Focus on Curriculum
January 22, 2016
Jolly Phonics: This week the class
learned the letter combination of qu and ou.
For qu we pretend that we are a duck saying quack, and for ou we pretend
we poked our finger with a sewing needle and we say ou, ou, ouch. Now we know the sounds of the
letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai,
oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, and ou. 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 will learn this year. It is for your reference so you can
practice with your children as we learn each new letter and the sound of that
letter.
Reading: This week we read the book Winter Wonderland
and Snow. We compared the two
books Winter Wonderland, a non-fiction story, and Snow a fiction
story.
Word Family’s:
This week we started our word families.
We worked on the an and at
word families. First we started with the words an and at and then we add
different letters to the beginning of the word at to make new words. For example, for the at word family we formed
the words (can, pan, ran, man, etc.)
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words here, out and our
and put our words in our popcorn word bags.
We are going to keep our popcorn word bags 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 our shape unit. The center activities had a winter theme.
Writing:
We
wrote in our journals.
Social
Studies: We read
our Weekly Reader that focused on fun, winter, and snow.
Remember:
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 Wednesdays
We have gym everyday.
Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops
to earn money for our school!
