Focus on Curriculum May 1, 2015
Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics
sounds. Now
we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n,
c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng,
th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.
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 have learned this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and
the sound of that letter.
Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short o family ob.
We thought of words as a class that ends in ob. The students came up with (knob,
cob, job etc.)
Reading: This week we read Chicks N’ Salsa to continue our animal
unit. We worked on a class research
project on horses since we are focusing on animals, in particular, farm animals
this week. We read our very own small
book On The Farm With My Friends!
Writing: We continued our unit
in writing where we are focusing on writing our very own multiple page stories. In our journals we focus on using a capital
letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and
the neatness of our writing. We also
reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.
On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double
check our writing.
Popcorn Words: This week we cut out the popcorn words was,
are, saw and well and glued them in our spirals. We now have eighty
three words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my, like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did,
not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into, for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the
you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out, get, help, now, look, good, jump, will,
have, must, one, two, three, four, nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went,
come, do, all, there, who, what, where, they, say, play, away, eat, please,
want, with, came, ate, make, ride, was, are, saw, well. Our spirals are going home
today. We are going to keep our spirals
in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school
and at home. Please remind your child to
bring their popcorn word spirals to school every day. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at
home. The words are getting difficult.
Math: We started our unit on shapes.
Please continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through
20. Please continue to practice addition
facts that add up to ten, along with subtracting numbers up to ten. We took our very first mixed addition and
subtraction one minute timed test.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on insects.
Art: We completed a horse project that will be on
display in our hallway.
Music: A Message from Miss. Wyse:
Hello Kindergarten Parents,
I am proud to announce that the
kindergarten musical this year will be Baby Beluga! Please join us in
the Lakeview gymnasium on Thursday, May 28th at 7 o'clock in the evening for a
fun night filled with entertainment!
This week all kindergarten
students listened to the music and are very excited to put on a show! Please
use the following link to practice your music from home over Spring Break and
up to our concert!
Remember:
Please sign and
return the permission slip for our new field trip to the Morton Arboretum on
Monday morning May 18th.
Read to your child every night!
Do not forget to place your Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Thursdays
We have gym every day. Please remember your gym shoes.
Please check the green folder daily.
Turn in Box Tops to earn money for our school! - The class
with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.
