October 5, 2012
Focus on Curriculum
Jolly Phonics: This week we talked about our favorite
foods, then rubbed our tummies, and said "mmmmm" for the sound of m. We
played a drum to hear the sound of d. Now we know the sounds of the letters:
s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, and d. I sent home the second sound sheet with the letters and actions. Please ask your
child to say the letter names and sounds. All students have a bag of cards with
letters, pictures, and words. They should try to match the letters, pictures,
and words. You may choose to make it a game like Memory, Rummy or Go Fish.
Use your imagination! Keep the cards in
a special place at home so they can use them again and again. You can use
the letter cards to make words. We have started to use magnetic letters to make
3 letter words like the ones on the cards.
Reading: This week we added
another word to our popcorn bag: big.
We continued the theme: Colors All Around. We read a Big Book
called In the Big Blue Sea. We saw many colorful fish that live in the
ocean. We also read I Like Colors, How the Birds Got Their Colors, and
White Rabbit’s Color Book. We
have a class set of color words and practiced reading those color words while
we made our Crayon Box project. Please
keep
reading to your children. It is so important to keep reading at home. We also learned how to use our class
listening station. We all understand
that not everyday do we get to use the listening station but we all will get a
chance.
Math: We completed Chapter 3 in our math books
this week. We learned to recognize and complete patterns with the following
repetitions: ABABAB, ABBABBABB, and ABCABCABC. We have continued counting the days of school and are up to 29
days. The children even recognize that the
pattern in our class caterpillar is the same color reappears every ten days.
Book It: I
sent home the Pizza Hut Book It Program.
Please color the square every day that you read 20 minutes with your
child. The goal is to read 5 days each
week. I will check every Friday to see
who is spending time reading at home.
At the end of each month children can earn a free personal pan pizza if
they reach the reading goal.
Bad Weather Drill: We
practiced a bad weather drill this week.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY OCTOBER 8TH COLUMBUS DAY
ART TO REMEMBER ORDERS DUE OCTOBER 19TH
ART TO REMEMBER ORDERS DUE OCTOBER 19TH
WEAR YOUR GYM SHOES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
BRING YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS ON WEDNESDAY
