Focus on Curriculum
April 11, 2014
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.
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 have learned this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and
the sound of that letter.
Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short e family et.
Reading: This week we read On
The Go. On The Go is a story
about all the different ways we carry things from place to place and all the
different modes of transportation. Our
new vocabulary words that go with the story were; active, haul, switch and
swiftly. We read our very own Seeds
book that focused on our new popcorn word they. We also read two spring poems Under The
Rainbow and Spring Celebration that we put in our poetry binders.
Writing: We continued writing
in our new writing journals. In our
journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper
punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing. We also reread our writing to make sure it
makes sense. On each page of our
writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words they, say, play and away
and glued them in our spirals. We now have seventy one 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, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four,
nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what,
where, they, say, play, away. 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. The words are getting difficult.
Math: We continued working
on measurement and data. We worked on
measuring different objects. Please
continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. Please continue to practice addition facts
that add up to ten along with subtracting numbers up to ten. We took our a subtraction quiz taking away
zero
Social Studies:
Our Weekly Reader focused on the season of spring and plants. We also did an art project where we create
the world on a coffee filter using markers and water. They will be on display on our class bulletin board.
Remember:
Return your permission
slip for our field trip to the Dupage Children’s Museum
Our Spring Class Art
Projects are Due Monday April 14th.
Half day of school April
17th. Dismissal at 12 noon. Pick-ups at 12:15 P.M. after the buses
leave.
No School April 18th
Read to your child every night!
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!
