Thursday, May 18, 2017

Almost Time For The Zoo!




Focus on Curriculum                 May 19, 2017  

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 un.  We thought of words, as a class, which ends in un. The students came up with (sun, bun, fun, etc.)

Reading:  This week we read Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.  We also learned the new vocabulary terms: prance, bold, splendid, sneered, and crept.
Writing: We wrote about Gerald the Giraffe.  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 learned the sightwords black, orange, white, and brown.  We now have ninety five 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, black, orange, white, brown . 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.  We also worked on counting by tens and grouping by tens. Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. 
Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on summer safety.
Art:  In class we made a giraffe project with a poem on the back.  We are getting very excited about our upcoming zoo trip.



Remember:

Kindergarten Musical 7:00 P.M. Thursday May 25th at Lakeview

Read to your child every night!