Focus on Curriculum April
22, 2016
Jolly Phonics: We have completed all our jolly phonics
sounds. Now
we know the sounds of the letters and letter combinations: s, a, t, i, p, n,
c, k, e, r, h, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, j, oa, oa, ie, ee, or, oo, ch, sh, ng,
th, ou, qu, ue, oi, er, ar, z, w, v, y, and z.
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 have learned this year.
It is for your reference so you can practice with your children each letter and
the sound of that letter.
Word Family’s: This week we worked on our short o family op.
We thought of words as a class that ends in op. The students came up with (hop,
cop, shop, stop, etc.)
Reading: This week we read Hey Little Ant and in celebration of Earth Day we read How to Help the Earth by the Lorax.
Writing: We wrote about the
story Hey Little Ant. In our journals we focus on using a capital
letter to start sentences, proper punctuation, spacing between our words, and
the neatness of our writing. We also
reread our writing to make sure it makes sense.
On each page of our writing journals we have a check list to double
check our writing.
Popcorn Words: This
week we cut out the popcorn words came, make, ate and ride and
put them in our popcorn word bags. We now have seventy nine words and they are: I, a, it, in, see, big, my,
like, up, run, on, at, we, me, am, did, not, is, can, but, to, too, ran, into,
for, little, and, yes, go, no, so, the you, down, he, she, be, her, our, out,
get, help, now, look, good, jump, will, have, must, one, two, three, four,
nine, said, this, that, new, soon, went, come, do, all, there, who, what,
where, they, say, play, away, eat, please, want, with, came, ate, make, ride. We are going to keep our popcorn 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. The words are getting
difficult.
Math: We continued to practice addition facts that add up to ten, along with
subtracting numbers up to ten. Please
continue practicing reading and writing numbers 1 through 20. We also completed
Earth Day Math activities and a flower project that focused on counting to 100
by tens.
Social Studies: Our
Weekly Reader focused on frogs.
Art: We made an Earth Day project using markers
and then spraying it with water and an I love Earth project. Lastly, we completed
a Hey Little Ant project. They came out great!
Thank you to all for coming to
our Open House!
Remember:
Please check the
district site for information on our district auction.
Read to your child every night!
Do not forgot to place your
Scholastic book orders.
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! - The class
with the most box tops wins a pizza party at the end of the year.
