Focus on Curriculum
September 11, 2015
Jolly Phonics:
This week we learned the letters i and p. We pretend we are Inky the Mouse and are
itching our whiskers and saying the sound of short i. To make the sound of the letter p we pretend
we are puffing out birthday candles. We know the sounds of the letters:
s, a, t, i, and p. 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 My
Friends. We did many activities that
centered on the story. We talked about
things we have learned from our families and friends. We learned the definitions of creature,
imitate, companion, and explore. We also
read Chester The Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully and Chester The Brave.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words I and it and glued
it in our popcorn word ring. Our indexes
will be going home in a few weeks once the children learn a few more of our
sight words to put in our popcorn rings.
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. We worked on sight word make a match activity.
Writing: We
started writing in our new writing journals.
We glued in our journals the sentence “ I like to play _____ with my
friends. We had to write what we like to play using our kindergarten spelling
to complete the sentence and then had to create an illustration to go with our
sentence.
Math: We worked on counting 4 and 5 in different arrangements
and reading and writing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. We read Five Little Monkeys. We completed a number hunt searching for
the numbers 1 through 5 and completed a number song packet to help us learn how
to write our numbers from zero through ten.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on taking care of our class.
Art: We completed a
monkey project to go along with our math story Five Little Monkeys.
Thank you to all
parents for coming out to our curriculum night!
Remember:
IPADS went home
today. Please remember to charge them
each night and have your child bring it to school everyday!
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 Wednesdays.
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!
