Friday, April 6, 2018

Spring Gardens!



Focus on Curriculum               April 6, 2018  

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, 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 i family ip.
Reading:  This week we read Flower Garden.  We completed a writing activity writing out the steps and illustrating how to plant a flower garden.  We added the poem Sunflower Song to our poetry binder.
Writing:  We continued writing in our writing 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.  We wrote about what we did over spring break.
Sight Words:  This week we learned the sight words they, say, play and away.  We now have seventy-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.  We are going to keep our popcorn 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.  The words are getting difficult.
Math:  We continued to group numbers by tens and ones.  Then adding the numbers together to find out how many in all.
Social Studies:  Our Weekly Reader focused on healthy eating.
Art:  We completed a flower project.
                                   

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 everyday.  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.