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!
