Snowy Days!

Focus on Curriculum            

January 31, 2014 

Jolly Phonics: This week the class learned the letter combination of ue and oi.  For oi we say, “Ship ahoy”.  We also learned that oy makes the same sound as oi. Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, oi, and oi.  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:  This week we read Brave Bear in which Bear overcomes his fear of heights and helps out his friend while finding courage himself.  We learned the meaning of the words, courageous, persistent, doubtful and confident.  We also read The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words get, help, and now and glued them in our spirals. We now have forty three words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, and now. 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.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 and counting by tens to 100. We focused on 3D shapes that included, sphere, cone, cube, and cylinder.  We made a 3D book and did many activities and played many games that included 3-D shapes

Writing:  We wrote three sentences this week, after each story I read in class.  Each time we wrote a sentence we made sure we started with a capital letter and ended with the proper punctuation.  Each sentence also included our new popcorn words of the week.

Social Studies: We continued learning about Penguins and how they move.  The students drew pictures of penguins diving, sliding, swimming and pooping out of the water.

Remember:

Valentine Party Information- Our Valentines Party is on Friday February 14^th. On the valentine cards please have your child only sign their name and not who they are sent too.  Please do not bring any candy or treats with the valentine cards.  We now have 21 students in our class.

Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

 Remember to read for Six Flags Great America reading program due February 24th!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

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.

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Focus on Curriculum            

January 24, 2014 

Jolly Phonics: This week the class learned the letter combination of qu and ou.  For qu we pretend that we are a duck saying quack, and for ou we pretend we poked our finger with a sewing needle and we say ou, ou, ouch.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, and ou.  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:  This week we read books that centered on the winter season and snowmen.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words here, our, and out and glued them in our spirals. We now have forty words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out. 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.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 and counting by tens to 100. We focused on shapes that included, circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons.  We did many activities and played many games that included shapes

Writing:  We wrote three sentences this week, after each story I read.  We wrote the sentences: Here is a dog in his boots. Here is my umbrella. Here is our class!  Each time we wrote a sentence we made sure we started with a capital letter and ended with the proper punctuation.  Each sentence also included our new popcorn words of the week.

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on Penguins.

Art: After reading All You Need For a Snowman the children had an opportunity to build their own snowman.  The children cut out one snowball for every letter of their name and then one additional one for the snowman’s head.  On each snowball the children wrote one letter of their name and when the snowman was complete and you stood it up the snowman spells out the names of each child.  The children were able to add arms and a hat.  The projects will be on display on the walls by the kindergarten classrooms.

Remember

Pajama Day- Friday January 31^st.

Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

 Remember to read for Six Flags Great America reading program due February 24th!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

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.

More Winter Fun!

Focus on Curriculum            

January 20, 2014 

Jolly Phonics: This week the class learned the letter combination of ng and th.  For ng we pretend that we are strong.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch, sh, th, and ng.  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:  This week we read the book All You Need For a Snowman that tells a story of all the components needed for children to make a snowman.  We also read Cookie’s Week, in which a cat named Cookie, found himself in all kinds of trouble each day of the week.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words he, she, and be and glued them in our spirals. We now have thirty seven words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, and be. 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.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 and counting by tens to 100. We focused on shapes that included, circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons.

Writing:  We wrote the sentence: He is a strong man!  The children noticed that three of the words are our popcorn words and the other two words the children were able to read using their decoding skills.  After they wrote their sentence, they had a chance to color the strong man on the page.  Using the word strong was a good review of the ng jolly phonics lessons from this week.

Social Studies: We read our Weekly Reader that focused on Martin L. King Jr. and his fight that all people would live in peace.  We read a book and did a writing activity that focused on Martin L. King Jr.

Art: We made penguins that are on display on the bulletin board outside our classroom.

Remember:

No School-Monday January 20^th Martin Luther King Day

Pajama Day- Friday January 31^st.

Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

 Remember to read for Six Flags Great America reading program due February 24th!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

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.

Snow Days!

Focus on Curriculum            

January 10, 2014 

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combination ch and sh.  For the combination ch we pretend we are a train by saying ch,ch, ch.  For the combination sh we pretend a baby is sleeping.  Now we know the sounds of the letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, ai, oa, ie, ee, or, z, w, v, y, x, oo, ch and sh.  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:  This week we read winter books, sharing all our thoughts with all the cold weather and snow we have had lately.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words the, you, and down and glued them in our spirals. We now have thirty four words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you and down. 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.  Please practice the popcorn words with your child at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 and counting by tens to 100. We also were introduced to equal to, less than, and greater than.  We learned that the alligator mouth always eats the larger number.  

Writing:  We wrote about our winter break and a snowman. 

Remember:

Wednesday January 15^th is a half-day.  Dismissal is at 12 noon.  If you are picking up your child, pick-up is at 12:15 P.M. after the buses leave.

No School-Monday January 20^th Martin Luther King Day

Read to your child every night!

Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.

 Remember to read for Six Flags Great America reading program!

Bring Library Books on Mondays and Wednesday * New Library Days

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.