Focus on Curriculum
January 30, 2015
Jolly Phonics: This week the class
learned the letter combinations of ue and oi.
For oi we say, “Ship ahoy”. We
also learned that oy makes the same sound as oi. 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, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, oi, and oi. 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 we read the book The Snowy Day and
did many activities including a Snowy Day packet.
Word Family’s: We
worked on the am word family this week.
First we started with the word am and then we add different
letters to the beginning of the word am to make new words. For example, for the am word family we
formed the words (pam, ham, ram etc.)
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words get, help and now
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. Please practice the popcorn words
with your child at home.
Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens. We also continued our subtraction unit. Our
center activities have a winter theme.
Next week we will be working with a combination of addition and
subtraction
Writing:
We
wrote in our journals. Each day we
write the students are becoming more confident in their writing skills and are
more eager to share their experiences, thoughts and ideas.
Social
Studies: This
week in our Weekly Reader we read about the “Frozen City” and the people who build
ice castles and how the ice castles are built.
Remember:
Valentine Party Information- Our Valentines Party is
on Thursday February 12th. On the valentine cards please have your
child only sign their name and not who they are sent too. Please do not bring any candy or treats with
the valentine cards. We have 19
students in our class.
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!
