Happy Holidays!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 16, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letter combination oo.  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, v, y, x, and oo.  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:  This week was Gingerbread Week.    We read many books about our new friend the Gingerbread Man, who mysteriously ran away from our classroom.  We read the books The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose in the School, The Gingerbread Man is Loose at Christmas Time, and The Gingerbread Man is Loose on the Fire Truck to try and find clues of where our new friend went.  The Gingerbread Man also left us clues to where he might be.  We even made Gingerbread friends in hopes that he returns.  Along with reading those books and gingerbread activities we did many other fun holiday activities.  We read stories about the Gingerbread Man’s friends, Pete the Cat, OliveThe Other Reindeer, and Clifford’s Christmas.  The students created their own Rudolph bag and we put Reindeer food inside to prepare for the upcoming holidays.

Sight Words:  This week we added the sight words go and so and added them to our word rings.  We are going to keep our word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We did holiday math activities all week. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We created our very own Gingerbread Man, made an elf, and made reindeer food.

You would never guess it but our new friend the Gingerbread Man did return on Friday morning just in time for our Holiday Party.

I want to wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!

Remember:

Winter Break is December 17, 2016- January 2, 2017.  School resumes Tuesday January 3, 2017.

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!

Holiday Fun!

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December 9, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the letters y and x.  For the letter y we pretend we are eating yogurt and for the letter x we pretend we are looking through an x-ray camera.  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, v, y and x.  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 Arthur’s Perfect Christmas.  We learned the meanings of the definitions of family tree, related, and cousin.  We also read The Littlest Elf, Mooseltoe, and Howard B. Wigglebottom and the Power of Giving. We added the poem Little Ole Elf to our poetry binders.

Sight Words:  This week we added the words yes and no and put our words on our sight word rings.  We are going to keep our sight words in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens.  We did holiday math. Our center activities have a holiday theme.

Art:  We made an elf project.  Early next week we will be making a present for our parents.  I will be wrapping the presents for the parents early next week and they will be coming home with your child next week.  The children were very excited to make the gift for you and are eager to give them to you.  I hope you enjoy!

Next week we will be doing gingerbread activities!

Remember:

Friday December 16^th is our Holiday Party. Please do not send treats to school.  The party planners will provide sufficient snacks and entertainment for our party.

Winter Break is December 18, 2016- January 2, 2016.  School resumes Tuesday January 3, 2016.

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!

Happy Holidays!

Focus on Curriculum     

December 2, 2016

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 a few Holiday books. We added a new winter poem to our poetry binders.

Sight Words:  This week we added the sight words and and little to our sight word rings.  We are going to keep our word rings 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!

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 Holiday needs and wants.

Art:  We made a Holiday Tree that is now on display outside our classroom on the bulletin board.

Special Visitor:  The girls and boys have been very excited everyday waiting to see if Buddy the Elf or his sister Becky the Elf has been peeking in on our class.  The elves have been leaving little notes telling them they see them working hard.    

Remember:

Wednesday December 7^th is a half day.

                             

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!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Focus on Curriculum     

November 18, 2016

Jolly Phonics:  This week I introduced the sound of the letters ee (vowel combination) and or together. We reviewed when two vowels go walking the first vowel does the talking; saying its name, and the second vowel is quite.  Next week we will learn the letter Z.  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, and or.  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 A Turkey For Thanksgiving.  We did many activities that centered on the story.  We also read Turkey Trouble.  We completed a turkey sequence activity. We added a Thanksgiving poem to our poetry binders.

Sight  Words:  This week we added the sight  words ran and too and put our words on our word rings.  Next week our words are into and for.  We are going to keep our sight word rings in the front sleeve of our green folder so we can practice our words at school and at home.

Handwriting: After reading Turkey Trouble we did a writing activity saying what we would dress a turkey up like in order to hide on Thanksgiving and not be the Thanksgiving meal.  We then shared our writing with the class.

Math: We continued working on numbers to 20.  We practiced counting, reading and writing numbers 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.  We continue counting everyday in class focusing on our end of the trimester goal of counting to 50.  We also completed a Turkey Teens book.  Our math centers had a fall and Turkey theme.

Social Studies:  We talked about the Pilgrims and completed Pilgrim activities. 

Art:  We cut out and colored two turkey projects, one for our Friday project and one for Grandparents Day.  Shh!!!  Please don’t tell the grandparents.  The kids are excited to complete a Turkey project with their grandparents.

We are looking forward to Grandparent’s Day this upcoming Tuesday!

I wish everyone and their family and friends a very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

Remember:

No School- Thanksgiving Break - Wednesday November 23^th-November 27^th.

School Resumes Monday November 28, 2016

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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!