Focus on Curriculum
November 7, 2014
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letter combinations of ai and ay. We pretend we cannot hear well and say “Aye.” We learned when two vowels go walking the
first one does the talking, says its name and the second one is quite. 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, a j, ai,
and ay. 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: We read the book The
Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin.
We did many activities that centered on the story. We learned the definitions of rare, variety,
fright, and teased. We also read our
very own books titled I Can Move! We added the poem The Scarecrow to our poetry binders.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words can and is and
glued our words in our popcorn word ring.
We are going to keep our popcorn word rings in the front sleeve of our
green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.
Handwriting: We worked in our handwriting books focusing
on the letter E, both upper and lowercase letters.
Math: We talked about ordering numbers through 10, ordering
numbers on a number line, and problem solving using objects. We continue counting everyday in class
focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 50. Our math centers had a Turkey theme.
Art: We made a
Spookley pumpkin project and then made a class video with our Spookley project
on the computer.
Remember:
Picture Retake in November 10th.
Do Not Forget To Order
From Scholastic Books!
We have snack every
morning. Please remember to send a
healthy snack with your child each day, such as a fruit or vegetable.
Also, please
remember our room is a peanut/nut free room due to allergies.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Thursdays
We have gym everyday.
Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily and turn in Box Tops
to earn money for our school!
