October 25, 2012
Focus on Curriculum
Jolly Phonics: This week I explained the letter f and we
let the air out of an inflatable fish. Now
we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g,
o, u, l, and f. Please try and practice
with your letter cards at home. Please ask your
child to say the letter names and sounds. All students have a bag of cards with
letters, pictures, and words. They should try to match the letters, pictures,
and words. You may choose to make it a game like Memory, Rummy or Go Fish.
Use your imagination! Keep the cards in
a special place at home so they can use them again and again. The cards can stay at home.
Reading: We
read the story The Amazing Little Porridge Pot. We compared this story to the story from last week Goldilocks and
The Three Bears. We worked on summarizing the story with order words such as
first, next, then, and last. We also
worked on drawing conclusions from the story.
Math: We continued our
work on shapes and colored in our shape man who is just what his name
states. A man made up of triangles,
squares, rectangles and circles. There
was a special key that told us to color each shape a different color.
Popcorn Words: This week we reviewed all our popcorn words. We now have ten words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up and run. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.
Writing: We wrote about seeing a big bat with the
Halloween theme in mind. After we wrote
about seeing a big bat we created a Halloween scene at the top of our paper.
ART: The
students created a pumpkin of their own.
The eyes are circles and triangles or squares depending on what each
student wanted to use for the nose. For
the pumpkin’s mouth the students were able to draw whatever type they wanted
whether it be scary or happy. They are
going to be displayed in our classroom until after Halloween.
REMEMBER:
Wednesday October 31st, 2012 is Halloween and
class party day. The students will wear
their costumes to school on that day.
The A.M. parade starts at 9:45 A.M. inside the school and will be out
front at 10:00A.M. for friends and family to see us outside. We will then head
back inside for our classroom party that begins at 10:15.
The afternoon parade starts at 1:40 P.M. for the whole
school. You may watch us in front of
the school or behind the school as we march around the whole building. We will then head back inside for our
classroom party at 2:00 P.M.
Please do not send treats to school. The party planners will provide sufficient
snacks and entertainment for our party.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE OCTOBER 28
WEAR YOUR GYM SHOES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
BRING YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS ON WEDNESDAY
