Focus
on Curriculum
October 11, 2013
Handwriting Without Tears: We wrote the letters k and L in our
handwriting book.
Jolly Phonics:
This week we learned the letters d and g. For the letter d we pretend we are playing the drums. To make the sound of the letter g we pretend
that water is gurgling down the drain. We know the sounds of the
letters: s, a, t, p, n, c, k, I e, h, r, m, d, and g. 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 continued our
Unit One. This week we concentrated on
a story titled Whistle for Willie.
In the story a young boy tries to call for his dog, but he cannot
whistle. The young boy shows
determination and does not quit trying to whistle and finally finds success
when he learns how to whistle. We also
read a few firefighter stories since this week is fire prevention week. We read A Day in the Life of a
Firefighter and A Visit to a Fire Station. We also read our very own books called Fire Truck.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn word big and glued it in our
spirals. We also read another small book called Big. We did a big and little activity where we
talked about opposites and glued objects in the correct category of big or
little. Our spirals are going
home today. We are going to keep our
spirals in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at
school and at home. Please remind your
child to bring their popcorn word spirals to school everyday.
Math: We continued our counting unit. We practiced counting to 50.
We completed our math number book that focused on numbers 1-10 and ten
frames. We practiced counting with firefighter math activities. We also read and wrote in our How much
Fire Gear books. We also did a
class graph using tallies telling whether or not the students would like to be
a firefighter when they grow up.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Readers focused on a firefighter crew and the teamwork that is involved in
being a firefighter. We talked about
fire safety.
Art: We made our very Fire Safety Matchbooks, which has
reminders of our fire safety rules.
Remember:
No School Monday October 14, 2013 Columbus Day
Please remember
to send a 1” white three ring binder with you child for our poetry.
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Tuesdays
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.
