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 14th. 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.
