Veteran’s Day!
Focus on Curriculum
November 13, 2015
Jolly Phonics: This week I
introduced the letters oa and ie (vowel combination) together. For oa we say “oh” and ie we pretend we are
saluting saying, “aye aye captain”. We
learned when two vowels go walking the first vowel does the talking; saying its
name, and the second vowel is quite. 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, and ie. 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 our very own small book called The Places We Go. We also read the book From Seed to
Pumpkin and completed a nearpod using the book.. We did many activities that
centered on the story. We completed a
sequence activity. We also completed our
very own Veteran’s Day book in honor of the men and women who serve our country
and have served our country. We
added another poem to our poetry binders.
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words but and to and put
our words in our popcorn word bag. We
are going to keep our popcorn word bags in the front sleeve of our green folder
so we can practice our words at school and at home.
Handwriting: We worked in our handwriting books focusing
on the letter F, both upper and lowercase letters.
Math: We continued talking about numbers to 20. We practiced counting, reading and writing
numbers 16, 17, 18, and 19. We continue
counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of
counting to 50. Our math centers had a
fall and Turkey theme.
Social Studies: We talked about
Veteran’s Day and completed Veteran’s Day activities including a Veterans Day
flip book, an American Flag project, and even wrote a letter to a veteran. We even had an assembly in which a member of
the Army came in and spoke to the students.
He even showed the students his protective gear. Our Weekly Reader focused on Veteran’s Day. It was a very special Veteran’s Day for us
Art: We made an
American Flag that is on display outside our classroom in honor of Veteran’s
Day!
Remember:
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 Wednesdays
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!
