Focus on Curriculum April 24, 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.
Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short o family op.
We thought of words as a class that ends in op. The students came up with (hop,
cop, shop, stop, etc.)
Reading: This week we read Hey Little Ant and in celebration of Earth Day we read How to Help the Earth by the Lorax.
We also completed our very own Earth
Day Poems small book.
Writing: We started a unit in
writing where we are focusing on writing our very own multiple page stories. 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 came, make, ate and ride and
glued them in our spirals. We now have seventy nine 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. 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 finished our unit on sorting, classifying, counting and categorizing
data. 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 a subtraction quiz
taking away two. We also completed Earth Day Math activities.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on butterflies.
Art: We made an Earth Day project using markers
and then spraying it with water. They
came out great! Lastly, we completed a Hey Little Ant project.
Music: A Message from Miss. Wyse:
Hello Kindergarten Parents,
I am proud to announce that the
kindergarten musical this year will be Baby Beluga! Please join us in
the Lakeview gymnasium on Thursday, May 28th at 7 o'clock in the evening for a
fun night filled with entertainment!
This week all kindergarten
students listened to the music and are very excited to put on a show! Please
use the following link to practice your music from home over Spring Break and
up to our concert!
Thank you to all for coming to
our Open House!
Remember:
Please check the
district site for information on our district auction.
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Thursdays
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.
