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 16th is a half-day. Dismissal is at noon.
Friday
December 19th 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!
