Focus on Curriculum May 8, 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 reviewed our short o word
families. We also focused on the og
word family
Reading: This week we read Getting
Around By Plane. Our new vocabulary to go with the story were; travel,
transportation, depart and land. Our
poem that we read was about a butterfly.
We also read Not Your Typical Dragon.
Writing: We continued writing
in our new writing journals. We wrote
about a beautiful butterfly that we saw. 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 pretty, funny, under and find
and glued them in our spirals. We now have eighty eight 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, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride,
was, are, saw, well, pretty, funny, under, find. 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 a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same
time. We completed a caterpillar
addition project. 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 also took our first addition and subtraction combination timed test.
Art: We
made a few Mother’s Day projects that are going home on Friday. Please keep an eye out for a project that we
made in class with your child’s handprints.
The children were so excited to make each and every mom a special Mother’s
Day project.
Happy
Mother’s Day to all! Thank you for all
you do!
Remember:
Friday
May 16th is a half-day.
Dismissal is at 12 noon. If you
are picking up your child pick-up is at 12:15 P.M. after the buses leave.
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.
