January 25, 2012
Focus on Curriculum
Jolly Phonics: This week the class learned the letter
combination of ou and qu. For ou we
pretend that we accidently poked our finger with a pin and qu we pretend our
hands are quacking like a duck. 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, z, w, v, y,
and z. Please try and practice with your letter cards at home. 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 such as 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. The cards can stay at home.
Popcorn Words: This week we added three words to our popcorn bag: here, our and out. Please practice the popcorn words we are getting quite a few and they are getting more difficult.
Reading: This week we started
our Sunshine and Raindrops theme. This
week we worked on predicting and inferring.
We read Chicken Soup with Rice.
This book takes us on a journey through each month of the year all the
while making chicken soup each month.
The theme of each month is based on the season of the year and the
weather that is likely to occur during each month of the year. We also read What Will the Weather Be
Like Today? The story talks about
different animals and the weather that they like. For example, there is a page about a lizard and the lizard likes
hot and sunny weather. We then had a
class discussion of where the lizard would live and since it is the dessert the
lizard likes the warm and hot weather.
Writing: We wrote about our
star student of the week and what makes that student a star. The students then get to illustrate
themselves and the star student Each
and every student will have the opportunity to be the star of the week.
Math: We started our third
quarter material. We focused on reading
and writing numbers 11 through 20.
Please practice reading and writing these harder numbers at home. We also started on our counting from 50 –75.
Social Studies: We
talked about Martin Luther King and that is the reason we did not have school
this past Monday. We talked about how
Dr. King fought for equal rights for everyone.
REMEMBER:
Wednesday January 30, 2013 is a half-day. Only the morning class will attend
school. School will go until 12
noon. Pick-ups on that day will be at
12:10 P.M.
Valentine Party Information- On the valentine cards
please have your child only sign their name and not who they are too. Please do not bring any candy or treats with
the valentine cards.
The Six Flags Read to Succeed log is Due by February 22nd,
2013
Bring your library books on Wednesdays!
Wear your gym shoes Thursdays and Fridays!
