Thursday, December 3, 2015

Happy Holidays!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 4, 2015

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters w and v.  For the letter w we pretend we are the wind and for the letter v we pretend we are driving a car saying “vvvvv”.  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, and v.  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 the book Me And My Family Tree.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read Snowman Magic, Frozen an interactive read along, and Snowmen at Work. We added a Snowman poem to our poetry binders.
Popcorn Words:  This week we cut out the popcorn words and and little and put our words in our popcorn word bags.  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. We also read our very own Foods I Like book that focused on the popcorn word and.
Handwriting:  We wrote about what we did over the long Thanksgiving weekend while writing in our journals.
Math:  We practiced counting to 100 by one’s and tens.  Our center activities have a winter theme.
Social Studies:  We read our Weekly Reader which was about bear cubs.
Art:  We made a Holiday Tree and a snowman that is now on display outside our classroom on the bulletin board. 

Remember:



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!