Focus on Curriculum April 10, 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 i family ip.
Reading: This week we read Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green, and 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World. We
read our very own Seeds book that focused on our new popcorn word they.
We also read our very own Protect the
Earth small book.
Writing: We continued writing
in our new writing journals. 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. We wrote about a chick and also wrote about
what we did over spring break.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words they, say, play and away
and glued them in our spirals. We now have seventy one 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. 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 everyday. Please practice the popcorn words with your child at
home. The words are getting difficult.
Math: We started talking about sorting, classifying, counting and categorizing
data. 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 a subtraction quiz
taking away zero
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on the season of spring and plants. We also did an Earth Day watercolor project. They will be on display on our class bulletin
board.
Remember:
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your Scholastic book orders.
Bring Library Books on Mondays and Thursdays
We have gym everyday. 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.
