Focus on Curriculum May 5, 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 o family og.
We thought of words as a class that ends in og. The students came up with (log,
dog, jog etc.)
Reading: This week we read Rainbow Fish and Sharks by National Geographic for Kids. In Rainbow
Fish we talked about how important sharing and giving are and how they are
more rewarding than receiving.
Writing: We continued to write in our journals. 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.
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Popcorn Words: This week we
learned the sight words pretty, funny, under and find. We now
have eighty eight 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. We are going to keep our sight words
in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school
and at home. Please practice the sight words
with your child at home. The words are
getting difficult.
Math: We continued working on 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 Sharks!
Art: We completed two Rainbow Fish projects.
Remember:
Read to your child every night!
Do not forget to place your Scholastic book orders.
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.
