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 20th Martin Luther King Day
Pajama Day-
Friday January 31st.
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.
