Gingerbread Week!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 19, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combination oo.  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, and oo.  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 was Gingerbread Week.    We read many books about our new friend the Gingerbread Man, who mysteriously ran away from our classroom.  We read the books The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose in the School to try and find clues of where our new friend went.  The Gingerbread Man also left us clues to where he might be.  We even made Gingerbread friends in hopes that he returns.  Along with reading those books and gingerbread activities we did many other fun holiday activities.  We read stories about the Gingerbread Man’s friends, Pete the Cat, Olive The Other Reindeer, and Clifford’s Christmas.  The students created their own Rudolph bag and we put Reindeer food inside to prepare for the upcoming holidays.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words go and so 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 continued writing in our journals and we also wrote “If I were a Reindeer…..”

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We continued our addition unit. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We created our very own Gingerbread Man!

You would never guess it but our new friend the Gingerbread Man did return on Friday morning just in time for our Holiday Party.

I want to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!

Remember:

Winter Break is December 22, 2014- January 4, 2015.  School resumes Monday January 5, 2015

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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!

Holiday Time!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 12, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters y and x.  For the letter y we pretend we are eating yogurt and for the letter x we pretend we are looking through an x-ray camera.  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 and x.  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 Arthur’s Perfect Christmas.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read The Littlest Elf, Mooseltoe, and Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Power of Giving. We added the poem Five Yummy Gingerbread to our poetry binders.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words yes and no 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 continued writing in our journals and we also wrote about the best gift we could give.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We also started our addition unit. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We made a present for our parents.  I will be wrapping the presents for the parents this weekend and they will be coming home with your child next week.  The children were very excited to make the gift for you and are eager to give them to you.

Social Studies: We will finish our Junior Achievement program on Monday.

Next week we will be doing gingerbread activities.  Some of the activities we will be doing include reading gingerbread stories and searching for a gingerbread man who ran away inside our school.

Remember:

Tuesday December 16^th is a half-day.  Dismissal is at noon. 

Friday December 19^th is our Holiday Party. Please do not send treats to school.  The party planners will provide sufficient snacks and entertainment for our party.

Winter Break is December 22, 2014- January 4, 2015.  School resumes Monday January 5, 2015

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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!

December!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 5, 2014

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters w and v.  For the letter w we pretend we are the wind and for the letter v we pretend we are driving a car saying “vvvvv”.  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, and v.  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 Me And My Family Tree.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read Snowman Magic and Dinosaur Rescue. We added a Snowman poem to our poetry binders.

Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words and and little 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 were able to have free choice while writing in our journals.

Math: We started our counting to 100 units.  We have started counting to 100 by one’s and tens.  Our center activities have a winter theme.

Art:  We made a Holiday Tree that is now on display outside our classroom on the bulletin board.

Remember:

Do Not Forget To Order From Scholastic Books!  The books are great stocking stuffers.

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!