FEBRUARY!
Focus
on Curriculum
February 7, 2014
Jolly Phonics: This week the class learned the letter
combination of er and ar. 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, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y,
x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, ue, oi, er and ar. 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: This week we read A Letter for Amy in
which a boy invites his friend, who is a girl to his birthday even though all
of his other guests are boys. We learned
the meaning of the words, peer, glance, collide, and disappointed. We also read Curious George in the Snow and
When a Dragon Moves In. We also
read our very own My Look Book!
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words look, good, and jump
and glued them in our spirals. We now have forty six words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my,
like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into,
for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out,
get, help, now, look, good, and jump. 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 counting to 100 and counting by tens to 100.
We started our addition unit focusing on the meaning of addition, putting together,
and the sign for addition is (+).
Writing:
We
wrote about our Star of the week.
Social Studies: We learned about Groundhog's Day and completed a Groundhog Day project!
Remember:
Valentine Party Information- Our Valentines Party is
on Friday February 14th. On the valentine cards please have your
child only sign their name and not who they are sent too. Please do not bring any candy or treats with
the valentine cards. We now have 21
students in our class.
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
Remember to read for Six Flags Great America reading program due February 24th!
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.
