Focus on Curriculum May 16, 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 started working with the
short u word families un and ug.
Reading: This week we read Moon. We learned many interesting facts about
the moon. Our new vocabulary words to go with the story were; entire, visible,
remarkable, and future. We also read The
Day The Crayons Quit and Chicks and Salsa.
Writing: We continued writing
in our new writing journals. We wrote
about our favorite baby animals and a farm. 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 blue, yellow, red and
pink and glued them in our spirals. We now have ninety two 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, blue, yellow, red,
pink.
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 played math scoot and addition
write the room. 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.
Remember:
Please sign and return
your child’s permission slip for our field trip to the Brookfield Zoo!
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.
