Focus on Curriculum April 25, 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: This week we worked on our short o word
families ot and op.
Reading: This week we read I
Want To Be A Vet. Our new vocabulary words that go with the story were;
assist, injure, recover and clever. We
read our very own book called I See
Earth Day! We also read a small book called Protect Our Earth, Rainbow Fish, in
which the main character learns a lesson in sharing, and Five Little Ducks.
Writing: We continued writing
in our new writing journals. In our
journals we focus on using a capital letter to start sentences, proper
punctuation, spacing between our words, and the neatness of our writing. We also reread our writing to make sure it
makes sense. On each page of our
writing journals we have a check list to double check our writing.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words came, make, ate and ride
and glued them in our spirals. We now have seventy nine 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, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what,
where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride. 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 started working
on a combination of addition problems and subtraction problems at the same
time. Please continue practicing
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 took
a subtraction quiz taking away two.
Social Studies:
Our Weekly Reader focused on Earth Day and the problems trash causes in
our oceans. We also did many Earth Day
activities celebrating Earth Day, which was Tuesday April 22.
Art: We created a Rainbow
Fish project that was on display at our open house.
Open
House: I want to thank all the
parents and students who came to our open house. It was a pleasure seeing everyone and I know the children are all
very proud of their classroom and enjoyed sharing their work.
Remember:
Our field trip to the Dupage Children’s Museum is Thursday May 1st. Remember to wear comfortable clothes and gym
shoes. Bring a lunch to school we will
be eating in our classrooms when we return.
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.
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.
