April 12, 2013
Focus on Curriculum
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. 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.
Word Family’s:
This week we continued working on our short e word families. We worked on the et word
families. Next week we will be
reviewing the short e word families.
Popcorn Words: This week we learned the words say, away, play and they. Please practice the popcorn words every night, we are getting quite a few and they are getting more difficult.
Reading: Our reading theme
this week was a continuation of our farm/ animal theme. We read the book Rainbow Fish, which
focused on sharing and fairness. We
also read Ten Little Fish, which had a math focus of counting
back from ten. Lastly, we read the book The Giraffe Made Me Laugh. The Giraffe Made Me Laugh was
a great lead in for our giraffe art project that will be proudly displayed at
our Open House on April 25th.
Writing: We wrote about
Rainbow Fish and how we share just like he does in the story.
Math: We
focused on fluently adding and subtracting numbers up to five. Next week we will continue with our
counting, with the focus this quarter of counting to 100.
Art: We worked on
a few projects this week in anticipation of Open House. We did a Rainbow Fish project, and made
lions, tigers, and giraffes, all of which will be displayed at our Open
House. The children are so very proud
of their work and cannot wait to show their work to their loved ones.
REMEMBER
Please
sign the report card envelopes and return.
Mismatch Tuesday April 16. Have fun mismatching your clothes!
Please
return your spring kite project as soon as you are finished. They will be displayed at Open House
Open
House- Thursday April 25th
Please practice
the popcorn words with your child.
Kindergarten
Graduation Day is Tuesday June 4th 2013.
Bring your library books on Wednesdays!
Wear your gym shoes Thursdays and Fridays!
