Friday, December 7, 2018

Holiday Fun!




Focus on Curriculum     

December 7, 2018

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the vowel combination ai.  We now know that when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking and says its name “a”. 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, z, w, v, y, x, and ai.  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 Me And My Family Tree.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read The Littlest Elf, The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man Loose in the School and Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Power of Giving. We added the poem Winters Here to our poetry binders.
Sight Words:  This week we added the words get and will and put our words on our sight word rings.  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.
Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens. We are focusing on the addition concept of two parts making a whole.  Our center activities have a holiday theme.
We also had a K-9 police dog "Niko" come and visit our school.  It was so much fun!

Remember:



Friday December 21st is our Holiday Party. Please do not send treats to school.  The party planners will provide sufficient snacks and entertainment for our party.


Winter Break is December 22, 2018- January 6, 2019.  School resumes Monday January 7, 2019.


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 Thursdays

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!