Focus
on Curriculum
October 25, 2013
Handwriting Without Tears: We wrote the letters w, x, y and z in our
handwriting book.
Jolly Phonics:
This week we learned the letters l and f. For the letter l we pretend we are licking a lollipop. To make the sound of the letter f we pretend
that we are squeezing the air out of an inflatable fish. We know the sounds of
the letters: s, a, t, p, n, c, k, I, e, h, r, m, d, g, o, u, l, and f. 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 started unit
two. This week we concentrated on a
story titled I Was So Mad! We continued talking about when we ourselves
get angry and what good choices we could make during stressful times. We also read some of our very own
small books such as We Go Up!, Fall Leaves, and My Halloween
Walk. We also started reading Halloween
books since Halloween is next week.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words up and run and
glued it in our spirals. 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 and numbers units. We practiced counting to 50. We completed a count and color activity where
the children would roll two dice and count the total number of dots. After they counted the dots they found that
number on their worksheet and colored that particular number. The children kept rolling until all the
numbers were colored. We did an apple
tally activity and created a graph based on our tally information. We also did a Halloween write the room
activity where the children searched the room for different Halloween images
and when they found the images they would count the total number of a
particular image and write that number.
We completed our Halloween ten-frame book.
Art: We made a ghost out
of construction paper and cotton balls.
Remember:
Picture Retakes are Wednesday
October 30, 2013
Please have the children bring their costumes to school for the
Halloween party on Thursday October 31, 2013.
The Halloween parade on Thursday October 31 starts at 1:40
P.M. for the whole school. You may
watch us parade in front of the school or behind the school as we march around
the whole building. We will then go
back inside to our classroom for our class party at 2:00 P.M.
Please do not send treats to school. The party planners will provide sufficient
snacks and entertainment for our party.
Friday November 1, 2013~~~ Family Halloween Party at
Elizabeth Ide from 6:30-8:00 P.M.
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.
