Focus
on Curriculum
October 4, 2013
Handwriting Without Tears: We wrote the letters H in our handwriting
book. We also played a frog jump
mystery letter game.
Jolly Phonics:
This week we learned the letters r and m. For the letter r we pretend we are rags the dog and say
r,r,r,r. To make the sound of the
letter m we pretend we are hungry and see a yummy meal and we say m,m,m,m,m.
We know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, p, n, c, k, I e,h, r and m.
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 Friends at School.
We talked about all the fun things we do at school such as learning many
new things, projects, playing with friends, sharing, and snack time. We also
read the story Diary of a Worm and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn word see and glued it in our
spirals. We wrote in our small see books. We also read another small book called I
See and Outside. 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 wrote our numbers 9 and 10 this week. We practiced counting with apple math activities. The children were introduced to ten frames
and tally marks. One of the children’s
favorite activities was called apple write the room. There were red, yellow, and green apples hidden throughout the
room labeled with a letter from A-J and a ten frame number displayed in dots. For example if a student found the red apple
with the letter A and one dot on the apple, the student would then take their
red crayon and color in one red dot on their A ten frame.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Readers focused on autumn and what we can expect during the fall season.
Art: We made our very own hungry caterpillars.
Remember:
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.
No School Monday October 14, 2013 Columbus Day
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.
