Wacky Week!
Focus on Curriculum
March 7, 2014
Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics
sounds. Now
we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n,
c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng,
th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.
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 have learned this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and
the sound of that letter.
Word Family’s: We worked on the it and in word
families. We start with one of the word
family endings: it or in, and then we add different letters to
the beginning of the endings to make new words. For example, for the it word family we formed the words (hit,
pit, sit, kit, fit etc.).
Reading: This week we
celebrated Dr. Seuss all week long since his birthday was March 2nd. We read many of his classics along with a
few new books. We read One Fish,
Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Oh the Thinks You Can Think!, The Cat In The
Hat, The Cat In The Hat Comes Back!, Wacky Wednesday, Horton Hears A Who!, Fox
in Socks, and Green Eggs and Ham.
Writing: We wrote about the
Dr. Seuss book Wacky Wednesday and illustrated wacky pictures
that we shared with our classmates. We
also wrote about Green Eggs and Ham.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words this, that, and new
and glued them in our spirals. We now have fifty eight 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, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four,
nine, said, this, that, new. 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. The words are getting difficult.
Math: We focused on
subtracting numbers, from numbers up to ten and continued to practice addition
facts that add up to ten. We used
colored goldfish crackers with these activities that went along with one of our
stories One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Please practice
reading and writing numbers 1 through 20.
Please continue to practice addition facts that add up to ten along with
subtracting numbers up to ten. We also
had our first minute timed test on addition facts up to five by adding zero to
each number.
Social Studies: We read our Weekly
Reader, which was about Dr. Seuss.
Art: The students
really enjoyed making their own green eggs and ham. The boys and girls will be bringing them home to share with their
families.
We had a lot of fun celebrating Dr. Seuss!
Remember:
No School-Monday March 17th and March 18th
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
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.
