February 5th
the 100th Day of School!
Focus on Curriculum
February 5, 2016
Jolly Phonics: This week the class
learned the letter combination of er and ar. 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, oo, ch, sh, th, ng, qu, ou, ue, oi, er and
ar. 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 we read the book Penguins a
National Geographic Kids book. We
talked about things we thought we knew about penguins and confirmed them as we
read the book. We completed penguin
activities in class. We also added a Groundhog
poem to our poetry binder.
Word Family’s: We
worked on the ap word family this week.
First we started with the letter combination ap and then we add
different letters to the beginning of ap to make new words. For example, for the ap word family we formed
the words (cap, map, tap etc.)
Popcorn Words:
This week we cut out the popcorn words good, look, and jump
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. Please practice the popcorn words
with your child at home.
Math: We continued counting to 100 by ones and tens and working
with shapes. This week we worked on 2-D
and 3-D shapes.
Writing:
We
wrote in our journals. Each day we write
the students are becoming more confident in their writing skills and are more
eager to share their experiences, thoughts and ideas. We also wrote about are Star Student of the
week.
Social
Studies: We learned about Groundhog's Day and completed a
Groundhog Day project! We also learned
about animals and their shadows!
Art: In class we made a penguin that will be on display in our
classroom.
On Friday we celebrated
our 100th day in school this year and completed many fun activities
focusing on the 100th day!
Remember:
Valentine Party Information- Our Valentine’s Party is on
Thursday February 11th. On
the valentine cards please have your child only sign their name and not who
they are sent too. Please do not bring
any candy or treats with the valentine cards.
We have 19 students in our class.
No School Friday
February 12th and Monday February 15th.
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!
