de ortografía que rimen con la palabra pork. Después rotula cada dibujo. Luego, haz dibujos de las dos palabras de ortografía que rimen con la palabra born y rotúlalos. Queridos familiares: Estoy leyendo Stormy Weather en la clase. Estoy aprendiendo a buscar cosas que son parecidas y que son diferentes. Hay muchos tipos de tormentas. Pero todas las tormentas se parecen en algo. El cielo se torna gris cuando se acerca una tormenta. Puede haber relámpagos y truenos durante un temporal. Destrezas de la semana Comprensión: comparar y contrastar Fonética: el sonido de or como en fork Ortografía: palabras con or Nombre (fold here) 353

4 Lluvia, lluvia vete Hoy es un día de lluvia! Observa las nubes en el cielo. Usemos el color gris para colorear todas las nubes que sean parecidas. Luego, vamos a colorear las otras nubes y el resto del dibujo. 354 En el segundo dibujo, vamos a elegir una flor y a colorear todas las flores que sean diferentes a esa flor.

5 24 The prize was a big, round pin. Cory said, Now I ll have to name you Mort the Math Whiz! No More Mort the Short! by Kenneth Corin illustrated by Mircea Catusanu No More Mort the Short!

6 18 Mort is smaller than most of the children in his class. So Mort s pal Cory named him Mort the Short. No More Mort the Short! That made Mort study more than before! The Math Bee came. Cory did well, but Mort got the Grand Prize! The class roared. 23

7 22 But Cory gave Mort a hard time. You won t win, she said. I m better at math than you are. Mort isn t good at running or other sports. But he tries hard. He runs until he is worn out. His mom yells, Stop, Mort! 19 No More Mort the Short!

8 20 At school, Mrs. Gore said, We will have a Math Bee. Mort s heart soared. He knew that he would win. No More Mort the Short! Mort did his math from morning until night. He added up the numbers that his mom named. He got each sum right! 21

9 Comprehension Check Retell Use the Compare and Contrast chart to help you retell what you learned about weather. Different Alike Different Think and Compare 1. Look back to pages 4 to 6. How is the weather on Sunday and Monday the same? How is it different? 2. Reread page 7. What do you like to do when it rains? What do you wear? 3. Why do people want to know the weather ahead of time? 16 What Will the Weather Be? by Nancy Leber Table of Contents Chapter 1 Weather for the Week Chapter 2 A Storm Coming Chapter 3 The Weather Changes What Will the Weather Be?

10 Chapter 1 Weather for the Week What is the weather today? Is it a hot, sunny day? Is it windy and cold? Will it rain later in the day? This boy is dressed for a cold day. 2 be where you live? to day. What will the weather What Will the Weather Be? The weather changes from day 15

11 14 It is Saturday now. It is very hot today. The sun is shining and there are no clouds in the sky. What a great day to make sand castles on the beach! The sun is strong, so people have to put on sunblock. The weather changes everyday. Let s follow the weather for week and see how it changes. This girl s pinwheel spins on windy day. 3 What Will the Weather Be?

12 4 It is Sunday. People on TV predict the weather. The weather person says Sunday will be a hot, sunny day. What Will the Weather Be? It is warm and sunny. and look at the waves. It is a great day to sit soft sound on the shore. waves. The waves make a wind, so there are no big It is Friday. There is no 13

13 12 Now you know what the weather will be. It s a great day for swimming in the cold water! A thermometer tells the temperature. 5 What Will the Weather Be?

14 6 Chapter 2 A Storm Coming On Monday it is warm, but not sunny. Big gray clouds cover the sky. There may be a storm coming. A wind vane shows which way the wind is blowing. What Will the Weather Be? 11

15 10 Chapter 3 The Weather Changes On Thursday it is sunny and windy. But the wind is not as strong as Wednesday. The boy and girl think it is a great day for flying their kite. The kite soars in the air. Raincoats and umbrellas will keep the girls dry. It is Tuesday now. It is raining today. People will need raincoats and umbrellas to stay dry. 7 What Will the Weather Be?

16 8 Waves are higher when the wind is strong. There is a big rainstorm on Wednesday. There is thunder and lightning. It is so windy the trees and branches bend! extreme weather. to go in the water in this It would be dangerous sound as they hit land. What Will the Weather Be? big. They make a crashing The waves in the ocean are Some storms have lots of lightning. 9