April 25, 2013
Focus on Curriculum
Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics
sounds. Now we know the sounds of the
letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d,
g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or,oo, ch, sh, ng, th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er,
ar, z, w, v, y, and z. 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 such as 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.
Word Family’s:
This week we reviewed our short e word families. We also began working on new word families,
ot and op.
Popcorn Words: This week we learned the words came, make, ate, and ride. Please practice the popcorn words every night, we are getting quite a few and they are getting more difficult.
Reading: We started our
Spring is Here reading theme this week.
We read the book When Rabbit Grew Feathers. It is similar to The Tortoise and the Hare,
but in this story Turkey broke Turtles shell and when Rabbit wanted to race Turtle,
Turkey hid inside Turtle’s shell and then raced Rabbit with Turtle’s shell
on. From then on Rabbit never bothered
Turtle again. The lesson the children
learned was that you do not have to be the best or the fastest, but if you are a
nice person and try your best people will stand by you and help you in time of
need. We also read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and we focused on
what the caterpillar ate, which is one of our popcorn words this week.
Writing: We wrote about our
star student of the week.
Math: We
focused on fluently adding and subtracting numbers up to five. We practiced counting to 100 and worked on
counting to 100 by tens. Next week we
will continue with our counting, with the focus this quarter of counting to
100. We started our Caterpillar Addition
project, and as soon as the whole class completes them we will take them home.
Social Studies- We
also read Too Much Trash from our Weekly Reader. The story focused on recycling since Monday
was Earth Day. We talked out things we
can do to save our planet. We also read
I Love the Earth.
REMEMBER:
Brookfield
Zoo Field Trip- Thursday May 23rd 2013. Permission slips to follow shortly.
Please practice
the popcorn words with your child.
Kindergarten
Graduation Day is Tuesday June 4th 2013. 10:00 A.M. for the morning
class and 2:00 P.M. for the afternoon class.
All family members are welcome.
Bring your library books on Wednesdays!
Wear your gym shoes Thursdays and Fridays!
