Focus on Curriculum May 13, 2016
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 u family um.
We thought of words, as a class, which ends in um. The students came up with (gum,
glum, plum, etc.)
Reading: This week we read Elmer and Elephants by National Geographic for Kids. We labeled the parts of an elephant. We also learned the new vocabulary terms: migration,
herd, drought, instinct, and herbivore.
Writing: We wrote about
what makes each of us special, just like Elmer the elephant. We continued our 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 blue, yellow, red and pink and put them in
our popcorn word bags. We now have ninety one 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. Please practice the popcorn words
with your child at home. The words are
getting difficult.
Math: We continued to
practice addition facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up
to ten. Please continue practicing reading and
writing numbers 1 through 20.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on fireflies!
Art: We completed an Elmer the Elephant project.
Remember:
Friday
May 13th is a half day.
Please return the
permission slip for our field trip to Brookfield Zoo on Tuesday May 31st
if you have not already done so.
Read to your child every night!
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesdays
We have gym every day. 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.
