Focus on Curriculum
March 13, 2015
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.
Reading: This week we read Everything Spring. We talked about spring weather coming in like
a lion and going out like a lamb. We
predicted as a class whether the month of March would have more days with
weather like a lion or a lamb. We had a
class discussion discussing spring weather and completed some writing
activities that revolved around our Everything
Spring book.
Word Family’s: We
worked on the it word family this week.
First we start with the word ending it and then we add different
letters to the beginning of the word ending it to make new words. For example, for the it word family we formed the words (hit, bit, knit, kit etc.)
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words went, soon, and come
and glued our words in our popcorn word ring.
We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our
green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.
Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens. We continued working on decomposing numbers
11-19. We also took a one minute fluency
test for addition and subtraction facts.
Writing:
We
wrote about the Star Student of the Week.
We also wrote in our writing journals.
In our writing journals we added the 5 Stars to Writing. A capital letter to start a sentence, proper
punctuation, space between our words, neatness, and does our writing make
sense?
Social Studies: We read our
Weekly Reader, which focused on animals, reptiles, birds, and fish that are
hatched from eggs.
Art: The students
really enjoyed making their Lion and Lamb project to celebrate spring coming in
like a lion and going out like a lamb.
Report cards are coming home today March 13th. Please sign and return the signed envelope.
Remember:
Read to your child every night!
Do Not Forget To Order
From Scholastic Books!
We have snack every
morning. Please remember to send a
healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.
Also, please
remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Thursdays
We have gym every day.
Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops
to earn money for our school!
