PS 163, Flushing Heights School

Dear Family Member:

This week our class will be talking about how animals in the wild survive. We will learn about animal adaptations that help different kinds of animals survive in their environment.

You may login in to your child's Wonders account and find some activities that you can do with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.

Word Workout

• Words to Know: prefixes In this activity, your child will explain the meaning of the vocabulary words by acting them out. Then you and your child will use each word to make up a sentence about animals and nature.
• Spelling/Phonics: r-controlled vowels In this exercise, you will pronounce the list words and your child will say the word without the letter r. Then you will say the word again and your child will spell the word. You will continue this for all the words on the list.

Comprehension: main idea and key details

After reading the topic information, your child will circle the sentence with the main idea. Then, for the other sentences, he or she will underline the details that support the main idea.