Reading:
Just For You - Theme 2: Helping Hands

Your child is reading Hedgehog Bakes a Cake, by Maryann Macdonald. In this story, Hedgehog wants to make a yellow cake. His friends stop by to help, but each one gives bad advice about baking and Hedgehog ends up with a terrible mess on his hands. After his friends leave, Hedgehog locks the door and starts over. This time he follows the recipe, and later he and his friends enjoy a delicious cake.

Please encourage your child to read Hedgehog Bakes a Cake over the weekend. Vocabulary Power precedes the story.

Focus Skill: Synonyms  Practice - See Link in right hand column of this blog: Reading Focus Skills, Synonyms Easy or Synonyms Super

Vocabulary Power:
batter-thick liquid mixture used in cooking
buttery-full of or covered with butter
perfect-as good as something can be
recipe-set of instructions, or steps, used when cooking
or baking
smeared-spread something sticky or greasy
yellow cake-cake that is yellow because it contains egg
yolks

School-Home Connection: You and your child might enjoy reading these books about baking: Jake Baked the Cake, by B.G. Hennessy; Cookie Fun, by Judy Bastyra; Thunder Cake, by Patricia Polacco.

Social Studies History Unit: History

At Home:
Your child may enjoy reading the books that I have posted to the Pearson Science Link (right hand column of this blog). While reading and listening to the books, children can look for answers to Essential Questions listed above. [Reminder: Username is your child's name: first_last (case sensitive); Password is maywatts]

Math Fact Practice:
See the following links in the right hand column of this blog: 
Mastering Math Facts Practice Sets (Lists of Fact Cards that your child is working on with the Otter Creek Math Fact Program);  
Math Fact Cafe: Worksheet Builder and Virtual Flash Cards (virtual math fact practice, time practice, money practice and more...)