Happy Thanksgiving!

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November 18, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the sound of the letters ee (vowel combination) and or together. We reviewed when two vowels go walking the first vowel does the talking; saying its name, and the second vowel is quite.  Next week we will learn the letter Z.  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, and or.  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:  We read the book A Turkey For Thanksgiving.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We also read Turkey Trouble.  We completed a turkey sequence activity. We added a Thanksgiving poem to our poetry binders.

Sight  Words:  This week we added the sight  words ran and too and put our words on our word rings.  Next week our words are into and for.  We are going to keep our sight word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting: After reading Turkey Trouble we did a writing activity saying what we would dress a turkey up like in order to hide on Thanksgiving and not be the Thanksgiving meal.  We then shared our writing with the class.

Math: We continued working on numbers to 20.  We practiced counting, reading and writing numbers 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.  We continue counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 50.  We also completed a Turkey Teens book.  Our math centers had a fall and Turkey theme.

Social Studies:  We talked about the Pilgrims and completed Pilgrim activities. 

Art:  We cut out and colored two turkey projects, one for our Friday project and one for Grandparents Day.  Shh!!!  Please don’t tell the grandparents.  The kids are excited to complete a Turkey project with their grandparents.

We are looking forward to Grandparent’s Day this upcoming Tuesday!

I wish everyone and their family and friends a very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

Remember:

No School- Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday November 23^th-November 27^th.

School Resumes Monday November 28, 2016

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!

Veteran's Day!

Veteran’s Day!

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November 11, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters oa and ie (vowel combination) together.  For oa we say “oh” and ie we pretend we are saluting saying, “aye aye captain”.   We learned when two vowels go walking the first vowel does the talking; saying its name, and the second vowel is quite.  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, and ie.  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:  We continued to work with the book From Seed to Pumpkin.  We read the book The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything.  We also completed our very own Veteran’s Day book in honor of the men and women who serve our country and have served our country.  We added a Veteran’s Day poem to our poetry binders.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words but and to and put our words in our popcorn word bag.  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.

Math: We continued talking about numbers to 20.  We practiced counting, reading and writing numbers 16, 17, 18, and 19.  We continue counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 50.  Our math centers had a fall and Turkey theme.

Social Studies:  We talked about Veteran’s Day and completed Veteran’s Day activities including a Veterans Day flip book and even wrote a letter to a veteran.  We had an assembly in which a member of our armed services came to school in and spoke to the students.  It was a very special Veteran’s Day for us.

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!

Pumpkins!

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November  4, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combinations of ai and ay.  We pretend we cannot hear well and say “Aye.”  We learned when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking, says its name and the second one is quite.  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, a j, ai, and ay.  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:  We read the book From Seed to Pumpkin and Pumpkin Pumpkin.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We completed a nearpod activity on our Ipad focusing on From Seed to Pumpkin.  We added a new to our poetry binders.  We also read our very own 5 Little Bats and Pumpkin Lifecycle books.

Popcorn Words:  This week we added the sight words can and is and put them on our word rings.  We are going to keep our word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.  

Writing:  We wrote about the pumpkin seeds we counted.

Math: We talked about numbers up and through 15.  We continue counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 50.  Our math centers had a fall and Halloween theme.  We also counted pumpkin seeds and graphed them on our hundreds chart.

Art:  We made a pumpkin life cycle project.

Remember:

No School- Monday November 7^th and Tuesday November 8th

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 Wednesday

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!