Focus
on Curriculum
November 1, 2013
Handwriting Without Tears: We reviewed all the capital letters we have
learned so far. We were also introduced
to the magic c and all the letters we can write using the letter c such as c,
a, d, g, C, and Q.
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letters b and j. For the
letter b we pretend we are hitting a baseball with a bat and for the letter j
we wiggle like a bowl of jello. 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, f, b, and
j. We like to sing songs and do actions for
each sound to help us remember them.
Remember to review the sounds we have learned in the letter and sound
packet, which shows all the motions and sounds used to make each letter of the
alphabet that we will learn this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children as we
learn each new letter and the sound of that letter.
Reading: We read the stories Clifford’s
Halloween, The Monster of the Woods, I Need My Monster, Where’s
My Mummy? and The Night Before
Halloween. It begins “ Twas the
night before Halloween and all through the house all the creatures were
stirring, except for the mouse. The
monsters had gathered to plan and prepare, for the trick-or-treaters who soon
would be there.”
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words on and at and glued
them in our spirals. We now have twelve words and they
are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on and at. Our spirals are going home
today. We are going to keep our spirals
in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school
and at home. Please remind your child
to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.
Math: We continued our counting and numbers units. We practiced counting to 50. We did many counting activities that had a
Halloween theme.
Writing: We wrote about what we saw looking at us on
Halloween. We also wrote: At the
Halloween party I was a _____________.
Assembly: We had a special
guest firefighter that came to school and spoke to the children about fire
safety.
Remember:
Friday November 1, 2013~~~ Family Halloween Party at
Elizabeth Ide from 6:30-8:00 P.M.
A special thank you to the parents who took time out of
their busy schedules to volunteer and plan our Halloween party. All the children were talking about what fun
they had on Friday when they came to school
No School Friday November 8th- Parent/ Teacher
Conferences
No School Monday November 11th- Veterans Day
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days
We have gym everyday.
Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily.
Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class
with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.
